Toolbox Decal Addiction

[superUnknown]

Anybody else got a thing for toolbox stickers?

I got that Wolves one in the Yukon. I ran a little giveaway on my Youtube Channel and sent one to a guy in the Royal Danish Air Force. He stuck it on a fighter Jet!

Here's the old girl, plenty of room left!

Couple of favorites:
-I Heart Explosives from Dyno Nobel (ever heard of the Nobel Prize? Explosives is where the money comes from)
-Kids who hunt, trap and fish don't mug little old ladies.

 

[ADSR]

wow! that jet is nuts!

 

[k1rodeoboater]

I waver between sticker bombed boxes being cool and not cool. It always seems like there's a thin line between not enough and too much. Kinda like pin striping for that matter.

 

[zkling]

Not for me, but to each their own.

 

[Cope]

Mine are inside the top box lid.

 

[Dirty Diesels]

I have a few on my boxes & cart, but don't like too many it spoils them.

 

[usmc_noma]

I liked stickers on boxes until I got more into my tools and the money I spent on my box. I like the clean look of them without all the stickers. I also hated stickers more when I bought an old school USA Craftsman three stack of boxes with stickers all over. They're a pain to remove and it didn't help that it was in a body shop.

 

[jakemac]

The few I have on my box have been mounted on magnetic sheets first and trimmed. That way I can move them around if I want. It also makes it easier to clean up the box if i want to sell it.

 

[DennisH2014]

I haven't been, but I think I may have to get another "D" sticker and add it to mine! Had one on my old car too. Good to see a fellow German!

 

[-Brent-]

The few I have on my box have been mounted on magnetic sheets first and trimmed. That way I can move them around if I want. It also makes it easier to clean up the box if i want to sell it.

Me too.

 

[rickhigginshtbr]

One of my 4 rollers is semi covered... I add more as I get them. It was my first box, so as crappy as it is, never plan on getting rid of it.



Then this little guy, my buddy gave me a year ago. Found it in the attic of the house he bought, and I'm keeping it as it. A throwback to the older drag strips around Philly:

 

[Honda guy]

I love decals but not on toolboxes. Over the years, I've collected a few hundred stickers from the motorcycle industry. Not sure where to put them. I've considered getting a shop fridge and covering it with decals, or maybe displaying some of the rare ones on a desktop covered with thick glass.

 

[gte718p]

I don't understand the sticker thing. Probably because I grew up in the racing world. I don't display companies logos unless they are paying me. I certainly would never pay to put logos on my box, cars, clothing, ex.

 

[wyo george]

I run decals on my dirt bikes, but only products that I actually use. I also bomb the inside lid of my service cart with them, but again, only products and companies that I actually install and/or use.

 

[MattVette89]

I don't like stickers on my toolbox, but I have them on my large metal cabinet I store chemicals in. Don't know why?

 

[DennisH2014]

I don't understand the sticker thing. Probably because I grew up in the racing world. I don't display companies logos unless they are paying me. I certainly would never pay to put logos on my box, cars, clothing, ex.

That's exactly the way I always looked at it. Why advertise a company without any payment to you?

 

[MDSPHOTO]

Mine are inside the top box lid.

This^^^^^^^^

 

[jjjrmx5]

Anybody else got a thing for toolbox stickers?

No.

Just like tatoos on girls.
But at least stickers are removeable without inflicting pain.





LOLZ

 

[yjWrangler]

Then this little guy, my buddy gave me a year ago. Found it in the attic of the house he bought, and I'm keeping it as it. A throwback to the older drag strips around Philly:

Love seeing boxes like that. Must have a great history behind it

 

[KamiCrit]

I quite like the Dyno Noble decal, luckily no one has asked me about it.

Quite a bit of Canadiana there!

 

[Indexmill]

No.

Just like tatoos on girls.
But at least stickers are removeable without inflicting pain.

LOLZ

You obviously have not seen the right tatoo in the right place...

 

[Syntax_Error]

I run decals on my dirt bikes, but only products that I actually use. I also bomb the inside lid of my service cart with them, but again, only products and companies that I actually install and/or use.

That Thrush sticker is the first sticker i ever put on a toolbox. I have mine on my road box. I'm on vacation so i don't have a picture of the box. That sticker is probably my all time favorite sticker.

 

[Zrexxer]

I guess you could say I've "got a thing for them" - I absolutely despise them.

 

[Shipfittin]

I like stickers on tool boxes, to me it tells a story of what someone is into or where they have been. At work we usually get stickers for every ship we work on, and we tend to put them on our tool boxes. Over time it's like a quasi resume.

What I don't approve of are the guys with the tool box filled with Task Force and Pittsburgh tools that's covered in Snap-On and Mac stickers. If your going to rock a truck box sticker, at least have one truck box tool stored in that box to back it up.

 

[Lone Star Blaze]

Sorry garage is a mess the landlord is taking wayyyy to long to make some repairs


My main box





vent window of the '65


underhood of the '65


travel tool box/ pinstriping box



Body work supply & power tool cabinet doors

 

[Harrison2]

not a huge fan of roll cabs being sticker bombed. but road boxes and tool carts suit it I think. I love small vintage roadboxes covered in period stickers. I have a collection of stickers im saving for when I find a small road box to put in a trunk.

 

[jjjrmx5]

You obviously have not seen the right tatoo in the right place...

Hahahahaha.
Oh, it may be the right tattoo in the right place, But, sadly, never on the right girl. LOLZ.

Normally it's just a confirmation of bad life choices and bad art decisions.
On both ends.

I;m not judging.
I just sayin'.

 

[justme-]

The few I have on my box have been mounted on magnetic sheets first and trimmed. That way I can move them around if I want. It also makes it easier to clean up the box if i want to sell it.

This
Lets me change them up and self censor - say I decide to stop using those Snap On tools and switch all to HF Pittsburg stuff... can drop the truck stickers off the box to avoid flying wrenches from coworkers....


plus quite a few of my stickers are original vintage - would be a shame to loose them if I had to get rid of a box. My ol man's got some period ones on his stack from back in the day - 90% stuff he used/endorsed at his garages or on his race car.

 

[oscar80]

Gives me an idea for a desk. Attach the stickers to a board and coat with polyurethane for the desktop

 

[Steinmetz]

Years ago, I used to take Boeing stickers when I went on road trips to visit customers (airlines). Mechanics loved them.

 

[Flattie]

USA SUPERMEET STICKER, PAOLA KANSAS. My hometown. Small world

 

[k1rodeoboater]

The few I have on my box have been mounted on magnetic sheets first and trimmed. That way I can move them around if I want. It also makes it easier to clean up the box if i want to sell it.

Now that's a good idea....Where do you get the magnetic sheets from?

 

[jakemac]

Staples, Michael's, AC Moore

 

[Loudpipes66]

Here is my Craftsman.

 

[PKile]

I've got that White Pass logo on a refrigerator magnet - best train ride I've ever had!

I believe in a tasteful number of decals reflecting things I've owned or used. Now that I have a new 72" Extreme toolbox I need to collect some vintage ones for it, like Smith's Instruments, MG, British Motor Corporation/British Leyland, SU, Lucas, BAP/Geon (I worked there in the 1970s), Armstrong shocks, etc. I did salvage my British Car Magazine decal and transferred it to the new box, they are defunct but I used to write tech articles for them.

 

[NorCalWrenchin]

I considered t when I got my krsc43, my old blue point cart was BOMBED. I decided not too though. Someone on this site, can't recall who made a good point about ugly toolboxes= if you roll that ugly p.o.s up to my car, I'd tell you to roll it away, and I'd leave... Stu k with me..

 

[jrod60]

I have two Crafstman stacks. One is all stickered up but I've kept the other blank. Until this weekend when I mounted a 1960 F100 hood spear on one of the drawers.

 

[Surreal001]

I'll play. This is my fuel storage box. Mostly gun-related stickers but there are a few other stickers here and there.

 

[hotdogstand]

I had my performance stickers on the inside lid of my truck box for a while, but I let the box go in favor of a vinyl roll top.

I have a tall shop cabinet that I am stickering up the inside of the doors on now. I like stickers, but I really appreciate a clean look and I can't have both, hence putting them inside the doors and lids.

 

[yjWrangler]

Random **** on my tool cart at work