Friend of mine did the same thing on a Civic. @tylerlane nailed it, slow and steady is key.

Wow @holly_foster, that gas station number hit me right in the gut.

Duct taped a level to a ladder once and it worked better than the fancy magnetic one I bought.

Oh @ray_patel27 gets it, hiding scissors is a survival move we all gotta make.

Totally feel that, man. I did the same thing with my old comics and a few paperbacks back in like 2003. Thought Mylar bags and tape were the ultimate hack, but I came back a few years later and some of them had this weird sticky residue from the tape that bled into the cover. Ended up having to toss a couple issues of Sandman because the pages got all wavy and the ink started smudging. Such a bummer when you think you're doing everything right and it just backfires.