Sticker Bombing 101

Modification trends come and go faster than Britney Spears' popularity. Bangladesh, being backward in every respect from the rest of the world (other than piracy, we do that quite well), usually sees these trends reaching our shores a year or two late, after the rest of the world has pretty much moved on.
Surprisingly, however, people are catching on. We personally blame the internet for finding us all the newest parts and indulgences, and we apologize to all the girlfriends and wives that are affected because we're finding new ways to spend money on our cars. Stickerbombing is the newest fad to reach out shores, and we think it will be very big in the coming months.
Stickerbombing is an art. Take hundreds of stickers, bunch them together in a dizzying, bright, and absolutely funky collage, stick the stickerbomb “sheet” onto your car. Sounds complicated? Not really. Photoshop makes things easier, all you have to do is search for hi-res images of the stickers you want, and put them together haphazardly in Photoshop. Cut, paste, print, paste.

We’re yet to see a local bike done this way

Once you have your design ready, take it to Azim Art (01921166220) in Bijoynagar. When they're not printing out number plates for cars, they print out solid stickerbombing sheets, provided you give them the design. Rahul Chakraborty, the owner of the white AE111 featured above, got his car stickerbombed (four wheels and one turn signal light) for around 2500 taka, so call up Azim Art for specifics on cost.
If you're lazy and Photoshop is too much work for you, contact Gears (facebook.com/gears27), tell them what design you want and the ever helpful Faiyad Khan (01770202050) will print out the sticker sheet for you. He imports the sticker paper from China, which ensures premium quality stickerbombs that can be cut easily and molded or bent to almost any surface, cars, laptops, phones or otherwise. The adhesive used is also very good, but make sure the spot you want to stickerbomb is final, because if you try to peel it off, it will leave adhesive marks behind. That is easily fixed, though, with a proper polishing job.
For an estimate of the cost, the largest stickerbomb sheet Gears has to offer (at 20x10 inches) will set you back 400 taka. A 4 inch JDM “Shocker” stickerbomb will cost 150 taka. As Faiyad says, he will print stickerbombs suited to your needs, and that includes size. If you want to cover the hood of your car with one massive stickerbomb (nuclear stickerbomb?), that can be arranged, too.
Onto the applications. You can stickerbomb any part of your car, from wheels to bumpers, interiors, even your engine bay. We're yet to see anyone cover their engine's cam cover with a stickerbomb, but we would definitely like to see what people can come up with in terms of which part of the car they're stickerbombing.
Its not all cars, however. Bike owners should take notice too, as stickerbombing is a very easy way to make your bike (motorised or not) stand out from the sea of non-descript, unassuming bikes out there. Add a bit of colour to the muscular lines of your bodykitted motorbike and watch as people go crazy over it.
Keep it as subtle as possible, though. This means limiting your stickerbomb to small areas. Going overboard isn't a good idea when stickerbombing.