Festiva 88L Door Jamb Sticker

[Twistiva]

Guys -

Had my Festiva painted recently. In the process the painter removed the Ford manufacturing sticker in the driver's side door jamb (the one that has the manufacturing date, vehicle weight, body paint color, VIN, etc) because it was so faded you couldn't read half the text on it.

2 questions....

1) Does anyone know of a company that makes new ones? (The Ford dealer in my town said that Ford won't print new ones. Not sure why.)

2) Can anyone take a picture of their door jamb sticker so if I am able to make a new one I'll be able to have the correct info re-printed as well as get it put into the correct format/layout? (We took a picture of the original but, again, with it being so faded I'm missing probably half the info.) I'm guessing that all our Festivas, except for the manufacturing date and model, had virtually the same info, regardless of the year and model, but mine is an 88L, if that matters.

Thanks!

(BTW, I tried searching for door jamb sticker photos possibly on the site already but didn't find any posts.)

[XFSE71]

Here is my sticker ... it is an LX

[Bert]

Wow XFSE71 that's a neat sticker: made by Kia for Ford. None of mine (92 & 93s) look like that, and they also have a bar code VIN sticker directly below that main decal.

[Prafeston]

Here are my stickers! From a '92

Driver side


Passenger side

[FestYboy]

he should not have removed the sticker, it has the VIN on it and the Feds say it has to STAY there.... should have been masked off.... he should know that...

[Twistiva]

Here is my sticker ... it is an LX
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XFSE71 -

Thanks for posting your pix!

Here are my stickers! From a '92

Driver side


Passenger side

Prafeston -

Thanks for posting pix, too. I believe the one I had is like yours (the driver's side one).

he should not have removed the sticker, it has the VIN on it and the Feds say it has to STAY there.... should have been masked off.... he should know that...

He took it off because you couldn't read half the text on it and he was under the impression that Ford made new door jamb stickers. Turns out they do but they typically limit that service to vehicles only a year or two old. Not sure why they don't go back earlier than that but the Ford body shop said they need proof of ownership of the car and they'll have to ask the Ford district manager for special permission to make a new VIN sticker. Hopefully I'll be able to get a new one made.

Any idea why the door jamb sticker is such a big deal? Sure, it has the VIN on it but it's just a sticker and the VIN is also on the metal tag riveted to the dashboard.

[FestYboy]

that sticker lists the tire size and GVRW... both are to be displayed on the vehicle at all times (as per the FEDs) just like the emissions stickers on the hood...if removed, they must be replaced.

[Twistiva]

that sticker lists the tire size and GVRW... both are to be displayed on the vehicle at all times (as per the FEDs) just like the emissions stickers on the hood...if removed, they must be replaced.

FestyBoy -

"GVRW"......Gross Vehicle _______ Weight"? Is that "Road"????

Do you know of any company (other than the possible option of Ford) that makes new ones?

[Prafeston]

Were the earlier Festivas that much lighter than the 90s ones? My '92 L you would think would be about as light as it got as it had just about Zero options, but I see XFSE71's '88 was 2505 and mine was 2645? Wonder what mine had that his didn't...

[sketchman]

You could do one up in an image editor and have a vinyl printed.

[Twistiva]

You could do one up in an image editor and have a vinyl printed.

Would you please elaborate?

What kind of image editor? You mean like Photoshop? And then take it to a decal shop/sticker maker, right? Hmmm.....good idea. Wonder what that would cost?.....

[Prafeston]

I can do some measurements on my stickers for you.

[sketchman]

Yeah, a sticker. Vinyl ones last a long time and stand up pretty well to rubbing and dirt. Not sure on prices, but I'd bet it's cheaper than what Ford will charge you, IF they'll do it.

[F3BZ]

ask your ford parts manager for a Information/Warning Label order card. it will have a short form for your VIN, etc. you can get a new VECS label and other stickers. not guaranteeing this is still in effect or that they will go back that far but i was able to order all new labels and stickers even though at the time my festiva was like 12 yrs. old.

[XFSE71]

Were the earlier Festivas that much lighter than the 90s ones? My '92 L you would think would be about as light as it got as it had just about Zero options, but I see XFSE71's '88 was 2505 and mine was 2645? Wonder what mine had that his didn't...

Now that you mention it, 140 pounds is a big difference. The '88 LX is pretty well dressed up ... remote power mirrors, 4 speakers and all. I've never weighed it, or even compared weight to the specs book. My '93 sticker looks like yours 2645 ... maybe that's the difference between FBC - MTX and EFI - ATX. I know the ATX is heavier than the MTX just from tossing them up on the bench, but it's not that much different.