My decal graphics from Limited Decal

[Philip]

I finally got around to installing the custom decal kit that I ordered from Limited Decal onto my MXR.

I had to buy a heat gun. Without it the installation would have not been possible on this bike.

There were no installation instructions in the box. I am glad I had a spare Attack Graphics Application Kit left over from a long time ago. It had the instructions, a squeegee, and an installation fluid in a spray bottle.

With these tools the installation went smoothly!

Many thanks to Limited Decal for working with me to customize the graphics and the cut-out shapes on this kit!

Limited Decal
37995 Mohawk Drive
Charlotte Hall, MD 20622
sales@limiteddecal.com
peggy@limiteddecal.com

 

[snydes]

Awesome! Looks trick! Now maybe you can actually ride it!

 

[Butch]

Nice.
I only have BARF stickies on my bikes. I would put altaownersforum.com stickies on Shiftless, and perhaps Zippy (E36 ZHP), if they were available.

 

[ablock]

I had to buy a heat gun. Without it the installation would not have been possible on this bike.

There were no installation instructions in the box. I am glad I had a spare Attack Graphics Application Kit left over from a long time ago. It had the instructions, a squeegee, and an installation fluid in a spray bottle.

With these tools the installation went smoothly!

I had a terrible time installing my graphics — lots of bubbles. Can you tell me more about how you used the items in the application kit? Thanks!

 

[Philip]

I had a terrible time installing my graphics — lots of bubbles. Can you tell me more about how you used the items in the application kit? Thanks!

0) Wash the bike, remove old stickers, remove the remaining glue. I also cleaned it with a contact cleaner.
1) Align the graphics to make sure you know where you want it to be.
2) Spray the plastic with the fluid. Water could work too, but it is not as slippery.
3) Remove the graphics' backing film.
4) Spray the back of the graphics lightly.
5) Align the graphics and start using the squeegee from the middle towards the egdes.
6) Keep running the squeegee until all the water and bubbles are out and the graphics starts to stick.
7) Use the heat gun if necessary, expecially on curved surfaces.
8) Let it sit for 24 hours, preferably in a hot garage, to dry the remaining water under the graphics.
9) Check to make sure nothing has unstuck. Use the heat gun again, if needed to soften up the film.

 

[Philip]

If you cannot squeeze the old bubbles out with a squeegee, you can pop them with a needle and then iron them out with a squeegee.

 

[Oded]

Very nice. I love these black & white graphics.
Mine is on the way. Will post photos.

 

[ablock]

If you cannot squeeze the old bubbles out with a squeegee, you can pop them with a needle and then iron them out with a squeegee.

Tried that, with limited success.

 

[TCMB371]

I like the clean look! Now go get that thing dirty!

I know the guys that work at LTD. Tyler Hayes and company are great people. I had them do custom graphics for me years ago on my 2000 YZ250 at the time, and they held up for a long.time.

 

[snydes]

Is there any software/company, etc. that you can truly create your own design with importing your own logos and such? I have a design I'd like to create and I'm just too picky to have to deal back and forth with someone to get it the way I envision it. Sorry if this is something that's common knowledge.

 

[wavewarren]

Did you use the heat gun to remove the WP sticker from your forks? If so, is there any chance of doing damage to the internal seals using the heat gun?

 

[Philip]

Is there any software/company, etc. that you can truly create your own design with importing your own logos and such? I have a design I'd like to create and I'm just too picky to have to deal back and forth with someone to get it the way I envision it. Sorry if this is something that's common knowledge.

Yes, Limited Decal can do it.

They can use your logos and follow your sketches already. This is what they did with my design.

Or, you could send them a computer file with the design that you want. They use vector graphics though, so they will either have to convert your raster (bitmap, jpeg, etc) to vector, or you could design using vector graphics yourself.

I forgot that vector formats they use, you could ask them, but I am sure most of them can be easily translated from one form to another.

 

[Philip]

Did you use the heat gun to remove the WP sticker from your forks? If so, is there any chance of doing damage to the internal seals using the heat gun?

No, Kreft did that. I do not think a heat gun is needed, but if so, then the seals would not be affected by a normal heat gun. The fork is one big heat sink, and you'd have to heat up the whole fork in the oven for the heat to get to the seals.

 

[wavewarren]

No, Kreft did that. I do not think a heat gun is needed, but if so, then the seals would not be affected by a normal heat gun. The fork is one big heat sink, and you'd have to heat up the whole fork in the oven for the heat to get to the seals.

Thanks.
I've been wanting to take those off, make the bike look a little less motocrossy when I ride it on the street.

 

[TCMB371]

Is there any software/company, etc. that you can truly create your own design with importing your own logos and such? I have a design I'd like to create and I'm just too picky to have to deal back and forth with someone to get it the way I envision it. Sorry if this is something that's common knowledge.

If you create your design in photoshop or adobe illustrator using the cutout templates they use, you can send it to any of those MX Graphic companies and ask them to print it.

Otherwise, companies like FAMMX Designs and Limited Decal will happily work with you to create your vision. I've been using FAMMX lately because they sponsor me, and both of my Kawi's have custom graphics.

My 04 KX 125


My 15 KX 450F

 

[banned]

No HVMC love even after still using our design

 

[Philip]

No HVMC love even after still using our design

I kept not the letters but the spirit of the HVMC design alive. Now there are two bikes that look like this!

 

[banned]

3 actually... thats our signature demo design

 

[Philip]

I only have BARF stickies on my bikes. I would put altaownersforum.com stickies on Shiftless, and perhaps Zippy (E36 ZHP), if they were available.

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