I am finishing up the restoration of a TATA. Unfortunately I waited too long to get the decal kit. The pre cut version is now out of production. So I ended up with roll stripes. I was worried that they would be a PIA at best. Much to my surprise, they are going on extremely well. They 'bend' around a wheel well with no problems at all. I have a couple of 90deg turns at the wheel spoilers that went on perfect. The guys at PG assured me I would have no problems with tight bends and they were correct. I install them dry and would not recommend using the application gel. I tried using the gel when I did the S.E. stripes on my 77 and it was a nightmare. The stripes would not stick, when I pulled the top clear layer off the stripes were coming off with it. I then switched and started using them without the gel and had zero problems.
When using the tape going around a curve, you just need to be carefull and keep the margins the same so they wont look too wonky. There is a bit of play as if its not perfect you can pull it back off to re-align. Once everything is in place looking good I take a clean micro fibre and rub them in pretty good to set the glue. So far so good.
Its not nearly as bad as I was thinking it was going to be.
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