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  9. Posted

    Regarding the laws, it varies slightly from state to state, and type of vehicle, but in general it's allowed. There are several vehicles that don't have rear windows, or you can not see out them for one reason or another. But to be on the safe side you'd want to check your state laws.

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    What he said.

     

    However, not to encourage theft, but have you tried vectoring it yourself and if so, what program are you using, and problems were you having. This is nearly the ideal image to auto trace. A bit too much detail in some spots for an auto trace to get exact, but you can get a pretty decent trace.

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    Acrylic and Fiberglass are two very different things. There are several fiberglass specific paint removers. But you are likely dealing with Acrylic which is going to be difficult getting the paint off without etching the acrylic or making it cloudy. Do you know what kind of paint was used? That will make a difference as to what work. There are also some amazing acrylic cleaners/polishers out there that can be used to restore the acrylic if you do get the paint off. In any case, I suspect it will be cheaper in the long run to just replace the acrylic rather than trying to clean it.

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    I'm not the greatest at it, or very quick but I've been pleased with my results. I mostly use the Bezier tool and drop nodes at key points of the design to get an initial ruff shape. Then I go back and drag the edges of the design to the desired location and add additional nodes as necessary. I do all this with the fill set to an odd color, usually an ugly yellow or green, and with 50% transparency so that I can see the image I'm trying to trace.

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    xyz, to get the full circle like you want, in step 3, do not include the red circle when you union the brown, green and blue.

    Then duplicate the red and do a difference between the red and blue. If you were to slide the blue out a little you should see that it is now the shape you want.

    You can now either take the difference between the black and the red, or just leave it as is and when you send it to the cutter cut all 3 colors at the same time.