John, there's the BIG problem!
Decals, no problem. If it fits, use it.
Now, for metal...
I have to bend (radius) ALL of them! Some take it well. Others, well lets just say I've lost a few that didn't take to "tweaking" very well.
The smaller, the better. The ones with paint and a "Fat" covering of clear, are a b1tch to bend. They crack and the paint flakes off.
IF you can get it to bend, but notice some "Cracking" of the paint, no real problem, just clear coat over it, and the paint will stay.
Others just go without an issue.
Just put yourself in that youthful, don't give a sh1t frame of mind, AND GO FOR IT! (Hell, they ain't MY pins!)
Here at Getto Shed, I get a pipe/socket about the same dia. of the glass I'm using, sandwich the pin between the socket and a rag, slip a muffler-to-header pipe spacer over the rag, and tighten it down with a radiator clamp over the spacer, and crank it down to make everything conform to the pipe/socket. And when you undo the clamp, remove the spacer and rag, and it's either "Voila", or "SH1T!"
