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Old Dec 3, 2009 | 01:47 PM
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Overlay install quality - Experts needed

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I had a shop installed my Bluebat's GT-R overlay yesterday and although I love the look, im not too fond of the quality of the install. Please let me know if the bubbles will go away or it was a bad installation?

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Old Dec 3, 2009 | 02:14 PM
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I don't see bubbles BUT I SEE A DUDE WEARING A MEXICAN HAT!! haha Gamedog is that you?

Seriously those bubbles are a failure indeed and they aint going anywhere. Sorry to say, they do cheapen the car.
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Old Dec 3, 2009 | 02:45 PM
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Lol, thats just the over hanging ceiling at a gas station
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Old Dec 3, 2009 | 02:54 PM
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leave ur car in the sun. the bubbles will go away.. if they don't then too bad
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Old Dec 3, 2009 | 02:58 PM
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get a little needle and pop them.
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Old Dec 3, 2009 | 03:07 PM
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Should I talk to the shop and have them fix this somehow? I forgot to mention in the 1st post that I did not do this myself.
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Old Dec 3, 2009 | 04:05 PM
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There's so much a shop can do now. After the vinyl sticks and gets exposed to sun etc it's pretty much game over. Sorry to say that again.

Are they visible from far? You're probably better off without them..
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Old Dec 5, 2009 | 12:08 AM
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Simply pop them with a needle and let the car sit in the sun. They will go away .

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Old Dec 5, 2009 | 12:10 AM
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btw- glad the creases dissapeared .

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Old Dec 5, 2009 | 01:44 AM
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Lol Sam, he asked how to fix it and NOT ur opinion about overlays.

OP, use a needle to poke/pull the air out and let the sun do the rest. I have no bubbles on my overlays at all. Can't even see the pokes anymore.
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Old Dec 5, 2009 | 12:41 PM
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I have bubbles and my installer was BS.
I didn't go ask them to fix it because I didn't even want them to touch my car ever again.
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Old Dec 18, 2009 | 10:19 AM
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Hey i ordered the same gtr overlays from blue bat...i made a direct paypal payment on the 9th of dec....and i havent any word from andy since....about an eta or if he even got my emails...is he okay?...if anybody knows how to get in contact with him please let him know that hes got money in his paypal and a customer thats anxious to get these overlays on his car. Thanks!
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Old Dec 18, 2009 | 10:27 AM
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He is a pretty busy dude and does not come on the site every day. Did you try..


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Old Dec 18, 2009 | 11:14 AM
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yeah thats where ive been emailing him at...hopefully he comes thru soon...im about to close my shop for the holidays and i dont plan coming back till sometime next year when i sober up. lol.

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He is a pretty busy dude and does not come on the site every day. Did you try..


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Old Dec 18, 2009 | 12:04 PM
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i only had like 2 or 3 bubbles when my installer did mine, he did a good job. he took about 4 hours to install them too, very meticulous to detail. how long did your install take?

he also told me to poke small holes on them, push them down, and leave them in the sun to minimize them. it should get better.
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