Permanently tatooed motifs applied to the vehicle. A regular tatoo gun may not work so well (One would presumeably use something more like a fine point dremel tool).-- ShawnBob, May 19 2011 Car Tattoo http://carphotos.ca...414480017_large.jpgSmart. [tatterdemalion, May 19 2011, last modified May 20 2011] Anodising http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anodizinganodised tatoo is possible, see 'Printing' section. [TomP, May 20 2011] Yes but... why? Could not some form of permanent ink-like liquid be developed, which be applied by a craftsman using some kind of applicationer?-- MaxwellBuchanan, May 19 2011 Yes, Maxwell (...but not as much fun as some bald guy grinding it on there) ;)-- ShawnBob, May 19 2011 I quite like the idea of my car getting pissed and going off to get a tattoo in an unfortunate place.-- DenholmRicshaw, May 19 2011 In some areas I hear they use keys.-- MaxwellBuchanan, May 19 2011 As opposed to putting vinyl decals on the car, or spraypainting a picture of a dragon's arsehole across all of the panels on one side, or something equally asinine?-- infidel, May 20 2011 There goes your anti-corrosion warranty ...-- 8th of 7, May 20 2011 Perhaps the body could be made of aluminium and anodised while the dyes used to colour anodised surfaces could be selectively applied?
edit: this suggestion has been baked according to Wiki [link]. Except I was thinking more along the lines of hand-painting the dyes on rather than printing them.-- TomP, May 20 2011 Perhaps there is some spray on clear-coat...so one could grind in the tat, then clearcoat over it to prevent rust.-- ShawnBob, May 20 2011 Wax sublimation dye printing could work. It's what's used to print aluminium soft drink cans.-- infidel, May 20 2011 random, halfbakery