City with Stripes!!

navin_bhp · 21st November 2007, 19:10

Hi Guys,
The reason for this thread is to tell you how ended up spicing up my car with stickers and decals...
The Temptation :
I had this temptation everytime I see a lancer or a palio (mostly i see only these cars with lot of decals and stickers). It was a couple of days back when i decided to spice up my car with stickers when I saw an yellow lancer with lots of decals and sticker passing by.
The Preview :
To get a preview of how it would look I started off with some designs using photoshop. Googled for some decals and pics of cars with decals and stripes.. I wanted a simple stripe design and the one in the Dodge Charger got my attention.. Here is the pic that im talking about

By navin2233

Then I picked some decals and started to work in PS to see how it looks in my car... This is what I got..

By navin2233, shot with Canon EOS 350D DIGITAL

Searching for shops :
I wanted to know where to go for doing the stickering..within minutes I got the answer from our forum. Wanted to tryout SRKMS in Gp road - chennai, so went there and asked for a quote, it was way to high than what I expected as another guy in the forum mentioned in one of his thread . Since I went there I just asked him to stick a HONDA on by bonnet (between the winshield washers) and eyelids for the light..Once this was done the rain started pouring and I told him that I'll come the next day to do the rest...I would say these guys were professional in what they do but very costly. The next day i went to the same shop but they said the guy who makes stickers is on leave. Headed straight to pudupet where i have seen some sticker shops. I went to one shop and showed him the picture in my mobile that I came up with and asked him if he can make the same way...He did not have most of the decals that wanted and didnt sound sure about what he could do... so went to the next shop..I think its Milap sticker shop.

The Making of the Decals :
There was a guy who was impressed with the pic that I showed him and he had most of the decals that i wanted and sounded promising that he can make the rest using corel draw. He didnt have momo,sparco and honda tuning..so we both sat and made the decals which looked almost liek the original one..For momo he first typed an E, selected some font and then rotated it 90 degs to get an M that looked like that was in the momo decal. I was very impressed.. I first wanted to put some 5-6 decals but then the guy wanted to make it 10...He did some color mixings and arrangements and showed me a preview which made me say...ok lets try this out. After about 2 Hrs my car was looking like a Sports car..I was quite satisfied with the way it looked. Then that guy too a pic of the car in his cell phone and i was telling him about our forum for a while and left with a satisfied heart....

I took some pics but its yet to be transferd to the pc..I'll try to post some pics soon...

navin_bhp · 22nd November 2007, 19:41

Here are some pics guys... How does it look..

By navin2233 at 2007-11-22

planet_rocker · 22nd November 2007, 19:50

the stripes look good - but i am not that much sure about the stickers(momo, wrc...)

hkanitkar · 22nd November 2007, 20:26

hey mate,
the stripes look good. But it would look a lot better without Momo et al and the 'Honda' at end of stripes.

n_aditya · 22nd November 2007, 20:33

yeah

too. I like the stripes but the decals on the sides dont go well with the rest. Take them off and your car will look good. Looks very well maintained and clean to me by the way. Nice.

nitrous · 22nd November 2007, 20:47

So, U have a type1 OHC with type2 headlamps. Wicked!
Side looks good. Remove those black crap on the headlamps. They spoil the looks.

badboyscad · 22nd November 2007, 21:35

superb stripes mate..and i agree with nitrous, remove those black stickering on the headlamps and instead you could go for eyelids on them.

manikjeet · 22nd November 2007, 21:36

your car is looking really nice with the stickers

btw how did he charged you

aniguchisan · 22nd November 2007, 21:38

Upsize and smoke the wheels to a dark grey/black. It'll look evil. Do it!

jerish666 · 22nd November 2007, 21:39

looks nice but too much stickers on decals.

govigov · 23rd November 2007, 00:39

Quote:

Originally Posted by hkanitkar

hey mate,
the stripes look good. But it would look a lot better without Momo et al and the 'Honda' at end of stripes.

Agree whole heartedly.

Just the plain stripes whould look good.

If there is too much jargon on the side, i take it for granted that there is nothing inside the vehicle.

navin_bhp · 23rd November 2007, 03:24

Thanks for the Frank opinions guys.
@govigov: I too will think the same way if I see lot of Decals..but I do have half of whats mentioned like momo, Kenwood, OZ, and Yokos..The K&N and Greddy may soon be fitted..The Nos and others are for chumma...The Sparco because I have a look alike steering wheel..

I too did not like that many decals in the side but jus wanted to try it out.. Actually it looked good when it was all black but the red and black combination made it look a little overdone... But overall Im happy that I got that sports look.

@aniguchisan : Thanks for the suggestion but I need the cushion of atleast 60 profile and the car will be loaded with 5 people so i should stick to 13"ers..
I was actually thinking of painting the wheels white. any suggetions guys??

@badboyscad: I was actually looking for some ideas about the eyelids..It would be great if you could show me a pic with eye lids..

@ nitrous: Not only headlamps The fenders, bonnet, bumper and grill are all type II. I had to change all this to get the clear reflector lamps fitted.

@ Aditya : Im glad that you liked the car...ITs the first car that I bought with my own money..so obviously I'll take good care of her...Me and my bro will spend nice 2 hrs cleaning the car every sunday :-)

1self · 23rd November 2007, 08:19

Navin BHP,
One can do the eyelids as a DIY:

http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/modifi...very-easy.html

esteem_lover · 23rd November 2007, 08:38

Nice effort taken navin, the headlights do look odd. i don't really mind the decal clatter on your doors though it could have been limited. well kept car. enjoy.

navin_bhp · 23rd November 2007, 09:23

@1self: Thanks for the link..As a matter of fact I myself used to cut reflector stickers when i was in school. Its now almost a discontinued hobby. The last time I did this was for my bike's number plate. I'll try to post a design of the pic if possible.. BTW the eylids looks more or less like the ones that I have now..the difference is that its in the same color of the car.

@esteem lover : Thanks for the comments. I thought the black on the lights will go well with the back colored grill.
OT :I wanted to say this long time back, I guess i saw you at mahavir once, you were discussing about fitting a spoiler on your car. Im guessing its you because the car had the same alloys.

And guys Im now thinking about some tribal vinyls on the hood..what do you say?? It can be a simple stripe or tribal design(like in NFS)

21st November 2007, 19:10	#1
navin_bhp BHPian Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Redmond, WA Posts: 157 Thanked: 35 Times View My Garage	City with Stripes!! Hi Guys, The reason for this thread is to tell you how ended up spicing up my car with stickers and decals... The Temptation : I had this temptation everytime I see a lancer or a palio (mostly i see only these cars with lot of decals and stickers). It was a couple of days back when i decided to spice up my car with stickers when I saw an yellow lancer with lots of decals and sticker passing by. The Preview : To get a preview of how it would look I started off with some designs using photoshop. Googled for some decals and pics of cars with decals and stripes.. I wanted a simple stripe design and the one in the Dodge Charger got my attention.. Here is the pic that im talking about By navin2233 Then I picked some decals and started to work in PS to see how it looks in my car... This is what I got.. By navin2233, shot with Canon EOS 350D DIGITAL Searching for shops : I wanted to know where to go for doing the stickering..within minutes I got the answer from our forum. Wanted to tryout SRKMS in Gp road - chennai, so went there and asked for a quote, it was way to high than what I expected as another guy in the forum mentioned in one of his thread . Since I went there I just asked him to stick a HONDA on by bonnet (between the winshield washers) and eyelids for the light..Once this was done the rain started pouring and I told him that I'll come the next day to do the rest...I would say these guys were professional in what they do but very costly. The next day i went to the same shop but they said the guy who makes stickers is on leave. Headed straight to pudupet where i have seen some sticker shops. I went to one shop and showed him the picture in my mobile that I came up with and asked him if he can make the same way...He did not have most of the decals that wanted and didnt sound sure about what he could do... so went to the next shop..I think its Milap sticker shop. The Making of the Decals : There was a guy who was impressed with the pic that I showed him and he had most of the decals that i wanted and sounded promising that he can make the rest using corel draw. He didnt have momo,sparco and honda tuning..so we both sat and made the decals which looked almost liek the original one..For momo he first typed an E, selected some font and then rotated it 90 degs to get an M that looked like that was in the momo decal. I was very impressed.. I first wanted to put some 5-6 decals but then the guy wanted to make it 10...He did some color mixings and arrangements and showed me a preview which made me say...ok lets try this out. After about 2 Hrs my car was looking like a Sports car..I was quite satisfied with the way it looked. Then that guy too a pic of the car in his cell phone and i was telling him about our forum for a while and left with a satisfied heart.... I took some pics but its yet to be transferd to the pc..I'll try to post some pics soon...
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22nd November 2007, 19:41	#2
navin_bhp BHPian Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Redmond, WA Posts: 157 Thanked: 35 Times View My Garage	Pics added!! Here are some pics guys... How does it look.. By navin2233 at 2007-11-22 By navin2233 at 2007-11-22 By navin2233 at 2007-11-22 Last edited by navin_bhp : 22nd November 2007 at 19:44.
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22nd November 2007, 19:50	#3
planet_rocker Senior - BHPian Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Bong-land Posts: 2,323 Thanked: 426 Times	the stripes look good - but i am not that much sure about the stickers(momo, wrc...)
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22nd November 2007, 20:26	#4
hkanitkar BHPian Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: pune Posts: 668 Thanked: 109 Times View My Garage	hey mate, the stripes look good. But it would look a lot better without Momo et al and the 'Honda' at end of stripes.
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22nd November 2007, 20:33	#5
n_aditya Senior - BHPian Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Namma Bengaluru Posts: 5,348 Thanked: 3,684 Times View My Garage	yeah too. I like the stripes but the decals on the sides dont go well with the rest. Take them off and your car will look good. Looks very well maintained and clean to me by the way. Nice.
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22nd November 2007, 20:47	#6
nitrous Senior - BHPian Join Date: May 2004 Location: UAE/Lon/Madras Posts: 6,965 Thanked: 325 Times View My Garage	So, U have a type1 OHC with type2 headlamps. Wicked! Side looks good. Remove those black crap on the headlamps. They spoil the looks.
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22nd November 2007, 21:35	#7
badboyscad Senior - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: TN Posts: 1,511 Thanked: 477 Times View My Garage	superb stripes mate..and i agree with nitrous, remove those black stickering on the headlamps and instead you could go for eyelids on them.
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22nd November 2007, 21:36	#8
manikjeet Senior - BHPian Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: chandigarh Posts: 1,618 Thanked: 295 Times View My Garage	your car is looking really nice with the stickers btw how did he charged you
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22nd November 2007, 21:38	#9
aniguchisan Senior - BHPian Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: London, UK Posts: 2,022 Thanked: 123 Times View My Garage	Upsize and smoke the wheels to a dark grey/black. It'll look evil. Do it!
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22nd November 2007, 21:39	#10
jerish666 BHPian Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Trivandrum,Kochi,Trissur Posts: 757 Thanked: 2 Times	looks nice but too much stickers on decals.
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23rd November 2007, 03:24	#12
navin_bhp BHPian Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Redmond, WA Posts: 157 Thanked: 35 Times View My Garage	Thanks for the Frank opinions guys. @govigov: I too will think the same way if I see lot of Decals..but I do have half of whats mentioned like momo, Kenwood, OZ, and Yokos..The K&N and Greddy may soon be fitted..The Nos and others are for chumma...The Sparco because I have a look alike steering wheel.. I too did not like that many decals in the side but jus wanted to try it out.. Actually it looked good when it was all black but the red and black combination made it look a little overdone... But overall Im happy that I got that sports look. @aniguchisan : Thanks for the suggestion but I need the cushion of atleast 60 profile and the car will be loaded with 5 people so i should stick to 13"ers.. I was actually thinking of painting the wheels white. any suggetions guys?? @badboyscad: I was actually looking for some ideas about the eyelids..It would be great if you could show me a pic with eye lids.. @ nitrous: Not only headlamps The fenders, bonnet, bumper and grill are all type II. I had to change all this to get the clear reflector lamps fitted. @ Aditya : Im glad that you liked the car...ITs the first car that I bought with my own money..so obviously I'll take good care of her...Me and my bro will spend nice 2 hrs cleaning the car every sunday :-)
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23rd November 2007, 08:19	#13
1self BHPian Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Pune Posts: 629 Thanked: 330 Times View My Garage	Navin BHP, One can do the eyelids as a DIY: http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/modifi...very-easy.html
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23rd November 2007, 08:38	#14
esteem_lover Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Madras/Py Posts: 7,556 Thanked: 502 Times View My Garage	Nice effort taken navin, the headlights do look odd. i don't really mind the decal clatter on your doors though it could have been limited. well kept car. enjoy.
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23rd November 2007, 09:23	#15
navin_bhp BHPian Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Redmond, WA Posts: 157 Thanked: 35 Times View My Garage	@1self: Thanks for the link..As a matter of fact I myself used to cut reflector stickers when i was in school. Its now almost a discontinued hobby. The last time I did this was for my bike's number plate. I'll try to post a design of the pic if possible.. BTW the eylids looks more or less like the ones that I have now..the difference is that its in the same color of the car. @esteem lover : Thanks for the comments. I thought the black on the lights will go well with the back colored grill. OT :I wanted to say this long time back, I guess i saw you at mahavir once, you were discussing about fitting a spoiler on your car. Im guessing its you because the car had the same alloys. And guys Im now thinking about some tribal vinyls on the hood..what do you say?? It can be a simple stripe or tribal design(like in NFS)
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