I have a website where I slang my music from and I was thinking about putting the url on my back window as a decal, but I'm just wondering what peoples opinions are on doing stuff like that. I have a friend who's against any kind of decals - he says "keep it clean" - and then I have some friends who represent with decals with all the different mods they've done.

Also, if I DO get the decal, I found some sites online where you can order custom ones, but are there any places people have gone to in the socal area where I can go in person and get it done?

go for it? if it is going to help u out in n-e way

Usually any sign shops will die cut stickers for you...just make sure that it is 5 year or 7 year vinyl.

I have kept mine clean so far, but I have an envelope full of stickers that are going to go on the side skirts once I finish the mods that are on my to do list. It will still be 'clean though"...only on the side skirts...and only die cut black stickers...all of similar size.

I have a website where I slang my music from and I was thinking about putting the url on my back window as a decal, but I'm just wondering what peoples opinions are on doing stuff like that. I have a friend who's against any kind of decals - he says "keep it clean" - and then I have some friends who represent with decals with all the different mods they've done.

Also, if I DO get the decal, I found some sites online where you can order custom ones, but are there any places people have gone to in the socal area where I can go in person and get it done?

if u ask me... keep it moderate...i like the fact that we can use our xB as a mobile billboard...but i've seen overly stickered xB...and it's not that pleasing to the eye...

keep it moderate and simple...u can still have a clean look with moderate amount of stickers..all depends where u put them and the colors...

but having no sticker is so bland..u gotta express urself..that's what scion is about...

i will rock my "Randode Racing" stickers, or the name of my family business where I work, but will not advertise for a part that I have to buy.

I have a website where I slang my music from and I was thinking about putting the url on my back window as a decal, but I'm just wondering what peoples opinions are on doing stuff like that. I have a friend who's against any kind of decals - he says "keep it clean" - and then I have some friends who represent with decals with all the different mods they've done.

Also, if I DO get the decal, I found some sites online where you can order custom ones, but are there any places people have gone to in the socal area where I can go in person and get it done?

Decals are attention-getters. How much attention (desirable and undesirable) do you want? Cars with lots of stickers and other bling-bling tend to be cop-magnets. Of course "Support Your Local Police" might mitigate this a bit!

The only sticker I want for my xB:


1. No, it's not electric.
2. It's made by Toyota.
3. Yes, it looks like a box.
4. It's been out since June.
5. No, it's not an Element.
6. It's pronounced "Sigh-on".
7. No, I don't deliver mail.
8. It cost about $15,000.
9. Yes, everything you see is standard.
10. No, I don't sell ice cream.

i want to get some emblems from an "electric vehicle" just to fool people.

but will not advertise for a part that I have to buy.

AEM baby!!! I've seen like 2 or 3 scions that are stock w/o plates and they run the AEM sticker. I've got the scion.com sticker, (long one and free, thanx adrian) in the rear window on the inside so it's hard to see during the day but at night, the neon from my subs make it look sick as hell. Just don't be putting up dumb, played out ones like "powered by..." or ugly band stickers all over the place, I hate those.

I want one that says "powered by internal combustion engine".

Maybe you can snatch a Toyota Preus' Hybrid emblem or you can get a sticker with either "Duracell inside" or "Energyzer bunny inside" :lol:

Randode, you wont rock stickers for parts you have to buy...but you are hoping that others will rock Randode stickers for parts that THEY have to buy..hell, they even had to pay for the STICKERS!

I have no problem putting stickers on my car for parts that I bought....people want something that doesnt look stock...and you can spend thousands on engine mods and the car will still look stock...unless you advertise your upgrades with some stickers.

Randode, you wont rock stickers for parts you have to buy...but you are hoping that others will rock Randode stickers for parts that THEY have to buy..hell, they even had to pay for the STICKERS!

I have no problem putting stickers on my car for parts that I bought....people want something that doesnt look stock...and you can spend thousands on engine mods and the car will still look stock...unless you advertise your upgrades with some stickers.
you know that if you give someone a sticker, they will put it on their car.
Arinvolvo, would you like some stickers? :wink:

eeww....no..

lol


Actually, if you have some black ones, I will put them on my side skirts....just to help you advertise.

eeww....no..

lol


Actually, if you have some black ones, I will put them on my side skirts....just to help you advertise.
dont you have a black xB?
very sneaky

haha, no...i have a white one.

Y would you put performance stickers on your car if you don't have the product though? I think that's a lot worse than paying for the product and putting their sticker on. Randy's cool and all, but would you put a sticker that said "Drag Turbo Kits" and only be running a muffler. You know the kinda ____ people would put down on you. I'd represent him, but I haven't been to a meet in so long I don't even know what products he has now. Plus I like what others dont't have and there are already people with his stickers who don't have any products, just like the bbist stickers.

Did anyone see those Mischief movies. One guy has a mustang, in a car show, and has stickers that say typeR and Rotary Powered. And the guy admits that it's a special edition rotary mustang that his brother put together. It's not right.

Don't mean to offend.

I do not usually sport stickers for products that I do not have...however...The randode racing sticker does not say "randode super chargers".

Instead, it is more an advertisement to help out a friend. A scion owner may see the randode racing sticker on a scion, and therefor visit the websight...

I hear ya, but if I wanted to help out friends, I'd have the entire car filled with stickers cuz they all sell products. I'm just talking about stuff like everyone sticking on a blitz, greddy, or turbonetics stickers when all they have is the shift knob or just bought a light bulb and got the sticker. It's fine to advertise, but soon enough it's gunna catch up to you. Guys pulling up left and right reving all over the place cuz you've got a friends sticker but nothing under the hood to show for it. I learned my lesson from having the asian symbol stickers and the nitrous/turbo stickers but I actually had those products and the symbols actually meant something at the time. I guess it's just territorial but I have the worst luck with people seeing my car and wanting to go at it. Why is it never the girls that want to go at it?

A few are fine. To much is overkill (Depending). It's your car. You express yourself through your car so you can put whatever decals you want on it. I kept mine simple with the ScionLife Decal in the rear right and a very small independent cross in the rear window.

I have a website where I slang my music from and I was thinking about putting the url on my back window as a decal, but I'm just wondering what peoples opinions are on doing stuff like that. I have a friend who's against any kind of decals - he says "keep it clean" - and then I have some friends who represent with decals with all the different mods they've done.

Also, if I DO get the decal, I found some sites online where you can order custom ones, but are there any places people have gone to in the socal area where I can go in person and get it done?

It's all a matter of your own personal taste. I happen to be one of them "keep it clean" types and I wouldn't put stickers anywhere on my vehicle... not even the AEM CAI sticker if i had CAI.

Randy's cool and all, but would you put a sticker that said "Drag Turbo Kits" and only be running a muffler. You know the kinda ____ people would put down on you. I'd represent him, but I haven't been to a meet in so long I don't even know what products he has now. Plus I like what others dont't have and there are already people with his stickers who don't have any products, just like the bbist stickers.

everyone rocking my stickers has either my parts or my labor. And if I worked on their car, I did it for free. So they better have my sticker on there.

We'll I was just going by what I remember at the last meet I went to which was like 3 weeks ago and I spoke to 2 people who had the sticker and no product and just said they wanted to help. One also had the bbist sticker as well and no product. It could've changed though, I dunno.

I always thought "Powered by Deez Nutz" brought a certain level of classyness to your car. Heh.

I think I will rock my website on the upper back window. I've heard that putting decals on the paint can lead to some fading issues - like if you take the sticker off a year from now, the paint underneath wont be as faded as the rest of the car and look wierd. Hmmm.

I hope its not like tattoos or doritos - cant just have one.

stickers on tinted windows will do the same thing.

I think that rocking stickers of big name companies like injen, k&n etc...and not having the product is dumb...

but companies like bbist, and randode are grass roots companies, and need some help....

Dude, those are the big names when it comes to scions.http://www.scionlife.com/forums/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif

well...I wouldnt call them big names....

A couple of home-made kits and some die cut stickers a big company does not make.

However, I have a lot of respect for these type of operations, since they take a lot of time on the owners part.

And since randode has been such a generous guy to so many people...a lot of people WANT to help him out, whether they can afford some parts from him or not.

When I see the new randode turbo kit has finally sold over 1000 units...then I would say that he has crossed into the realm of big company. :wink:


I used to be one of these companies... I know how it goes...Although I didnt do car performance, I did Paintball gun performance....

It got to the point that I was doing about 1000 dollars worth of business every week...WHY? because I treated people right, gave away a lot of labor, and parts, and made quality parts that people wanted. My turn around time was better than anyone in the business, and I was a one man operation...going to college full time.

Well, the company that manufactured the guns caught wind of the improvements i was making...and making a lot of money off of....and decided to incorporate a lot of the ideas into the following year's design,...

I was in business for three years...and then one year I was out of business within the time span of a couple weeks when the new years model was released.

Easy come, easy go....but i had fun while it lasted. these kind of operations are a ton of work, a ton of fun, and always need a ton of help.

Ill always offer to help out start up guys like randode.

stickers on tinted windows will do the same thing.


So the tint can fade around the sticker too? I guess I can live with that (same with the paint.) I'm just worried about losing my URL somehow - like my creditcard not goin thru on an auto-payment and having some url stuck on my car that i dont own anymore. doh!

Thx for all the advice everyone.

Y would you put performance stickers on your car if you don't have the product though

Back when I was racing, the answer was "to get contingency money." Many product manufacturers didn't care if you ran their product as long as you had the sticker and didn't run a competing product's sticker at the same time.

George

I like to keep it clean.

The only reason why people (imo) would want to rock stickers and decals all over their cars if they were SPONSORED...that's it.

Because if you aren't sponsored and have to PAY for the products you have on your car, what's the point...?

Also...if you have all kinds of stickers and decals everywhere--I guess your car can't stand out on it's own merits, hence the pile of stickers to attract attention. Personally, I leave the eye catching up to the car itself.

what are the web sites that do custom decals?

Representing TEAM SCION WEST.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid86/p4a01ffbe7cb60e957ea8745ff657e950/fab13f0d.jpg.orig.jpg

We had a guy come down from Sac to Logo both of our company's xb. You can check them out in the registry. Love'em or hate'em, they attact attention...

Anyone with graphics like those is bound to get attention. Is there a site and how much. I've always wanted to find something like that, but a half naked girl across the side, as well as inside...eh eh eh. Anyone now a place in So.Cal?

decals and stickers are all a matter of taste, and to eachis most of the sticker I have gotten from products over the years are my roll away, or under the hood. Unfortunately sticker also draw attention from who aren't willing to work so hard to buy the products and don't think twice about about breaking in and damading the car to get at the products and you, by damaging your pride and joy.

I feel that if iam not getting payed to run the product then I don't advertise. Randode and bbist and other who making and distrubuting products, you guys are the best and I salute you, you are the exception to my feelings about cash for advertising. Bill Turner

Here's a site I looked at where you can order custom stickers online from:

http://www.decalkits.com/customdecals.html

I have NO idea if they're any good though - but its something. They also can make those ones where a guy (not calvin tho) is ____ing on something. Ya, sweet.