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Those look great. I actually like the Aquascapes trucks better. Is that perf on the tail lights... and a little splash of it on the front side window? Pushing the DOT limits a bit, I like that too!

@#$%ing amazing.

We use Nikkalite. You can't beat the price and it installs just fine. Definitely overlap... 'bout a 1/2".

$86.75 take it or leave it.

Wayne is a closet fan... he'll come out someday.

We just did an 08 F250 and had no trouble removing the emblem. I never wrap around anything that I can take off, but we charge accordingly. We have a tool that looks like a small screw driver but has a hook on the end. Heat it, put the hook under the emblem at the bottom (so if it does make a...

I normally watch that with my wife too. I'm still at the shop! What was it about?

OK, I have some serious "new shop envy." I put a bid in on a foreclosed building Monday and I have my fingers crossed. It's not 20k' and it's certainly not as nice as yours, but if I get it, it will be MINE! No more renting. It will be my 4th move as well... moving sucks! That is a great...

Years ago I was "sold" on a yellow pages ad. Guess what I got? Price checkers. They were all calling every shop with an ad and saying "how much for a magnetic sign?" Since we actually do quality work with quality materials (and charge for it), we didn't get any of 'em. Word of mouth has kept my...

Why anybody would do anything below cost EVER is beyond me. What happens when you charge customer X $50 for a job at "below cost" and they come back in 6 months wondering why it's $150? Like anything else, you pay for quality. I let the other guys have the jobs they're willing to do for free. If...

Nothing is guaranteed to last more than 5 years. I'm confident that every job we send out will last that long. That's what I tell 'em and I'll stand up to it.

If this is true, you're the local a-hole that's screwing up the market. If you get EVERY job, your price is too low. We stress our quality (and we have it compared to the local competition) and that's part of the price. I agree with this philosophy. I owe very little. If you can save 50% on...

I actually prefer the Nikkalite to 3M in both printing and installing. 95% of the time, you get what you pay for. The other 5% 3M is gouging you. We wrapped the entire back of an ambulance and the back of an enclosed trailer for an EMT training company with reflective. The letters on the side...

Mosh- I used 3M at a previous employer. When I bought my printer, we tried some Oracal reflective (because we use Oracal for most other applications) and it worked fine. I gave the Nikkalite a shot on our own sign just to try it out and haven't looked back. Do yourself a favor and give it a...

I've been using it for almost 2 years, not all babied fire trucks. I've seen 3M not hold up so well, but it was definitely due to poor preparation / application. I've been installing vinyl since 1992 and this is the easiest reflective install I've seen. 3M is way too proud of most of their...

Absolutely. We use Oracal 290G.

Zmat- Yes, the stripe is seamless. There's a small green outline on the blue, it's all printed. Mosh- We didn't have a lot of freedom on the designs, especially the F350 since we had to match existing trucks. Nikkalite is awesome, it's all we use for reflective and we have had no problems. It...

Fire Company F350: Everything but the gold-leaf and black is printed on Nikkalite reflective. Toyota Sienna: This was wrapped to match a box truck that we did a couple of weeks ago. The customer is rebranding his whole business. Oracal 3951RA with 290G lam.

I don't think you need to be constantly upgrading software, especially if you're only cutting vinyl. I've used nothing but Flexi and am still using a very old version on XP for cut vinyl. For printing we use Photoshop and PhotoPrint. Like you, I'm so used to Flexi that I have no desire to...

Intense- The Tahoe looks good, I love the subtle yellow-white gradient. We use Nikkalite reflective. It's not so forgiving that you can remove and replace it, but the price... oh the price! We can actually make money with a reflective job without scaring the customer across the county at the...