luxstang
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EDIT: I forgot to mention that I had the Jim Osborn ones. Maybe it does not count for every manufacturer.
I just wanted to warn you in case you wanna apply the Mach 1 deck lid decals to a convertible like I did. Bear in mind that those are made for fastbacks and not for verts.
That means that they won't fit properly as the vert's deck lid is much wider than that of a Fastback.
Now these decals come in 3 pieces, the center stipe and the two curves that go on the quarter panel extensions. Those quarter panel extensions are much wider on a fastback, so the middle stripe is about two inches too short on each side of the deck lid, and you need to cut a piece off the curved ones and tape it to the deck lid and make sure that the stripes continue in a straight line .
Because the transition between those 3 stripes will not be in the gap between the extensions and the deck lid it means that you have almost no material to wrap around the edges.
I wish I had known this before I ordered the stripes.
In fact, I never even noticed that the lids were of different width on coupes, convertibles and fastbacks. I only found out while I was taping them into place with masking tape that I was gonna have to improvise. I invented some very interesting foul words along the way, believe me.
So, now you know.
Unfortunately I forgot to take pictures. I was too pissed to think about that.
By the way, all of this also applies to coupes.
If you click the pic and blow it up you can see the transition between the parts right above the white reverse light on the driver side. The passenger side turned out better and is harder to see.
I just wanted to warn you in case you wanna apply the Mach 1 deck lid decals to a convertible like I did. Bear in mind that those are made for fastbacks and not for verts.
That means that they won't fit properly as the vert's deck lid is much wider than that of a Fastback.
Now these decals come in 3 pieces, the center stipe and the two curves that go on the quarter panel extensions. Those quarter panel extensions are much wider on a fastback, so the middle stripe is about two inches too short on each side of the deck lid, and you need to cut a piece off the curved ones and tape it to the deck lid and make sure that the stripes continue in a straight line .
Because the transition between those 3 stripes will not be in the gap between the extensions and the deck lid it means that you have almost no material to wrap around the edges.
I wish I had known this before I ordered the stripes.
In fact, I never even noticed that the lids were of different width on coupes, convertibles and fastbacks. I only found out while I was taping them into place with masking tape that I was gonna have to improvise. I invented some very interesting foul words along the way, believe me.
So, now you know.
Unfortunately I forgot to take pictures. I was too pissed to think about that.
By the way, all of this also applies to coupes.
If you click the pic and blow it up you can see the transition between the parts right above the white reverse light on the driver side. The passenger side turned out better and is harder to see.
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