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Old May 23, 2014 | 05:14 PM
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I know the feeling. I used AutoCAD everyday in construction years ago, couldn't trek you how to add a new line now if my life depended on it, lol.

Oh AutoCAD. I hadn't thought about that in a long, long time. Nothing left, except how handy typing in commands was. 3 years of classes gone haha.
 
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Old May 23, 2014 | 08:46 PM
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I did just the opposite......

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Old May 23, 2014 | 10:56 PM
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Lol well that's random, but now we gotta find a shop that's willing to work on this
 
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Old May 24, 2014 | 07:36 AM
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Lol well that's random, but now we gotta find a shop that's willing to work on this
Might be best to have someone run down to a FedEx Kinko's or something and go to paper first and freehand the cuts. That or if someone has some spare vinyl kicking around...
 
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Old May 25, 2014 | 01:30 AM
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Did you actually set the render you did to size? If it's life sized I can go with the file to fedex kinkos
 
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Old May 25, 2014 | 04:29 AM
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The zip file with the eps in it should be to scale, yes.
 
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Old May 25, 2014 | 11:10 AM
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Alright, gonna try to make it to kinkos lol. I emailed another vinyl supply shop in Chicago for how much they would charge also.
 
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Old May 25, 2014 | 11:39 AM
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Good luck - let me know how it looks. If it's off, pictures would be helpful. To state the obvious, you probably only need to bother printing one for testing.
 
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Old May 25, 2014 | 12:37 PM
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Will do, give me a couple days hahah
 
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Old May 26, 2014 | 01:35 PM
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dipped my tail lights this weekend
 
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Old May 26, 2014 | 01:40 PM
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dipped my tail lights this weekend
So did you mask the lenses off, or just freehand the cuts after the dip dried?
 
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Old May 26, 2014 | 02:00 PM
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Default Re: Vinyl/plasti dip tail lights?
Masked then dipped, then carefully pulled the tape off
 
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Old May 26, 2014 | 05:37 PM
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I wanna get it done out of vinyl though, because it's sturdier than the dip and comes in many textures.
Can you post a picture with the entire back end of the car? Curious to see how it looks from the back
 
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Old May 28, 2014 | 02:13 PM
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LOL! At one time I spent about 10 hours a day in Photoshop
I will keep this in mind as my PS skills are severaly lacking...
 
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Old May 28, 2014 | 04:27 PM
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dipped my tail lights this weekend
What is the colour code for the dip? Thanks...awesome job by the way!
 
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Old May 28, 2014 | 07:16 PM
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Thanks. I used the anthracite gray and a few coats of glossifier
 
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Old May 28, 2014 | 07:58 PM
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Can you just make a paper trace of that and scan it in on the pc? That would make our quest to turn it into a vinyl cutout sooooo much easier!
 
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Old May 28, 2014 | 11:06 PM
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Can you just make a paper trace of that and scan it in on the pc? That would make our quest to turn it into a vinyl cutout sooooo much easier!


That's pretty much what I did.
 
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Old May 29, 2014 | 12:33 AM
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Default Re: Vinyl/plasti dip tail lights?
I meant if you could scan your design for us to use in vinyl because it looks damn good and the outline is clean.
 
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Old May 29, 2014 | 10:09 AM
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Originally Posted by Adrian_X
I meant if you could scan your design for us to use in vinyl because it looks damn good and the outline is clean.
I think you mixed me up with RWM I mean I traced the lights and scanned it that to make that graphic. Well, laid it out and took a photo, I don't have access to a scanner large enough to scan the whole thing...
 
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