I'm getting a traditional-style helmet (should be arriving today, in fact), but I want to personalize it with my own decoration. I was inspired by an image I saw at thefirestore.com:

My helmet is yellow. I have the flag triangles and the triple trim, which comes in a 28"-long strip. I was originally going to pretty much just duplicate what they did with that helmet, but now I'm wondering if it might look better (or at least as good) if I put one blue triangle with stars on each side, in the segments on either side just behind the shield, rather than having them both on the left side.
I also think the triple trim strip is long enough and thin enough that I could just wrap it around the ribs and keep it in one long strip all the way around, rather than cutting it into segments to fit between the ribs. Thoughts on how that would look?
Also, if anyone has any tips on removing the tetrahedrons that will already be on the new helmet, I'd love to hear it. The guy at the store (I went to thefirestore.com in person) told me it was easy, they'll just peel right off, using Goo-gone if any adhesive remains. I just want to double-check that...Is he right about that? (And just to point out, the flag triangles and the triple trim are all reflective, so I'm adding more reflectivity than I'm removing, just for the record.)

My helmet is yellow. I have the flag triangles and the triple trim, which comes in a 28"-long strip. I was originally going to pretty much just duplicate what they did with that helmet, but now I'm wondering if it might look better (or at least as good) if I put one blue triangle with stars on each side, in the segments on either side just behind the shield, rather than having them both on the left side.
I also think the triple trim strip is long enough and thin enough that I could just wrap it around the ribs and keep it in one long strip all the way around, rather than cutting it into segments to fit between the ribs. Thoughts on how that would look?
Also, if anyone has any tips on removing the tetrahedrons that will already be on the new helmet, I'd love to hear it. The guy at the store (I went to thefirestore.com in person) told me it was easy, they'll just peel right off, using Goo-gone if any adhesive remains. I just want to double-check that...Is he right about that? (And just to point out, the flag triangles and the triple trim are all reflective, so I'm adding more reflectivity than I'm removing, just for the record.)
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