Nov 9, 2007 4:48 AM

Anti Theft Rust Stickers

These rust and scratch stickers are designed to make your beautiful bike/car look rusted and scratched so that passing thieves assume it's not worth stealing due to its apparent shabbyness....I, for instance, put my MacBook inside the brick-like shell of a stripped Dell notebook in order to deter criminals.

This is an evolution of the "stick a piece of Gaffer tape over the logo" method of camera thief avoidance. English artist and designer Dominic Wilcox will supply you with fake rust for your car or bike:

These rust and scratch stickers are designed to make your beautiful bike/car look rusted and scratched so that passing thieves assume it's not worth stealing due to its apparent shabbyness.

We firmly believe in disguise here at Gadget Lab, like the Pizza Box Laptop Case. I, for instance, put my MacBook inside the brick-like shell of a stripped Dell notebook in order to deter criminals. I have, however, noticed less girls hitting on me at the local coffee shop since I did this.

Product page [Dominic Wilcox via Bicivilizate]

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