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yeatzee · 06-10-2011, 10:44 PM

I recently got my first car (truck), a ford ranger, and have been wanting to personalize it a bit

I did an extensive search today and was a bit surprised to not see ANY recent pentax stickers available, let alone an example on google images. I know a vast majority of you hate car's with stickers on them but surely im not alone in selectively liking/wanting some!

I drew up a couple idea's and am trying to decide between these two:

and

Your *constructive* opinion?

if you have your own photography related car sticker PLEASE post it

Surely im not the only one!

Steinback · 06-11-2011, 12:43 AM

Who needs stickers?

Pry the Ford logo off your tailgate, whip up a stencil, and paint "PENTAX" across it in ~18 inch tall red letters the same way the manufacturers put their name onto tailgates in the '70s and '80s.

Nobody will doubt your camera affiliation.

**Digitalis** · 06-11-2011, 06:06 AM

Originally posted by Steinback

Nobody will doubt your camera affiliation.

true....though you will get leicaphiles/canikonites running their car keys across it while they are walking to their cars...

yeatzee · 06-11-2011, 11:26 AM

Originally posted by Digitalis

true....though you will get leicaphiles/canikonites running their car keys across it while they are walking to their cars...

I hope no one is that diehard

r0ckstarr · 06-12-2011, 06:49 AM

Looking at the back window and your strap mounts, I am going to guess 1998+. What engine/tranny combo?

I have a '96 with the 2.3 and 5spd and over 285,000 problem free miles on it. Owned it since new.

My girlfriend has an '04 with the 3.0 and 5spd, with 130,000 miles on it.

I have a friend that has a '95 with over 340,000 miles on his 2.3 / 5spd.

Keep up with the routine maintanence, and it will run forever.

yeatzee · 06-12-2011, 10:57 AM

Originally posted by r0ckstarr

Looking at the back window and your strap mounts, I am going to guess 1998+. What engine/tranny combo?

I have a '96 with the 2.3 and 5spd and over 285,000 problem free miles on it. Owned it since new.

My girlfriend has an '04 with the 3.0 and 5spd, with 130,000 miles on it.

I have a friend that has a '95 with over 340,000 miles on his 2.3 / 5spd.

Keep up with the routine maintanence, and it will run forever.

Its actually not mine, but someones I found that looked like it was a similar color to mine (looks dark-blue enough

) with the frf sticker on it (originally on the top). I than found a pentax logo in black, inverted it, and finally resized it to roughly what I want. Than switched their placement....

Mine is a dark blue 2002 ranger, 3.0 V6 with 76,000 miles on it

I want it to look eventually kind of like this (one on the right) minus a few things

**ChrisPlatt** · 06-13-2011, 08:24 AM

Call me paranoid, but placing camera brand stickers on your vehicle sounds to me like an invitation to a break-in...

Chris

Last edited by ChrisPlatt; 06-13-2011 at 10:47 AM.

jogiba · 06-13-2011, 10:09 AM

I was paid from several car magazine publishers to shoot Drag Racing photos and to do features between 1975 and 1988 and when I seen some Pentax reps from Japan back then I gave them copies of some of it were Pentax was mentioned but I never got anything more than a bunch of Pentax Racing patches from them.

r0ckstarr · 06-13-2011, 11:34 AM

Awesome shot of Ivo.

yeatzee · 06-13-2011, 12:16 PM

Originally posted by ChrisPlatt

Call me paranoid, but placing camera brand stickers on your vehicle sounds to me like an invitation to a break-in...

Chris

cause the average car robber knows anything about pentax and what the heck it is

HGMonaro · 06-14-2011, 09:44 PM - **1 Like**

no stickers on my cars... I even take the dealer number plate frames and badges off (if they didn't do it themselves on my pre purchase instructions). I had one salesman who I think was deeply offended I didn't want his advertising on my car, however he did what was asked.

yeatzee · 06-14-2011, 10:40 PM

Originally posted by HGMonaro

no stickers on my cars... I even take the dealer number plate frames and badges off (if they didn't do it themselves on my pre purchase instructions). I had one salesman who I think was deeply offended I didn't want his advertising on my car, however he did what was asked.

I wish I had a replacement to remove the dealer plate frame

**Digitalis** · 06-15-2011, 01:45 AM

Originally posted by HGMonaro

no stickers on my cars... I even take the dealer number plate frames and badges off

I'm the same way, though on my previous motorbike(before I wrote it off at 200Km/h) had a Leica red dot on the carbon fibre fairings and muffler. I used to tell people that Leica was paying me $500 a day for the advertising

**ChrisPlatt** · 06-19-2011, 08:30 AM

Why not put truck stickers on your Pentax instead?

Chris

yeatzee · 06-19-2011, 03:09 PM

Originally posted by ChrisPlatt

Why not put truck stickers on your Pentax instead?

Chris

I don't think its big enough

Anyways, step one:

06-10-2011, 10:44 PM	#1
yeatzee Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Temecula Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 3,675	Any photography related car stickers? I recently got my first car (truck), a ford ranger, and have been wanting to personalize it a bit I did an extensive search today and was a bit surprised to not see ANY recent pentax stickers available, let alone an example on google images. I know a vast majority of you hate car's with stickers on them but surely im not alone in selectively liking/wanting some! I drew up a couple idea's and am trying to decide between these two: and Your constructive opinion? if you have your own photography related car sticker PLEASE post it Surely im not the only one!

06-12-2011, 10:57 AM	#6
yeatzee Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Temecula Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 3,675 Original Poster	Originally posted by r0ckstarr Looking at the back window and your strap mounts, I am going to guess 1998+. What engine/tranny combo? I have a '96 with the 2.3 and 5spd and over 285,000 problem free miles on it. Owned it since new. My girlfriend has an '04 with the 3.0 and 5spd, with 130,000 miles on it. I have a friend that has a '95 with over 340,000 miles on his 2.3 / 5spd. Keep up with the routine maintanence, and it will run forever. Its actually not mine, but someones I found that looked like it was a similar color to mine (looks dark-blue enough ) with the frf sticker on it (originally on the top). I than found a pentax logo in black, inverted it, and finally resized it to roughly what I want. Than switched their placement.... Mine is a dark blue 2002 ranger, 3.0 V6 with 76,000 miles on it I want it to look eventually kind of like this (one on the right) minus a few things Attached Images

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06-11-2011, 12:43 AM	#2
Steinback Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: GTA, ON, Canada Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 1,673	Who needs stickers? Pry the Ford logo off your tailgate, whip up a stencil, and paint "PENTAX" across it in ~18 inch tall red letters the same way the manufacturers put their name onto tailgates in the '70s and '80s. Nobody will doubt your camera affiliation.

06-11-2011, 06:06 AM	#3
Digitalis Site Supporter Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Melbourne, Victoria Photos: Gallery Posts: 11,695	Originally posted by Steinback Nobody will doubt your camera affiliation. true....though you will get leicaphiles/canikonites running their car keys across it while they are walking to their cars...

06-11-2011, 11:26 AM	#4
yeatzee Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Temecula Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 3,675 Original Poster	Originally posted by Digitalis true....though you will get leicaphiles/canikonites running their car keys across it while they are walking to their cars... I hope no one is that diehard

06-12-2011, 06:49 AM	#5
r0ckstarr Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Texas Photos: Gallery Posts: 3,507	Looking at the back window and your strap mounts, I am going to guess 1998+. What engine/tranny combo? I have a '96 with the 2.3 and 5spd and over 285,000 problem free miles on it. Owned it since new. My girlfriend has an '04 with the 3.0 and 5spd, with 130,000 miles on it. I have a friend that has a '95 with over 340,000 miles on his 2.3 / 5spd. Keep up with the routine maintanence, and it will run forever.

06-13-2011, 08:24 AM	#7
ChrisPlatt Site Supporter Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Rockaway Beach NYC Posts: 7,702	Call me paranoid, but placing camera brand stickers on your vehicle sounds to me like an invitation to a break-in... Chris Last edited by ChrisPlatt; 06-13-2011 at 10:47 AM.

06-13-2011, 10:09 AM	#8
jogiba Banned Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Millstone,NJ Posts: 6,491	I was paid from several car magazine publishers to shoot Drag Racing photos and to do features between 1975 and 1988 and when I seen some Pentax reps from Japan back then I gave them copies of some of it were Pentax was mentioned but I never got anything more than a bunch of Pentax Racing patches from them.

06-13-2011, 11:34 AM	#9
r0ckstarr Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Texas Photos: Gallery Posts: 3,507	Awesome shot of Ivo.

06-13-2011, 12:16 PM	#10
yeatzee Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Temecula Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 3,675 Original Poster	Originally posted by ChrisPlatt Call me paranoid, but placing camera brand stickers on your vehicle sounds to me like an invitation to a break-in... Chris cause the average car robber knows anything about pentax and what the heck it is

06-14-2011, 09:44 PM - 1 Like	#11
HGMonaro Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Melb. Aust Posts: 840	no stickers on my cars... I even take the dealer number plate frames and badges off (if they didn't do it themselves on my pre purchase instructions). I had one salesman who I think was deeply offended I didn't want his advertising on my car, however he did what was asked.

06-14-2011, 10:40 PM	#12
yeatzee Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Temecula Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 3,675 Original Poster	Originally posted by HGMonaro no stickers on my cars... I even take the dealer number plate frames and badges off (if they didn't do it themselves on my pre purchase instructions). I had one salesman who I think was deeply offended I didn't want his advertising on my car, however he did what was asked. I wish I had a replacement to remove the dealer plate frame

06-15-2011, 01:45 AM	#13
Digitalis Site Supporter Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Melbourne, Victoria Photos: Gallery Posts: 11,695	Originally posted by HGMonaro no stickers on my cars... I even take the dealer number plate frames and badges off I'm the same way, though on my previous motorbike(before I wrote it off at 200Km/h) had a Leica red dot on the carbon fibre fairings and muffler. I used to tell people that Leica was paying me $500 a day for the advertising

06-19-2011, 08:30 AM	#14
ChrisPlatt Site Supporter Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Rockaway Beach NYC Posts: 7,702	Why not put truck stickers on your Pentax instead? Chris

06-19-2011, 03:09 PM	#15
yeatzee Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Temecula Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 3,675 Original Poster	Originally posted by ChrisPlatt Why not put truck stickers on your Pentax instead? Chris I don't think its big enough Anyways, step one:

Any photography related car stickers?

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