Stickering up for 2016

Stickering up for 2016

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WhyTwo

1,114 posts

191 months

Monday 16th May 2016
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Some Gump said:
It's black.
It has a history of flag based liveries.

Strakka tribute car. It's the only answer =)
Hmmm. That idea's got legs...

CardShark

4,190 posts

178 months

Wednesday 18th May 2016
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Ordered a couple of stickers last week and put them on yesterday, one on each side,



Big thanks to Dan at stickeredup4LeMans for his help with getting some custom stuff made up, will hopefully have these next week with 'photos to follow.

Quickmoose

4,482 posts

122 months

Wednesday 18th May 2016
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Dan has been superb getting my stickers sorted...
Can really feel the PH love for people like him (and Brian from 1st Tickets, he's another top bloke...)

Anyway June 11/12th I'll be posting my efforts on here...

CardShark

4,190 posts

178 months

Wednesday 18th May 2016
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He's been an absolute star, between a friend and I we've been playing email pingpong with Dan for a week and around 30 messages biggrin

Dan - if you're reading this thank you again (Matt & Stu aka Team WGO???)

Quickmoose

4,482 posts

122 months

Wednesday 18th May 2016
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I'd asked for as multiple finish stripe, which couldn't be easily done, I suggested ways of doing it and he spent time talking to suppliers until he came up with a plan that worked...he even sent me colour samples to make sure the red I got was the red I wanted...I don't know how many clients he works with, but that level of focus goes way beyond what I was expecting given the prices charged...

CardShark

4,190 posts

178 months

Wednesday 18th May 2016
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Very impressive thumbup

alan-87

393 posts

204 months

Wednesday 18th May 2016
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Another massive shoutout to Dan. He has sorted me out some custom stickers for my chim on relatively short notice. They arrived today and the quality looks excellent...and the free sweeties are a nice touch!

fat80b

2,242 posts

220 months

Thursday 19th May 2016
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This is one of my favourite threads of the year. I wish more people would post their stickered up cars ahead of LM as it really gets me in the mood.

Mine are on their way - I just need to decide how far in advance I should sticker up - Last time in the TVR, I had them on for 6 weeks beforehand but for some reason that doesn't feel as appropriate on the M3 as I take it to client's sites etc..

outspan

101 posts

95 months

Thursday 19th May 2016
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I think things will ramp up considerably in the last 1-2 weeks before everyone setts off. Looking at previous stickering threads, 75% of stickering and posting gets done around that time.

tjdixon911

1,911 posts

236 months

Thursday 19th May 2016
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Ordered all my stickers earlier this week, hoping they will arrive to commence stickering this weekend....

Will post my efforts / progress over the weekend

Jenga

78 posts

142 months

Thursday 19th May 2016
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My stickers from Stickerup have arrived, i ended up getting three seperate orders and i am booked in for my main stickers to be put on the car on the 10th June.

A waxing question.

I prefer to clay, machine, glaze and wax the car BEFORE the stickers go on and have done this every year. However the sticker designers/fitters have asked me not to wax the car. That means i am relying on the weather from the 10th to the 13th June to be able to clean and wax the car once the stickers are on.

Question - would you just do the usual and wax it before the company fit them or go from their advice? My car will be the Audi A5 Warsteiner stickers posted in this thread, plus my own add ons.

Cooper7

48 posts

121 months

Thursday 19th May 2016
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If the car's waxed beforehand it makes the job of applying the stickers a bit harder as they don't stick as well. The other side of the arguement is if the car's waxed before they've been applied it makes removing them a lot easier. One of the lads I went with last year ended up removing lacquer as well as the stickers from his Nissan Navara so I'd be wary of not waxing before they're applied.

Quickmoose

4,482 posts

122 months

Thursday 19th May 2016
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hmm it's only a weeks worth of sticker time, not worth risking your paint work for.
As Dan pointed out, the mass majority of attendees walk past your car or see it on the move and appreciate the effort or love the design... they don't walk on up and look for mismatched edges, slightly un-level applications or check for air bubbles...it's just fun.

CardShark

4,190 posts

178 months

Thursday 19th May 2016
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I'd go with the recommendation, personally. I would also check that when they say don't wax it that they do actually mean wax, people do have different interpretations as to what a wax/polish/compound etc actually is.

For the two that I've already applied I just made sure that the surfaces were clean using a quality shampoo, ran my fingers over to check if a clay bar was required, gave a light spritz of QD with a buff and then applied the stickers using a water spray. I had read somewhere that adhesives could react to waxes, can't remember where that was though.

Tip No.3 is where I'd read about waxing smile

https://www.stickeredup4lemans.com/blogs/news/1340...

Edited by CardShark on Thursday 19th May 09:53

Jenga

78 posts

142 months

Thursday 19th May 2016
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Thanks folks, for small stickers i would do the same, plonk them, but these will cover the whole side of the car this time.

I have already clayed and machine polished half of the car, just not waxed yet.

dantournay

431 posts

207 months

Thursday 19th May 2016
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A last minute floorpan repair may scupper me but this is the plan at the moment

Slalombug

2 posts

94 months

Friday 20th May 2016
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Hi Oldwolf,

Your pictures seem familiar.
Here's ours for this year.
We'll be seeing you!


tjdixon911

1,911 posts

236 months

Saturday 21st May 2016
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I spent the morning getting mine ready, it's a 10ft job so no close ups smile









Room for a few more...?

GrahamM3

74 posts

107 months

Monday 23rd May 2016
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All set and ready

fat80b

2,242 posts

220 months

Monday 23rd May 2016
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GrahamM3 said:


All set and ready
was that the pack from ebay or did you get them made up yourself? looks good and very nearly what I went for on my M3.

Bob