Jhill
Ram Guru
No, in fact the instructions give you a hint on how to apply each letter (after cleaning surface with alcohol) by aligning very top tip of vinyl letter to align with truck letter and work down to avoid air bubbles. The letters have an oversized milky clear plastic film over the face to make letters easy to place. No need to use soapy solution as they go on easy. Best to do it in direct sun so you can really see what you are doing if you want perfect alignment. (I am picky about making things as perfect as possible). I also put on a TRX decal on quarter panels without soapy water by cleaning well with alcohol and using blue painters tape for alignment reference and starting with top edges and working down with plastic credit card to avoid bubbles. It also had the milky oversize plastic over front to hold decal until you apply it and peel face carrier off. Those decals came from www.Supdec.com but take forever to get as its in the Ukraine and has customs delays. If you search decals there are lots of suppliers out there. The soapy water option is needed if decals are large with several inches of vinyl material and you need ability to shift some to align and work out air bubbles like a wide hood graphic or racing stripes, etc. Here is pic when I installed the TRX decal.Did you use the soapy water method for placing the decals?