Guess I got tired of waiting for Art Hyde. Winter and the rain are bound to take their toll on my engine compartment. I've done my best so far and haven't marred the Serial# label yet. So, I decided to protect it.
At first I thought I'd put some clear packing tape over it, like Art has in mind. I just didn't want to do anything to it that would be irreversible. So I thought of this:
I took a clear piece of plastic from a child's toy package. You know, the kind that you need scissors to open. It was a bit flexible and I cut it to an oval shape just a little bigger than the Serial# label.
Then I took a piece of clear packing tape and cut off a perfect length much larger than the plastic I had cut. And I laid it down, sticky side up on a clean, flat surface.
I cleaned up the clear oval I'd cut (to limit fingerprints) and carefully lowered it onto the packing tape, pressing the bubbles out as I went.
Then I carefully cut the packing tape away from the oval until I had about 1/3" of sticky left around the oval.
With a pair of tweezers, I lined up the clear sticker over my Bullitt Serialization Sticker and gently pressed it down and around it, working the bubbles out as I went.
Well, it worked! In fact, I blew it the first time and tried again to make it look better and I was able to remove it without damaging the factory sticker at all.
Now when ART sends the real one, I can peel this one off and apply the Ford fix once and for all. In the meantime, mine is sealed from the elements and I have don't have to give its delicate nature too much more thought.
Here's the photo. Hope this is of benefit to you.
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At first I thought I'd put some clear packing tape over it, like Art has in mind. I just didn't want to do anything to it that would be irreversible. So I thought of this:
I took a clear piece of plastic from a child's toy package. You know, the kind that you need scissors to open. It was a bit flexible and I cut it to an oval shape just a little bigger than the Serial# label.
Then I took a piece of clear packing tape and cut off a perfect length much larger than the plastic I had cut. And I laid it down, sticky side up on a clean, flat surface.
I cleaned up the clear oval I'd cut (to limit fingerprints) and carefully lowered it onto the packing tape, pressing the bubbles out as I went.
Then I carefully cut the packing tape away from the oval until I had about 1/3" of sticky left around the oval.
With a pair of tweezers, I lined up the clear sticker over my Bullitt Serialization Sticker and gently pressed it down and around it, working the bubbles out as I went.
Well, it worked! In fact, I blew it the first time and tried again to make it look better and I was able to remove it without damaging the factory sticker at all.
Now when ART sends the real one, I can peel this one off and apply the Ford fix once and for all. In the meantime, mine is sealed from the elements and I have don't have to give its delicate nature too much more thought.
Here's the photo. Hope this is of benefit to you.
