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how can i apply sunstrips to a curved windscreen?
Hi all
I have been asked to do a rush job for a car show this weekend. A company want a load of sunstrips producing. This may be very easy but I just don’t know how to work out the curve on the cars window as its my first job of this type and I won’t see the cars until they pick them up.
Many thanks
😀
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12 Replies
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Couple of things.
Are the sunstrips blank, printed with text or cut vinyl text?
Do you know the desired finished height of the fitted strip?
As a rough guide. If doing sunstrips I need to know the required height & width. Then cut slightly OVERSIZED strips of vinyl to account for the curvature & fit. No pre curving – just excess removing at the top & sides. To find out all the dimensions & curvature you’ll NEED to check against the vehicle, or at least the same model – there’s no universal formula. You could try a ‘template’ using a scrap piece of backing paper to give you the curves.
Hope that helps a wee bit
Dave
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Cheers Dave
Thats been very helpfull. I was trying to make the curve and not use straight cut vinyl. Makes it alot easier.
Many thanks
Mark
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the ones i normally see are just straight across… 😕
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quote Robert Lambie:the ones i normally see are just straight across… 😕yep me too 😀
nik
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Sunstrips are the core of my business at the moment (BIG order!), and all those are cut straight, resulting in an 8 inch strip at the edges of the screen and 6 inches in the centre. If I am asked to do a curved sunstrip, I ask what make and model the car is, as most windscreen curves are different.
Adam
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Hi Mark,
I have done more of these than anything else – boy racers!
One tip I have found out if you are placing text onto the background is to place it fairly low as all of the excess cut off is at the top! – might sound obvious but I am blond!:lol1:
Jenny
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I’ve done a few and cut them straight, pretty such spot on as David says 😀
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We make and fit these all day long and just cut a strip 1250 x 180 and trim on the glass and apply lettering afterwards. The curve finish you get will vary from car to car. Some look really curved but are in fact straight.
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whats the average you charge for your sunstrips you know the basic strip with one or two words eg. FORD across it
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£12 Fitted for the strip and £6 for the logo fitted on top
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we charge €30 for the visor and text fitted, If the logo is two colours we charge 35 and if they want to fit it themselves then knock off a fiver, we do 15 – 20 of these a week
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Where are you based James-x?
Are you in a shop location or industrial?
Just being nosey!
Cheers
Joe
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