Re: [DML] Bumper Paint Question.

["Walter Coe" <Whalt@xxxx>]

> I'd like to paint the word
> "De Lorean" on my rear bumper.

That reminds me of a Lotus I saw with large white lettering on the rear
bumper. It looked nice and made the car stand out. (Like you really need
that for such a wedge to stand out. :-)

I tend to be the sort who goes out of my way to remove logos & such for the
anonymous look. Anyway, I had a custom sign made up professionally, and the
process used to make it would work ideally for doing what you want. The
process is run by computer. He uses a True-Type font that is coupled to
some kind of plotter/laser cutter. He designs it first on the computer
screen and then cuts it out using bumper sticker type material. It was
really slick watching him put vinyl lettering on a plastic board for my
sign. Since he did it for a living, he made it look really easy. I was
thinking about having him make up a large sheet of plain black that would
cover most of the black part of the rear bumper. This would make it easy to
hide my filling in of the OEM DeLorean logo. But a similar process could
work well for what you want. Just put green letters directly on the bumper
or put green letters on a larger black piece that would cover any given area
of the bumper. Another possibility is to put some green stock on the bumper
first and then have the black cover it in a negative image to let the green
show through.

Awhile back I saw someone selling a True-Type font of the DeLorean font. I
would like to get a copy of this if anyone remembers who sells it. Bring
this on a disk to a sign maker, and he could probably use that to cut out
the vinyl with no fuss.

Walt Tampa, FL