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do you guys know of any company that I can buy new plastics from and they will install the graphics?

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I don't but graphics aren't so hard to install. If you warm them up first (hairdryer / heatgun...be careful) they will be real soft and easy to work with. You probably know that already.
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yeah, i was going to get new plastics as well. i though i heard about a place where i could buy the plastics and have the graphics installed there.
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Carvr ever comes back ask how his install went :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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I just got done doing two sets of shroud graphics this winter. I know this sounds strange but I used windex. Sprayed it on the graphic as well as on the plastic. Then put decal on. The liquid allows you to "float" and move around the graphic. I then started forming all the hard corners downs. Basically, get the graphic to start bending. Then I removed the graphic from the plastic. Dried the plastic but the graphic was still damp. Then put it back on and quickly adjusted it. All four shrouds came out perfect. After a few hours, the windex completely evaporates and the graphics stays perfectly stuck.

Last year, I used water in a spray bottle. Worked pretty good but I think the windex evaporated quicker.

Read about this at thumper talk. I know its strange but it works real good.
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You ever done window tinting?
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I don't know how you can do it any other way and have it not look like a monkey did it. A small plastic squeegee gets the bubbles out. I never messed with taking them off and drying the plastic, I just place them and squeegee.
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Thanks for the tips...I will give that a try.
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Hmmm...so you say just windex the sticky backside of the graphic, windex the plastic, float it in place, squeegie and let dry?

And the graphis will hold as if you put it on there dry?

Never heard that...cool
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Dirt digits will install their graphis on new plastic.
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thanks skythrasher, i will give them a call
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