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captdownshift
captdownshift GRM+ Memberand UberDork
9/14/16 11:47 a.m.

So from trade shows I have a few hundred stickers from automotive parts suppliers, aftermarket shop, sanctioning bodies, even a magazine or 2. I want to sticker bomb something, but not a panel of any of the cars. I'm currently debating between my mini fridge, currently black, and my craftsman rolling toolbox, currently red. Any other suggestions are welcome.

Tom_Spangler
Tom_Spangler GRM+ Memberand UltraDork
9/14/16 11:49 a.m.

My toolbox and Chromebook (laptop) are pretty well stickered up. Also my portable air tank has a few older stickers on it, and one of the big cabinets in my garage.

mtn
mtn MegaDork
9/14/16 11:50 a.m.

Inside of garage door
Guitar case
Tire trailer

bigdaddylee82
bigdaddylee82 SuperDork
9/14/16 12:03 p.m.

I too struggle with sticker placement. I have a no sticker policy on my vehicles (rare and severely scrutinized exceptions) so I have a drawer full of them.

I had a little mini fridge, big enough for a gallon of milk and not much else, from undergrad, it was pretty sticker bombed, and spray painted.

When I upgraded to a larger, beererator for the garage, I left it plain black.

I have a few stickers on my top tool box, I got it first many years ago. When I finally got the big bottom roller box, I decided I more or less liked it as is. It only has one vintage Arkansas Razorbacks bumper sticker on the center of its top drawer. Since I decided not to add anymore to my tool box, I too have a collection of orphan stickers.

I have a HF 2 ton press, and the 2 ton cherry picker, I've considered stickering to mask their Harbor Freightieness.

Huckleberry
Huckleberry MegaDork
9/14/16 12:06 p.m.

The garage fridge and/or beer meister are good targets. The lawn tractor is also needing a few more HP worth.

Wall-e
Wall-e GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
9/14/16 12:15 p.m.

I've got them on my toolbox, garage cabinets, and my work clipboard.

Fueled by Caffeine
Fueled by Caffeine MegaDork
9/14/16 12:21 p.m.

a cat

patgizz
patgizz GRM+ Memberand UltimaDork
9/14/16 12:28 p.m.

i put most of them on my garage cabinet. rarely do i put them on a vehicle, but i have GRM stickers and a couple others on the datsun since it's primarily a trailered track car. they're supposed to have stickers.

Keith Tanner
Keith Tanner GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
9/14/16 12:37 p.m.

As soon as SEMA opens, the sticker hounds appear. They'll help themselves to the complete stack of decals at every stand. It's only for the first couple of hours, then I suppose they've sated themselves and have enough raw material for the year. Everyone from then on just takes one or two.

JohnRW1621
JohnRW1621 MegaDork
9/14/16 12:40 p.m.

Is the answer here, Your Hootus?

captdownshift
captdownshift GRM+ Memberand UberDork
9/14/16 12:48 p.m.

In reply to Keith Tanner:

This is one of many reasons why I skip Sema and go to PRI, I also grab one, maybe 2. I've been hoarding what I've gathered for more than a decade now

My only previous target has been the bucket I take with me when corner working. I could do another layer onto said bucket, but it's properly covered already. I'm leaning towards the fridge it comes up to almost waist high and has the small freezer section, that's always frozen solid of course. I do have a butcher block top work table with a pair of cabinet doors on the front, I could do the cabinet doors (which are currently white).

Stefan (Not Bruce)
Stefan (Not Bruce) GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
9/14/16 1:10 p.m.
Fueled by Caffeine wrote: a cat

Yes, because animal abuse is a good idea.

Dude. Just what the berkeley man?

mtn
mtn MegaDork
9/14/16 1:17 p.m.

Stick it over Stefan's keyboard. But not Bruce's.

Appleseed
Appleseed MegaDork
9/14/16 1:20 p.m.
Stefan (Not Bruce) wrote:
Fueled by Caffeine wrote: a cat
Yes, because animal abuse is a good idea. Dude. Just what the berkeley man?

Take it down a notch. They make de-caf that tastes just as good as regular coffee nowadays.

Bomb the garage door. Either the rolling door or man door.

84FSP
84FSP Dork
9/14/16 7:54 p.m.

I too have a very strict automotive sticker policy. Based on the random bags of stickers accumulated over the years I had to take action. My air pig gained 20+ hp with it's sticker bombing.

secretariata
secretariata GRM+ Memberand Dork
9/14/16 8:03 p.m.

I found some magnetic sheet and once or twice a year I stick 'em on the magnetic sheet and cut them out. Then I can put them on the fridge, the beer fridge, the freezer, tool box, garage door, vehicle or whatever and randomly rearrange when bored. Works for me, but YMMV...

Jerry
Jerry UltraDork
9/14/16 9:27 p.m.

I got bored over a July 4th break years ago, the Scion xB suffered as a result.

(All the tuner kids were doing the typical "I love haters" and cartoon-y stickers) The xB was not Fast, but it was borderline Furious near the end...

RevRico
RevRico GRM+ Memberand Dork
9/14/16 9:30 p.m.

My helmet is already gaining a nice layer of stickers. Unfortunately for me, I've been getting a lot of white text stickers with parts, and white on white just isn't nice.

Brett_Murphy
Brett_Murphy GRM+ Memberand PowerDork
9/14/16 9:46 p.m.
Stefan (Not Bruce) wrote:
Fueled by Caffeine wrote: a cat
Yes, because animal abuse is a good idea. Dude. Just what the berkeley man?

I was going to suggest slower moving family members, in the hopes that maybe it would add a few HP and speed them up. There's always the dead raccoon option for that, too.

classicJackets
classicJackets Reader
9/14/16 10:29 p.m.

I have a few stickers on my computer, and some on the outside of the speakers I keep in the garage (though they've started to peel, I blame Georgia humidity).

Keith Tanner
Keith Tanner GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
9/14/16 10:45 p.m.
RevRico wrote: My helmet is already gaining a nice layer of stickers. Unfortunately for me, I've been getting a lot of white text stickers with parts, and white on white just isn't nice.

Let us know next time you order, I'll make sure you get black

My cars only get stickers from sponsors. But my laptop gets carefully selected ones and my toolboxes and cabinets get all the random crap.

Chadeux
Chadeux HalfDork
9/14/16 11:43 p.m.

This is a science experiment.

All findings so far point towards the sticker based HP gains being negligible.

I haven't driven (or taken a picture of) it since I added the GRM sticker though.

egnorant
egnorant SuperDork
9/15/16 9:08 a.m.

History of sticker bombing is sometimes pretty cool! I have found replacements for most of these. I still have the metal Coleman ice chest that I sticker bombed when I was about 13. I tend to put them on my smaller portable air compressor, Sister in law has a shop throne with an orphan wheel as a base that is wrapped in sheet metal and gets bombed with selected stickers.

We have 5 gallon buckets for hold downs on our canopy that goes to car shows and swap meets. These get all kinds of stickers!

I have a collection of metal cabinets that will get stickers. Also have a 70 Mustang hood hanging that gets car show magnets and several stickers that I stuck to magnetic sheets.

My buddy has a HVAC unit in his shop that is his sticker catch all! He also has an odd collection of car emblems glued among them.

Bruce

EastCoastMojo
EastCoastMojo GRM+ Memberand Mod Squad
9/15/16 9:41 a.m.

I vote for the entire underside of your hood on one of your cars.

tuna55
tuna55 MegaDork
9/15/16 10:01 a.m.

I put an Apple sticker on my Dell, and a windows logo on my iphone

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