mikee72 Posted April 5, 2004 Posted April 5, 2004 Has anyone tried these? It sure seems like any sticker would burn off of a caliper pretty quick, and if not, would get eaten away by wheel cleaner the first time you used it. Are these things made with some "Super-Duper-Will-Not-Come-Off-No Matter-What" -type stickers, or is this simply a waste of money? On the other hand, if we could buy the "cutout" (the discarded part) of the sticker, we could stick that to the caliper and use it as a stencil for painting the word "Lexus" on our calipers in whatever color we chose. That sure seems like a better idea.
OKSC3 Posted April 5, 2004 Posted April 5, 2004 Should be some thick Vinyl, 2 mil perhaps? I worked in a sign shop for a little over a year, as far as I can tell, the vinyl will shrink a very little bit (Almost unseen amount) and then pretty much bake on. If you wanted to get them off after that you would be pretty hard pressed. As far as using the outside of it as a stencil, that would work, contact who makes them and let them know you want them to weed out the actual letters so you can use it as a paint stencil, paint, dry and peel. Or if you can find the font (the actual file) of what your looking for you can take it to a vinyl shop and the can cut the stencil's for you. We always had people coming in for vinyl just for stencils, kinda an expensive stencil, but it looks very clean when done.
mikee72 Posted April 5, 2004 Author Posted April 5, 2004 So you've seen these stickers stand up to wheel cleaner and repeated hard stops from high speed?
Sadistic Posted April 7, 2004 Posted April 7, 2004 Hard stops, I would say so.. Since it would just be heat from the Caliper. Wheel cleaner, more than likely, since most are pretty mild. Brake clean on the other hand, will probably eat them away.
SKperformance Posted April 7, 2004 Posted April 7, 2004 ONce you clean the calipers well with alchol first. they should last almost forever. Wheel cleaner will eat anything as it is acid.But who really uses wheel cleaner anymore as it is so harsh. Once the stickers on the caliper go through a few heat cylces the are almost inpossible to remove.
Sadistic Posted April 7, 2004 Posted April 7, 2004 I really didn't think wheel cleaner would be that harsh, but I'm sure you're right.. I've rarely used it. So no to wheel cleaner! ;)
SKperformance Posted April 7, 2004 Posted April 7, 2004 Notice the disclaimer on the bottles ,do not use in wind or leave product ,do one wheel at a time. The reason is if it gets on the paint it will eat it real good in the wind. If it stays on the rims by doing them all the time it will create pitting on the aluminum surface after eating the clear coat. Gets some on your hands and it will sting like crazy and turn them white for a few miuntes.
Sadistic Posted April 7, 2004 Posted April 7, 2004 You know, I suppose you're right. I have some Eagle stuff that I've used a few times, and it does smell pretty harsh. I have read the label, and saw the warning. I guess I never assumed that it was actually an acid, but to clean brake dust and such off a wheel I suppose it would have to be extremely harsh.
SKperformance Posted April 7, 2004 Posted April 7, 2004 Brake dust only becomes hard to remove once it has pitted the rims itself as it usually corrodes the finish and makes it really tuff to remove. A regular soap and water mix cleans tehm easily once done at least once a month.
Sadistic Posted April 7, 2004 Posted April 7, 2004 Since this seems like a good time to ask. Do different brake materials change the difficulty of cleaning wheels? Or is it pretty much the same with semi-metallic, , Full metal, and Carbon?
SKperformance Posted April 7, 2004 Posted April 7, 2004 You can get them on this site. Metal pads do make it a litle harder to clean but they also create less dust than organic.
Sadistic Posted April 7, 2004 Posted April 7, 2004 So, all-in-all it's a toss up? Less dust - harder to clean, or more dust easier to get rid of. That makes sense. Thanks, SK I appreciate the responses. You learn something new everyday ;)
Steve Posted April 7, 2004 Posted April 7, 2004 nice thick coat of laquer will stop anything from eating them i have sold 1000's of these and not one complaint!
mikee72 Posted April 7, 2004 Author Posted April 7, 2004 nice thick coat of laquer will stop anything from eating themi have sold 1000's of these and not one complaint! Clear laquer over the top of the sticker?
SKperformance Posted April 7, 2004 Posted April 7, 2004 No need to laquer that is more overkill. They do look best when the calipers have been painted though
Bandit Posted April 12, 2004 Posted April 12, 2004 I painted my calipers and applied the stickers approximately 6 months ago and they look great. They should last for quit a while.
Steve Posted April 12, 2004 Posted April 12, 2004 No need to laquer that is more overkill.They do look best when the calipers have been painted though i would recommend laquer... i would not dream of fitting stickers without.. especially if you use a acidic wheel cleaner.
adamgamz Posted May 5, 2009 Posted May 5, 2009 Anyone have a link to the stickers on this site, I'm having trouble finding them.
bainzey Posted May 5, 2009 Posted May 5, 2009 Anyone have a link to the stickers on this site, I'm having trouble finding them. here... http://us.lexusownersclub.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=193 and check this out... http://www.lexusownersclub.co.uk/forum/ind...?showtopic=5602
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