I made sure it's right over the holes so any glue left over won't be seen and would help the strips I guess.i taped mine for about a week. make sure you have some white spirit or intensive tar remover to get the glue off when you peel it off.
Ok...... loli say weld the hols up, get rid of the strip and paint a white line down the side like the masking tape! that looks awsome! haha