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richierich · 5th April 2007, 10:30

Well the sticker is on, but I have discovered two things today.

A) My drive is not level at the bottom, but it is at the top. How do I know, I just put my new sticker on, this time with the car nose on to the drive, with the last sticker, bum onto the drive, so I used the masking tape and spirit level, stuck it on and not level.

B) When using blue masking tape, make sure the car is parked so that the sun is square on to the rear window, if not when you are inside the thickness of the plastic lense and the opaque nature of the backing paper means you can only see where the blue "glow" is cast through the masking tape, if the sun is side on you get a slight angle on the shadow, so the sticker goes wonky.

So 2 possible outcomes

A + B = Straight sticker as the wonky drive had compensated for the sun.

OR

A + B = Wonkier sticker, as they have a combined effect.

Yup, the latter, its about 4mm out, but to be honest I don't think you will notice it. Shouldn't say that as when I finally make it to a meet you will all comment, just as you did when I turned up to the very first meet with my Toyota painted near side wing.

I will not lose sleep over it.

Can I have permission to stick one on an Citroen AX? Only I thought I might add some value to the Wifes car.

5th April 2007, 10:30	#349 (permalink)
richierich Smell My Cheese! Rocketship door handle Join Date: 17th May 2006 Location: Bicester, Oxfordshire Posts: 1,854 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post iTrader: (0)	Installation problems Well the sticker is on, but I have discovered two things today. A) My drive is not level at the bottom, but it is at the top. How do I know, I just put my new sticker on, this time with the car nose on to the drive, with the last sticker, bum onto the drive, so I used the masking tape and spirit level, stuck it on and not level. B) When using blue masking tape, make sure the car is parked so that the sun is square on to the rear window, if not when you are inside the thickness of the plastic lense and the opaque nature of the backing paper means you can only see where the blue "glow" is cast through the masking tape, if the sun is side on you get a slight angle on the shadow, so the sticker goes wonky. So 2 possible outcomes A + B = Straight sticker as the wonky drive had compensated for the sun. OR A + B = Wonkier sticker, as they have a combined effect. Yup, the latter, its about 4mm out, but to be honest I don't think you will notice it. Shouldn't say that as when I finally make it to a meet you will all comment, just as you did when I turned up to the very first meet with my Toyota painted near side wing. I will not lose sleep over it. Can I have permission to stick one on an Citroen AX? Only I thought I might add some value to the Wifes car.