Tormania

I know lots of folks use that blue painter's tape for putting numbers on the door of the car for race events. And I have plenty of that kind of tape around the house. But I'm wondering how well it will contrast with my Navy Blue C5 where you will be able to see the numbers. On a white or gray car they would stand out easily, not so much on mine.

Anyone have suggestions on other options? This is where having non-metal doors is a bummer cause you can't get those spiffy race number magnets and just toss them on the side.

travisnd

Frog tape is another brand of painters tape and it's bright green...

Bad Karma

Autocross of road course?

You can buy static cling numbers, good for lower speed. I bought reusable vinyl numbers for road course. I have also used masking tape on my black Z.

Tormania

Thanks for the suggestions.

The Panther

Contact paper works. The stainless steel one looks pretty good. Easy to cut out

AU N EGL

White Duct tape ?

c4cruiser

I had a local sign/graphics shop make up some static-cling 8" high numbers. They said they could do any Windows font in a choice of 15 colors.

The vinyl is clear and they have lasted 6 years so far for both autocross and track days. The trick with static-cling is to have the surface of the car panel clean and free of any grit or stuff like road tar. Then spray the area with water and lay the static cling over the water. Use something like a credit card or even a paint stirring stick to push the water and air pockets out.

That keeps the vinyl on pretty tight to where you have to use a fingernail to peel up an edge. I rounded the corners on my pieces to keep them from peeling.

The static cling pieces come on a paper backer with a plastic coated side. Just lay the static clings on that plastic and roll up when hot in use.

SteveC68

+1

Get a roll at Home Depot and cut your own. They go on and pull off easy. Make sure whatever font style you choose is thick though as the thinner styles are more difficult to work with. Also avoid sharp corners on the insides of letters. Cut a radius at the corners instead.

Tormania

Not familiar with this. Stainless steel paper?

SteveC68

http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-25ec...kuId=202858044

sperkins

I've been using it for 3 years now.

Bad Karma

Check the rule book for the club you are running with. Not all of them approve reflective numbers on the car.

jcsperson

Not a great angle, but the 4 shows up pretty clearly on my NBM coupe.



Nobody at NASA complained.

froggy47

I think if you triple the width & make them tall they'll be fine or any other good suggestions in the thread. I got reusable vinyl good to about 100 mph autox. Not 150 mph track.

John Shiels

you will see them easily with blue tape unless they are blind

Bill Dearborn

Are you sure you will need numbers if doing a track event? All but one of the HPDE groups that I instruct with pre-assign your number and provide it to you when you get to the event. That way they have control of the car numbers thus reducing confusion by flag station workers when they have to call a car number in for a black flag or meatball.

If you need reusable check this link out: http://www.soloperformance.com/ . Check the Browse Categories.

Bill

Tormania

Very cool! My car is also NBM so it looks like the blue painter's take should be just fine!

BTW, your car looks great!

Tormania

Very cool as well. If I ever start doing track events on a much more regular basis I think this is the way I'd like to go if no objections from event organizers.

bags142

I use the green/frog painters tape... but my color is different than yours