Give us input what graphics you'd like to see us design for the 6G Broncos

[tracythemighty]

I saw the new Mach 1 in “Jet Fighter Gray” that looks a ton like Cactus Gray and I love orange. Thought this would look great on my upcoming Outer Banks 2 Door. Simple hints of orange and black trim.

If anyone has some photoshop skills to show these on a 2 Door Cactus Gray Outer Banks, I’d love to see it!

I wouldn't exactly call it skill, but I thought I'd try... enjoy!

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[tracythemighty]

It's not difficult to do. And after some practice, it's not as nerve-wracking.
Back in the day (and sometimes even now after I've trained a few others to do it) I did a lot of decaling on one of our customer's products at my FT job. Several thousand of them to date.
Each decal is well over $100, so you really have to keep in mind what you are doing and where the decal is in relation to the floor, itself, other surfaces. At $150 each, it doesn't take long to wrack up some scrap $ due to a simple mistake. The decals are about 4' long and 2' high.

Easy method is to use water and dish soap in a spray bottle. I use JOY brand because it is cheap and it does dry away completely without leaving a residue that adds to adhesion failure. Mix it maybe 10:1 water-to-soap maximum.
The below is after you measure/mock up where you are going to put the decal. Good practice is to use a grease pencil or non-permanent marker to mark one corner and go from there.

1)Wet the surface down very well with the soap mixture(after making sure it is COMPLETELY CLEAN).
2)Peel half the paper off of the decal and spray the adhesive surface. This prevents it from sticking to itself when peeling the remainder of the backing paper off.
3) Peel the other half of the backing material off and spray the whole back of the decal again, making sure it doesn't touch the floor.
4) Apply the decal and slide it around to where your mark is for the starting corner. Now you can either measure, eyeball it, or use a construction laser level (if the vehicle itself is perfectly level) to get a straight line for either top or bottom. I can eyeball if and use body lines to get what I need but you can also use masking tape to lay out a straight line up above before step 1 if you don't trust it.
5) Use a good rubber (handheld) squeegie and get the bubbles out of the first section there you know is right.
6) Apply some fair force to the other end of the decal and pull it tight (and up/down as needed) to not only remove creases, but to also achieve that straight line you are looking for. While maintaining pressure with that hand, use the other to squeegie quickly the surface area to set the decal in place.
7) Go back over it, pulling any air/water left under it to the edges and out. Be careful not to drag the squeegie too hard and crease the vinyl, but hard enough so that you get all of the air out.
8) Let it sit for a bit. In the heat of summer maybe 3-5 minutes. In the winter, a good 10-20.
9) Carefully start one corner of the transfer paper over the vinyl and pull it at a sharp angle, slowly. Meaning close to the surface.
A 90 degree angle wants to pull the vinyl back off of the paint.
10) Once the transfer paper is all off, take a CLEAN microfiber towel and rub down the surface, removing all the water and residue off of the vinyl. look at it from all angles, looking for bubbles, lifting edges, creases.
11) If you find any of the above, use pressure with a finger wrapped in the towel to move it towards the edge, etc.
12) If this does not seem to be working you can get a heat gun or hairdryer to help, but don't cook the vinyl. It doesn't take temps approaching nuclear fusion to get the job done here.
13) Worst case if you have a bubble you can't work out, you can take a straight pin and prick it, working the air/fluid out of the hole easily and methodically with your finger and the towel.

Long post, sorry.
With the size of decals most will be putting on, it shouldn't be too hard.
The giant birds on the hoods of Trans Am's of the 70's are a bear to do.
I would start, if you are concerned, with some cheap vinyl off of Amazon or a local dealer and practice with it on something (an old appliance, extra body parts you have laying around) before you get the important stuff in and try it.
Once you do it one time you'll realize that it's intimidating looking at but not that bad to actually do.

Thank you so much for the advice!

 

[Carolina Jim]

ANY color works great on Cactus, 'cuz as we know - its GREY!

But I think 'black' is gonna be tricky, as there's so much dark greyish stuff already

 

[peterh]

wondering what people think of the effect of placing striping up near the top of the door versus at the bottom - to my eye, when placed on the bottom, it tends to make the vehicle look lower to the ground, whereas when placed at the top, the vehicle appears to sit higher.

 

[Southern Girl]

I know these have been posted in this thread, but I want to add my voice. I was talking to my wife, and this graphic is something we really want.

I would like this in silver. My truck is close to VB and it has silver factory decals on it - looks great.

 

[ryn0s3r1]

wondering what people think of the effect of placing striping up near the top of the door versus at the bottom - to my eye, when placed on the bottom, it tends to make the vehicle look lower to the ground, whereas when placed at the top, the vehicle appears to sit higher.

Both look good, but like you, I prefer a graphic along the bottom.

 

[Jmschultz22]

I wouldn't exactly call it skill, but I thought I'd try... enjoy!

Nice job...thank you for this @tracythemighty !

 

[SavvyG]

circular 2x2 or 1.5 discreetly stuck somewhere on the gate. i'm down

I'm in for a small round version of this as well! My wife still has no idea why I love that show so much! You either get it or you don't....

 

[BroncoJay]

I wouldn't exactly call it skill, but I thought I'd try... enjoy!

I dig the orange with the CG...
Good color combo

 

[Rubisquatch]

I would like a similar side, lower doors body graphic (kinda like the WildTrak has)but that says Badlands or Bronco in matte instead of WildTrak. I may be in the minority but I like this decal.

 

[BiggieStallz]

I already have sketches of this stripe on the new Bronco. We will be doing them for sure!! If you contact us when the vehicle comes out, we will be doing a special price for the first customers in exchange for pics for our website.

Count me in for that!

 

[Ridergraphix]

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[BiggieStallz]

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Just did. Thank you

 

[67BroncoG1]

this

Exactly this including the chrome "Bronco" script. If I recall correctly from installing new chrome script on my "67, the original badge has a few locating pins behind it. We just need adhesive tape now.

 

[ryn0s3r1]

Something like one of these?

Absolutely love the look of this graphic. How about placing it above the rocker panel and style it in the shape of a Boss style hockey stick graphic with it terminating just below the model designator badge?

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