Targeted product.

Of the subset of people who choose a used car from a new one, is a subset of people that choose to drive a 30 year-old Volkswagens.  Of that group there lives another subset, those who choose to drive a Rabbit pickup / Caddy.  Of that group, there is a group of people that want to restore the original vinyl-sticker quarter flare offered on the pickup and not upgrade it to the pedestrian, plastic Rabbit version.

To those 2 people… well do I have a treat for you!  Hurray! RPU vinyl quarter flares!   My truck had 1 good one when I got it, so I carefully peeled it off and stuck it to my desk.  I photographed and measured it and created a great file.

These are made from Oracal 751; which goes on super-smooth and looks great, but is thinner than the OG sticker.  I have tried some thicker, calendered vinyl, but it doesn’t conform as well, and I’d be nervous of it shrinking in a few years.  I did look for thicker stuff like you’d get for rock guard on a modern car, but it all comes in clear.  If you know of some thicker, satin black stuff, let me know!

I’m pretty pleased how these came out.  They’re extra long to use them on RPUs (Rabbit Pickup) and Vanagons.  You can throw them on your new Golf and be hip and retro.

They’re cut from Oracal 751 and go on super smooth like paint.

After a ton of trial-and-error, the Rabbit Pickup/ Caddy tailgate logo letters are finally done.

These are also made of Oracal 751.  I’d suggest putting them on in groups of 2 letters at a time.  After cutting a test sticker, installing it, noting where it needed to change, then re-cutting, I was able to get a 1 piece install on my tailgate that looked and fit great.   There must be some differences in the stamping on these, though, because it missed the mark on a different tailgate.  YMMV.  Chop ’em up and install them slowly.

In this pic, they’re applied over the original cracky ones – by applying them 2 letters at a time, I was able to get good results.  It’s better if you just get rid of the cracked ones, obviously.

This happened while peeling off a test set that was cut from some scrap orange vinyl.  I can see people wanting this.