Engine Bay Decals

[mo02]

Is there a solid option for repro's?  I am pretty sure there is......but not certain.

 

I ask because a few owners have stated that eBay ones have generic font & they prefer to create an exact-font decal set.

 

I would consider reproducing nearly identical to factory decals if there is enough interest -- ie ~50 owners -- 

 

Thanks for any & all input,

 

Mo 

Edited October 15, 2018 by mo02

[AustrianVespaGuy]

Got my set here, one of the best $50 I spent as far as aesthetics after the new paintjob:

http://www.bimmerdoc.com/parts-finder/bmw/1800ti20022000c3-0700/160020022002ti2002tii/decal-kit-2002/

[adawil2002]

Combination of Roger's Tii & Walloth Nesch have all the stickers covered and readily available.

Edited October 15, 2018 by adawil2002

[mo02]

Thanks to both knowledgeable owners for thoughtful responses  

 

I agree these should be already made -- just asked to see if the font is acceptable & seems like the quality is good.

 

Appreciate it,

 

Mo 

[SteveJ]

Got my set from Carl Nelson (waaaay) back when he carted around his suitcase fulla stickers. Nice thing was he knew exactly what each year car needed.

[mo02]

1 minute ago, SteveJ said:

Got my set from Carl Nelson (waaaay) back when he carted around his suitcase fulla stickers. Nice thing was he knew exactly what each year car needed.

 

That kind of knowledge is priceless -- I may be working on a few new items....

 

If I do then certainly will let owners here know -- I know many have already bought but some may want the option to remove the older style for more of an exact font match -- 

 

Great history on the FAQ  

 

[AustrianVespaGuy]

Here's a decent pick of my engine bay with all of the La Jolla stickers to give you an idea of what they include/look like:

[mo02]

10 minutes ago, AustrianVespaGuy said:

Here's a decent pick of my engine bay with all of the La Jolla stickers to give you an idea of what they include/look like:

 

Looks nice!  Is yours 74 & up?....

[AustrianVespaGuy]

Yes, I'm mine's a '75er, though clearly modified and ah, doesn't really conform to the advice on the orange sticker; but I replace it anyway!

[mo02]

2 minutes ago, AustrianVespaGuy said:

Yes, I'm mine's a '75er, though clearly modified and ah, doesn't really conform to the advice on the orange sticker; but I replace it anyway!

 

Yeah definetly a ‘tidy’ engine bay...well done!  & thanks for posting — 

[02Les]

Beware, some decals have errors, so be watchful. The pic below shows +85F as -30 & the C is missing. Below that it reads unter -10C, should be über -10C. Second pic is my original Touring oil decal....I needed a "every 6000km" one, which I did eventually find.

 

[mo02]

Thanks Les,

 

This is why I am trying to make a correct set.  Although possible, the variations make it either time-consuming or impossible to make them all.

 

Once again your reference picture is appreciated.

 

Mo 

[Mark92131]

18 hours ago, adawil2002 said:

Combination of Roger's Tii & Walloth Nesch have all the stickers covered and readily available

 

Except for Emission stickers...

 

Mark92131

 

 

[Conserv]

3 hours ago, mo02 said:

....the variations make it either time-consuming or impossible to make them all....

 

+1

 

Mo,

 

So, yes, will you be correcting the many errors — there are typos (punctuation, spacings, mis-spellings), just plain wrong information (my ‘76’s original fuse decal does not 100% match the fuses, the original wiring diagram, or the Owner’s handbook), and factory errors such as Les points out? Or is faithfulness to originality the goal? And every year, some of the stickers change. U.S. cars are clearly different from Euro-spec cars. In 1976, the California versions use different emissions tuning and schematic stickers than the 49-state versions. And even the same sticker, e.g., the paint stickers, did not use the same font or style over time — clearly lots of different sticker suppliers were used over time and little care, such as proofreading, was devoted to these stickers.

 

For my ‘76, I ended up buying a bunch of sets from different sources (my copies ranged from 1983 to 2015), picking the versions of each sticker closest to the original, and then having a few of the stickers — where a mass-produced copy was either not available or simply not acceptable — custom produced.

 

I’m currently doing the same for the ‘73.

 

This is a big task to take on. Don’t expect to keep everyone 100% happy!

 

Below is my ‘76 today. None of these stickers is original. Ten stickers carefully placed slightly askew, to match the originals....? I have separate photos of the original stickers, just not great photos, since many of those were taken in 1983.

 

Regards,

 

Steve

 

 

 

Edited October 16, 2018 by Conserv

[Conserv]

Mo,

 

Here are some photos of original 1976 U.S.-spec stickers. These are largely a combination of my ‘76 and those Jim Gerock took of a Sienabraun-metallic ‘76 for sale in Virginia (years ago now). They were both 49-state versions. There are also a couple photos in here, of a Chamonix and a Fjord car, for which I cannot recall the source.

 

Regards,

 

Steve

 

 

 

 

Edited November 4, 2018 by Conserv