| View previous topic :: View next topic |
| Author |
Message |
imprezarsc
Joined: 29 Jun 2005
Posts: 87
|
 Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2005 12:13 am Post subject: E85 stickers? |
 |
|
How many of you would be interested in a run of 5-10? I can probably get them done for $5-10 apiece. I'd like to just do one for me, but I don't know what it'd say.
"You just got your ass beat with a corn stalk."
"You just got smoked by a corn stalk."
"You just lost to a corn stalk."
"Powered by E85"
"Drunk on E85!"
"Got corn?"
"Got ethanol?"
"Grap on my corn stalk."
"Smell something? It's E85!"
"It's fast AND clean."
"Get in, sit down, shut up, and take a sniff!"
...I could go on. I do drunken post-whoring waaaaaay too much  .
_________________
http://www.grantouringlabs.com My ethanol conversion and tuning site. |
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
Revision
Joined: 14 Sep 2005
Posts: 194
Location: Carol Stream, IL
|
| Posted: Sun Dec 25, 2005 1:47 am Post subject: |
|
|
Grap on my Corn Stalk? You've been hanging around NASIOC way too much... 
I still like "Powered by Corn" or HotRod's "F.E.L.R.S" (Fuel Ethanol Lab Rat Society). |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
imprezarsc
Joined: 29 Jun 2005
Posts: 87
|
| Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2005 10:54 am Post subject: |
|
|
Had to throw in a "grap" reference ...
FELRS would work, too. The car has no stickers on it right now at all. I'm carefully selecting anything that goes on it in the future. No Autozone ricer graffix, y0! 
_________________
http://www.grantouringlabs.com My ethanol conversion and tuning site. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Lgodave
Joined: 01 Sep 2005
Posts: 28
Location: WI
|
| Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2005 12:15 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Hi,
FYI if you are putting stickers on the glass of your vehicle I've found using Rain-X on clean glass will provide a nice surface to place stickers and yet they can easily be removed when they aren't needed or you want to move them. No scraping needed.
Not sure what effect Rain-X would have on traditional Chrome bumpers...
Not recommended for plastics. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
BURNALCOHOL
Joined: 19 Oct 2005
Posts: 50
Location: Raymond,NE
|
| Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2006 11:17 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Here's one for ya:
"Ethanol kicks gas!"
_________________
Jeremy Nicholls |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
compudude86
Joined: 20 Feb 2006
Posts: 47
Location: algonquin, IL
|
| Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2006 3:44 am Post subject: |
|
|
hey all,
im planning on making stickers for users of e-85, im probably gonna sell these pretty reasonably, i also will have other merchandise, just let me know! |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
compudude86
Joined: 20 Feb 2006
Posts: 47
Location: algonquin, IL
|
| Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2006 3:47 am Post subject: |
|
|
btw, heres one, "my corn burner can whoop your rice burner anyday" , and "i support america, i use e-85", people love that anti-iraqi oil stuff i guess
_________________
running a 95 buick century on e-85, yes it can be done!! |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Revision
Joined: 14 Sep 2005
Posts: 194
Location: Carol Stream, IL
|
| Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2006 8:13 am Post subject: |
|
|
How about a sticker like this to stick on your gas cap cover? 
We older folks need something more subtle when it comes to putting stickers on our beloved cars.
 |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
compudude86
Joined: 20 Feb 2006
Posts: 47
Location: algonquin, IL
|
| Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2006 12:35 pm Post subject: |
|
|
id be more than happy to try to get something like that also, but my only question is what is the usage rules on the logo? would i have to pay to use that e-85 logo?
_________________
running a 95 buick century on e-85, yes it can be done!! |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
compudude86
Joined: 20 Feb 2006
Posts: 47
Location: algonquin, IL
|
| Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 1:35 am Post subject: |
|
|
here you go revision! an e-85 sticker for your fuel door! http://www.cafepress.com/joes_e85.50374674
_________________
running a 95 buick century on e-85, yes it can be done!! |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Revision
Joined: 14 Sep 2005
Posts: 194
Location: Carol Stream, IL
|
| Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 9:04 am Post subject: |
|
|
Whahahahahaha!!!!
I ordered a couple. I'll let you guys know how it looks! |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
compudude86
Joined: 20 Feb 2006
Posts: 47
Location: algonquin, IL
|
| Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 2:45 pm Post subject: |
|
|
cool! im probably gonna offer t-shirts and other stickers and stuff like that soon, right now i also offer a license plate frame as well that says "i suport america, i use e-85 ethanol fuel!" pretty tame, but im gonna be offering other sayings soon. let me know how you like those stickers revision!
_________________
running a 95 buick century on e-85, yes it can be done!! |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Revision
Joined: 14 Sep 2005
Posts: 194
Location: Carol Stream, IL
|
| Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 8:13 pm Post subject: |
|
|
I received the stickers in the mail today.
Seemed like a good time to put them under the microscope and put them through hell.
The stickers are a little grainy, but are not jagged edged. Looking at them up close makes you think they are out of focus. This is probably from enlarging the image from the site. The colors in the sunburst between the E and the 85 have some color artifacts (orange pixels on yellow background). I have to wonder if this is from color-reduction. It seems hard to believe because the edges of the lettering don't have the telltale jaggedness from color-reduction. Most likely these artifacts are from the original image. The vinyl the stickers are printed on is very nice. Yes it is vinyl and not paper. Pretty durable stuff and hard to tear by hand, doesn't stretch too far before breaking. It does break and not tear, kind of like higher quality electrical tape. The adhesive is not gooey to the touch. It sticks to paper just fine, but it can be peeled off and used again without tearing the paper or picking up paper fiber. Perfect for temporary use and peel off. Doesn't leave a film when peeled. In terms of sticky-ness the glue isn't harsh, I'd compare it to the adhesive on sticky-note paper, only about 2x stronger. The colors are waterproof from what I can tell, but there is no surface cover over the paint. A splash of 91% alcohol and a little rubbing removed and smudged the ink. So if you want the sticker near your gas tank, don't spill any fuel on it. Stickers are basically 3x5 index card sized. Colors are on a white background, perfect for putting on magnetic sheets. Backing paper is a waxed paperboard.
We probably need a higher resolution picture before trying anymore stickers. Overall though, I like the stickers. I should have a sticker mounted on a magnetic sheet and on the car for a photo test sometime after I come back from my vacation. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
hotrod
Joined: 19 Apr 2005
Posts: 872
Location: Colorado
|
| Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 9:00 am Post subject: stickers |
|
|
| Quote: | | The stickers are a little grainy, but are not jagged edged. Looking at them up close makes you think they are out of focus. This is probably from enlarging the image from the site. The colors in the sunburst between the E and the 85 have some color artifacts (orange pixels on yellow background). I have to wonder if this is from color-reduction. It seems hard to believe because the edges of the lettering don't have the telltale jaggedness from color-reduction. Most likely these artifacts are from the original image. |
All that should be easy to fix. If those are in the open domain a phone call to the owner of the logo should net you a hi-res image I would suspect. If not a scanner and some time with image software can fix all that pretty easily.
I Like burnalcohols "Ethanol kicks gas!" but to avoid mixing up the average folks on the street I would suggest a minor change to:
"Fuel Ethanol kicks gas!" Perhaps with a cartoon kid kicking a gallon gas can if you want to get fancy.
Add a small print tag line "support America" or for those into more graphic displays a "piss on foreign oil" might work as an alternate tag line.
I may need to pick up one of those E85 logo stickers myself.
Larry |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
compudude86
Joined: 20 Feb 2006
Posts: 47
Location: algonquin, IL
|
| Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 5:45 pm Post subject: |
|
|
yea, im going to fix the logo, ive been searching, and ive heard something about the e-85 changing to green? thats the highest res logo i can find, but this one i found might be better than the one ive been using, ill post as soon as the transfer is complete, plus tomorrow i plan to start working on some more stuff
_________________
running a 95 buick century on e-85, yes it can be done!! |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
FAQ
Search
Memberlist
Usergroups
Register
Profile
Log in to check your private messages
Log in
