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Old Jan 15, 2022 | 11:45 AM
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I have added these decals to my boring engine cover.....





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Old Jan 15, 2022 | 11:47 AM
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Cool! I am actually looking to do the same, just havent got the car yet!
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Old Jan 15, 2022 | 12:08 PM
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I was a little more "conservative", but I really like what you did...
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Those decals look pretty sharp. Nicely done.
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Old Jan 15, 2022 | 12:54 PM
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Former sister in law was the General Sales Manager at a big multi-brand dealership. We were looking at a car I was interested in. When I didn't ask to look at the engine, she remarked that 'men' always wanted to look at the motor. Most had no clue it was the thing to do. So is it just me? If it starts and goes, the motor is there. And doing all I ask it to do. No peeky required.
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Old Jan 15, 2022 | 12:59 PM
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Originally Posted by papillion
Former sister in law was the General Sales Manager at a big multi-brand dealership. We were looking at a car I was interested in. When I didn't ask to look at the engine, she remarked that 'men' always wanted to look at the motor. Most had no clue it was the thing to do. So is it just me? If it starts and goes, the motor is there. And doing all I ask it to do. No peeky required.
I always look at the motor when buying a used car to make sure nothing hokey has been done.
On a new car I already know what the motor is going to look like by the time I'm ready to buy it.
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Old Jan 15, 2022 | 01:43 PM
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A close look the decals look pretty rough. It not your fault but whoever it was that made them. It looks like the took a low res jpg of the logo and did a quick vectorize of it and didn't clean up the nodes. It does looks a lot better with the decals other than just a blank plastic.
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Old Jan 15, 2022 | 02:33 PM
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Where did you get the stickers that you applied? Thanks
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Originally Posted by Brandon708
A close look the decals look pretty rough. It not your fault but whoever it was that made them. It looks like the took a low res jpg of the logo and did a quick vectorize of it and didn't clean up the nodes. It does looks a lot better with the decals other than just a blank plastic.
I know this is a dumb question and am sure everyone except me knows exactly what you are talking about but . . . How long does it normally take to "vectorize"? and how many men does it take to hold down a "node" so it can be cleaned?
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Old Jan 15, 2022 | 04:53 PM
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Looks pretty good to me
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Old Jan 15, 2022 | 05:09 PM
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I hand made the stickers..
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Old Jan 15, 2022 | 05:14 PM
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Why didn't you say so! lol It looks really good then. Nice job on it.

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Old Jan 15, 2022 | 05:23 PM
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Nodes are little points in lines were a line changes direction.
Vector or Vectorize is when you take a image like a photo and change them into lines that can be edited and moved around.
I have a sign company and do this for a living. I didn't mean to come off as some know it all *******. I hope the image below clears it up.


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Old Jan 15, 2022 | 09:30 PM
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Ordered mine from Decal City!
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Old Jan 15, 2022 | 10:23 PM
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Originally Posted by LIE2ME
I was a little more "conservative", but I really like what you did...
Very nice.
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Old Jul 6, 2022 | 03:18 PM
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Looks good...I did the same.
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