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Can vinyl just be used for car windows or can it be applied to the car body too? If so, how is it applied? I'm expecting my new Graphtec 5000-60 on Monday...yipee.
These days, vinyl can almost replace a custom paint job. Ive lettered a couple vehicles with company logos and text. Check out the local mass transit. Those are all printed vinyls. The graphics on the cars in the Fast and the Furious were all vinyl as well.
You apply it the same as you would a bumper sticker (well that is a bit simplified) Design and cut you image/text, weed it and apply you application tape, make sure the area is clean, spray area your choose of application spray, apply graphic/text, smooth area with roller or squeegee, peel away application tape. Before the area is dry and has set for awhile, you can release any air bubbles with a burnisher. Try to do your application in mild temperatures, that will aid in getting a smooth and easy job of it.
I would also suggest a hair dryer or heatgun to manipulate the vinyl around complex curves etc. Do not use the heat gun if you have zero experience with the device...they get hot enough to melt auto plastics quickly.
The only real drawback to installing it on the car (paint) is removal. On glass you can just scrape it off with a straight-edge razor blade. That would remove paint on the car so you have to be more careful.
There are some tools to ease removal, and supposedly you can heat them up with a heat gun to loosen the adhesive too (haven't tried that yet).
I'll be the first to admit I know nothing about cars, but if you're not careful that could strip the paint on the car too, right?
No problem with factory finishes. Aftermarket paint jobs you need to be careful because you really dont know how well the paint was applied. There is much poor paint quality out there.
getting the vinyl off the car isnt hard. If its cold where you are, a hair blower to soften up the vinyl helps alot, its all you will really need. There is a little tool called the lil' chisler that works great. If you can't find one of those, a pot scraper works pretty much the same way.
You may get some shadowing after you take off the vinyl. Especially if the vehicle sits in the sun all day. We have noticed it the most on our black explorer. But any other colour explorer we have had, the shadowing is very minimal.
Vinyl on car body?? 
