Decals, Stripes and Lettering

Stripes & Decals

At some point you may have a need or the desire to remove the decals and/or striping on your Lazy Daze. Here are a couple of tips that might help:

- If you run into some tape sections with brittle tape that you can't remove, try the body shop type of rubber eraser wheel chucked in a hand drill. It worked well, does not appear to mar paint at all. For cases where you can pull the tape off by hand, it also removes the glue that remains; much easier than using a solvent (mineral spirits).

Looks like it might take about 3 rubber wheels to get done. It is still a lot of labor.

- 3M part NO. 08907 has been recommended for easy removal of stripes.

Lettering

Interested in making up some new lettering and want to match the LD font?

- You can get a close approximation if you start with Arial Rounded MT Bold, and color it #AF8920 (R175/G137/B32). Oblique the type 17.5° to the right using Photoshop's Edit > Transform > Skew tool. Then use Layer Effects to add a black outer stroke, and an inner bevel (use the 'Cove Deep' bevel contour) that's lit from 150°. That'll get you close--probably close enough for a casual inspection--but the bevel contour won't be a perfect match.

Contributors: Terry S., Dale Collins, Andy Baird

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Naming Your Lazy Daze

Lots of Lazy Daze owners have some fun coming up with names for their rigs, others don't bother. It's a choice entirely up to you.

When you pick up a new LD from the factory, it comes with a nameplate by the door, saying "This Lazy Daze built for the Smiths". Some folks have been able to subsitute their rig name for their own name, such as "This Lazy Daze built for the Good Tymes". Talk to the factory if you're interested.

A few folks go even further, having a custom decal prepared with their rig's name on it. Most put this decal on their tire cover on the rear, some put one on the front cab-overhead. Once source of such decals is StreetGlo Light Blaster reflective products at 757-855-0202. However, StreetGlo is rather pricey.

Another approach is to have your decal made at a local sign store that does trophies, engraving, signs, etc - check the Yellow Pages. They should be willing to help with the artwork, if necessary. An LD'er paid $30 for two.

Contributor: WxToad, Gene Ramos