Car Wraps Vancouver
Vinyl Vehicle Wrap Vancouver
Sixstream Signs is your vinyl installer, for car wraps in Vancouver. Our professional vinyl car wraps are designed to highlight your commercial fleet vehicles. Vinyl wrap your commercial trucks, vans and semi-trailers. Make sure your fleet stands out on the roads of Greater Vancouver with a professional vinyl car wrap and/or vehicle decals.
Fleet Car Wraps
Car wraps for commercial fleets provide great marketing exposure. Car wrap benefits include advertising services, promotions and showcasing products. By having your vehicles wrapped and fleet decaled, you will maximize your brand's roadside visibility and transform your fleet of vehicles into powerful marketing tool.
Vinyl Wrap Installers
At Sixstream Signs, we install vinyl car wraps and vehicle decals at our Vancouver sign shop in Surrey, BC. Our experienced team of vinyl installers are committed to delivering exceptional quality on every car wrap. Order your high-quality vinyl wraps and fleet vehicle decals, with Sixstream.
What is a Vinyl Car Wrap?
A vinyl car wrap can be described as applying a large printed sticker over your vehicle. Trucks, vans, semi-trailers, food trucks and other vehicle types can all be wrapped with vinyl. Vinyl car wraps are an incredible opportunity to transform your company’s fleet of vehicles into marketing tools. Design a captivating vinyl wrap to cover your cars, vans and trucks. Vehicle wraps grab the attention of new and existing customers.
The vehicle wrap process starts with designing a vinyl wrap which suites your business’s visual needs. With the vehicle wrap design in place we digitally print your company’s branding message on to specialty automotive vinyl film. For vehicle decals, we would dye cut colored vinyl.
Automotive vinyl film has technology which allows the printable vinyl to easily conform to the shape of your vehicle. With care, our vinyl car wrap installers take vinyl car wrap and install it onto your vehicle. Our team of talented car wrap specialist make sure your vinyl wrap is applied perfectly.
Key Benefits of Car Wraps
Vinyl Wraps Protect Car’s Factory Paint Finish
incredible Marketing Opportunity
Vinyl Graphics Identify Your Company’s Fleet
Professional Fleet Graphics Create Brand Awareness
Car Wraps Can be Removed and Updated
Create Brand Awareness on the Road
Car Wraps Vancouver
Sixstream Signs is your professional source for car wraps in Vancouver. For companies on the market for a vinyl car wrap in the Lower Mainland, look no further.
A quality and effective commercial vinyl car wrap in Vancouver is identified by a combination of factors. Your car wrap’s design should be professional and eye-catching. Quality vinyl material should be selected and paired with matching overlaminate. Lastly its important to commission an experienced car wrapper.
Let’s turn your fleet of vehicles into an amazing marketing tool with vinyl vehicle wraps.
What do Car Wraps cost?
Cost of a commercial vehicle car wrap can vary from project to project. A vinyl car wrap cost is based on the design, complexity of installation, vinyl material and vinyl wrap coverage. There’s a viable commercial car wrap solution for all budget options.
Our basic vinyl decaling option starts at $250. This would include cut vinyl decals supplied and installed on the two door panels. It’s a popular option for home service business as well as companies starting out on a budget.
The most popular option, Partial Car Wrap complemented with vinyl lettering, starts at $1000
Full vehicle wraps are based on the vehicle model. Please call or email info@sixstreamsigns.com to receive a complimentary quote.
Prices indicated above are for reference and subject to change. All indicated pricing is subject to sale taxes.
Cost Effective Marketing: vinyl vehicle wrap
Car wraps are popular as they have proven to be, one of the most cost effective marketing spends.
The marketing value of a car wraps is commonly accepted to be very good. Cost per impression on a vehicle wrap works out to pennies on the dollar in comparisons to other types of marketing. The more road time and longer the vinyl wrap is used on the vehicle the lower the overall cost per impression.
Parking your wrapped car in highly visible areas when it's not being driven will help produce even greater marketing value from the car wrap
Choose your Car Wrap
In the world of vinyl car wraps, there are a few popular vinyl vehicle wrap layout options. This is applicable for all vehicle types include cars, trucks and vans. Different vehicle wrap configurations provide different levels of coverage and cost points. Vehicle wraps options include the vinyl wrap styles below:
Vehicle Decals
Basic vehicle decals utilize cut vinyl decals to deliver your marketing message. Vehicle decals commonly contain your company name, email, phone and website. The basic car decals are installed on the most visible panels of your vehicle, the driver and passenger doors.
Cut vehicle decals are the most cost effective way to get your vehicle branded. Decals are a quick and simple way to market your company's brand and contact information on your car.
For the purpose of economy, basic vinyl lettering is cut from colored sign vinyl. Additional vinyl colors can be layered to create more intricate vehicle designs. It’s recommended to select a vinyl color which contrasts the factory paint color of your vehicle. Basic vinyl lettering is effective at advertising simple information to prospects on your vehicle.
Installation of basic vinyl lettering is quick. As a result there is little down time of your work vehicle. Vinyl lettering is also very durable and design to last many years. Vinyl decals can be removed with heat.
Basic Vinyl lettering is commonly installed the follow configurations:
Vinyl Decal son Driver Door and Passenger Door Panel
Vinyl Letter on Driver Door, Passenger Door Panel and Rear tailgate/trunk/Doors
Spot Graphic Vehicle Wraps
Spot graphic vehicle wraps are for companies looking more advanced designs. This popular vinyl vehicle wrap is made by digital printing graphics on vinyl film. Overlaminate can be used on top of the vinyl film to increase durability. The spot graphics are installed on key locations of the car, truck or van. The digitally printed vinyl film is dye cut to your logo’s design and shape of typography so your base vehicle color is visible.
As spot graphics are digitally printed, there are no color restrictions with your vehicle wrap design. Your vinyl graphics can be made up of as many colors or images as required. If your looking to utilize rasterized logos/images make sure they are provided in high resolution.
Spot graphic vehicle wraps can be installed on any panels or spread between panels to maximize visibility. Graphic wraps of this type are commonly applied to the side and rear of commercial vehicles.
Partial Car Wrap
A partial car wrap takes spot graphics to the next level. As lead on by the by the name, partial car wraps are designed to cover ½ to ¾” of your commercial vehicle, work truck or car.
Your partial car wrap is digitally printed on vinyl film with overlaminate. The vinyl wrap is designed to cover a majority of your vehicle. A partial car wrap is generally not dye cut and vinyl film covers your car panels edge to edge. In Vancouver partial car wraps favor the rear section of a vehicle to increase exposure while on the road.
Partial car Wrap with Decals
For greater impact, partial car wraps are commonly paired with some vinyl lettering. The vinyl lettering complements the partial wrap by filling in empty vehicle panels with contact information and creates a sense of continuity from your vehicle front to back. A partial car wrap with lettering can make the wrap look more complete while still allowing some factory paint to be visible.
Note: A Partial Car Wrap complemented with vinyl lettering is our most popular option.
Full Vehicle Wrap
A full vehicle wrap (aka full car wrap) covers all panels of the vehicle with digitally printed vinyl. A full commercial vehicle wrap usually omits the roof and lower panels below the bumper line.
The advantage of a full vehicle wrap is it allows the most design freedom. Covering the whole vehicle, maximizes the available marketing real estate on your vehicle wrap. Wonderful design opportunities exist with full car wraps including use of large graphics, gradients and big logos.
Reflected in the cost, a full car wrap is the most complex to design and labour intensive to install. The graphic designed for a full car wrap should seamlessly span across all vehicle panels. Your commercial vehicle will be hard to miss with a stunning full car wrap.
This type of wrap is intended for companies looking to make a statement. Many companies use full vehicle wraps to differentiate themselves from their competition. A full vehicle wrap is the most visible of all the options and leaves no viewing angle of your vehicle unaddressed.
Why Wrap your vehicle?
Vinyl car wraps are becoming more and more popular in today’s competitive business landscape. Below are a few leading reasons companies decide to car wrap their fleet of vehicles and why you should too.
Regulatory Vinyl Wraps and Lettering
There are federal and provincial regulations that indicate certain vehicles need to showcase regulatory decals. Regulatory decals generally contain information such as your official business name, safety registration numbers or gross weight. The information maybe know as your National Safety Code (NSC), Legal Company name or Gross Weight information GVW. There are generally sizing guidelines along with placement guidelines for regulatory vinyl and letter.
Brand Recognition
Create uniformity in your vehicle fleet so customers can identify and recognize your business brand. Make your vehicles stand out on the road with a vehicle wrap and graphic design. Make sure your vehicles look professional on the road so prospects can spot your team and are reminded to call. It’s important to stay in front of your clients with a visually appealing car wrap.
Vehicle Wrap Marketing
Car Wraps can literally take your message on the road. Products, services and promotions are some common information displayed on wraps. With proper design, the options for marketing with car wraps are limited only by your creatively. It’s important that your branding message is consistent across all mediums, car wraps can be updated and removed as marking campaigns change.
Fleet Identification
If all your fleet of vehicles are unmarked it can causes confusion between your drivers and dispatch teams. Make sure your fleet is properly labeled and wrapped with identification information such as truck number and name. A professional car wrap will help customers verify your technicians when they arrive on to job sites.
Restore Fleet Appearance
Car wraps can make your fleet look fresh and restore the appearance of any vehicle. The vinyl car wrap goes on top of the factory finish to cover up minor imperfections and faded paint. A well designed wrap can be a quick way to revitalize the look of your company vehicle.
What Vinyl Wrap Material is Used?
At Sixstream Signs we use only quality automotive vinyl materials. These materials include products created by 3m and Avery specific for automotive graphic wraps. The vinyl films used for commercial vinyl wraps need to be high quality, conform well to contours and durable. All our commercial automotive vinyl graphics are laminated for extra durability. If you're looking for a temporary car wrap or vinyl installation where durability is not a concern, please let us know to not laminate the print.
Are Car Wraps Permanent?
A great Car wrap will look like it was done at the factory level. Car Wraps are not permanent and can be removed with some patience, heat and time. If you have the task of removing car wrap, I highly recommend you allocate plenty of time and have a good heat gun to preheat the graphics. Removing a vinyl wrap should not damage the factory paint.
How to remove my Car Wrap
To remove a vinyl car wrap you will need a utility knife, heat gun and some time. Most of the vinyl wrap should come off in large pieces. If your vinyl has had too much elemental exposures this process could be longer if the vinyl hasn’t been properly .
What is the Process of getting a Commercial Car Wrap?
Car Wrap Design
For brand continuity and consistency we recommend having a brand guideline and brand assets developed for your business prior to designing your car wrap. Once your brand assets such as logo and taglines are in place, designing your car wrap will be more straightforward. Based on your business requirement and budget our graphic designers select the best vinyl graphic cover option. A concept drawing is created based on images of your vehicle.
Vehicle Car Wrap Blueprint
Every vehicle has its unique characteristics. We gather the make and model of your vehicle(s) and contact the vehicle's manufacturer to obtain design blueprints. Our graphic designers take the concept drawing of your vehicle wrap and overlay your car wrap design on your vehicle blueprint. This provides us a visual representation of how your design will look. The vehicle wrap blueprint allows us to prevent costly mistakes and refine the car wrap design for your specific vehicle.
Car Wrap Production Files
Once a car wrap design is approved, we prepare it for print. Your vinyl graphic car wrap is split into different panels and bleed is added as necessary to aid the vinyl wrap installation. Once completed all the files are compiled and labeled for print.
Printing Vinyl Graphics for Car Wraps
We take special care with printed vinyl graphics used for car wraps. Car wrap vinyl panels are all nested to optimize material yield. We use 3m and Avery vinyl car wrap materials. 3m and Avery car wrap vinyls are considered the best in the sign and car wrap industry. Once printed, the car wrap vinyl is left out to out gas for 24 hours. Once outgassing of your vehicle vinyl wrap is completed, the film is laminated. The lamination provides the print additional durability and makes it easier to clean.
Car Wrap Installation
Once all your vinyl graphics are printed and laminated for your vehicle vinyl wrap, It's time to bring your vehicle into the shop. We recommend having your vehicle detailed and cleaned. This includes areas surrounding the panels which will be vinyl wrapped. These areas will include the door jams and rubber seals. The idea is to prevent debris and dust from surrounding areas from contaminating the vinyl installation.
Car Wrap Quality Control
Post heat is applied to areas of the car wrap that require it. The vinyl wrap is checked for bubbles and contaminates and corrected as necessary. Once the vinyl wrap is completed and passed quality control, you will be notified to pick up your vehicle.
What Wrap Material is Used?
At Sixstream Signs we use only quality automotive vinyl materials. These materials include products created by 3m and Avery specific for automotive graphic wraps. The vinyl films used for commercial vinyl wraps need to be high quality, conform well to contours and durable. All our commercial automotive vinyl graphics are laminated for extra durability. If you're looking for a temporary car wrap or vinyl installation where durability is not a concern, please let us know to not laminate the print.
Are Car Wraps Permanent?
A great Car wrap will look like it was done at the factory level.Car Wraps are not permanent and can be removed with some patience, heat and time. If you have the task of removing car wrap, I highly recommend you allocate plenty of time and have a good heat gun to preheat the graphics. Removing a vinyl wrap should not damage the factory paint.
How to remove my Car Wrap
To remove a vinyl car wrap you will need a utility knife, heat gun and some time. Most of the vinyl wrap should come off in large pieces. If your vinyl has had too much elemental exposures this process could be longer if the vinyl hasn’t been properly .
What is the Process of getting a Commercial Car Wrap?
Car Wrap Design
For brand continuity and consistency we recommend having a brand guideline and brand assets developed for your business prior to designing your car wrap. Once your brand assets such as logo and taglines are in place, designing your car wrap will be more straightforward. Based on your business requirement and budget our graphic designers select the best vinyl graphic cover option. A concept drawing is created based on images of your vehicle.
Vehicle Car Wrap Blueprint
Every vehicle has its unique characteristics. We gather the make and model of your vehicle(s) and contact the vehicle's manufacturer to obtain design blueprints. Our graphic designers take the concept drawing of your vehicle wrap and overlay your car wrap design on your vehicle blueprint. This provides us a visual representation of how your design will look. The vehicle wrap blueprint allows us to prevent costly mistakes and refine the car wrap design for your specific vehicle.
Car Wrap Production Files
Once a car wrap design is approved, we prepare it for print. Your vinyl graphic car wrap is split into different panels and bleed is added as necessary to aid the vinyl wrap installation. Once completed all the files are compiled and labeled for print.
Printing Vinyl Graphics for Car Wraps
We take special care with printed vinyl graphics used for car wraps. Car wrap vinyl panels are all nested to optimize material yield. We use 3m and Avery vinyl car wrap materials. 3m and Avery car wrap vinyl’s are considered the best in the sign and car wrap industry. Once printed, the car wrap vinyl is left out to out gas for 24 hours. Once outgassing of your vehicle vinyl wrap is completed, the film is laminated. The lamination provides the print additional durability and makes it easier to clean.
Car Wrap Installation
Once all your vinyl graphics are printed and laminated for your vehicle vinyl wrap, It's time to bring your vehicle into the shop. We recommend having your vehicle detailed and cleaned. This includes areas surrounding the panels which will be vinyl wrapped. These areas will include the door jams and rubber seals. The idea is to prevent debris and dust from surrounding areas from contaminating the vinyl installation.
Car Wrap Quality Control
Post heat is applied to areas of the car wrap that require it. The vinyl wrap is checked for bubbles and contaminates and corrected as necessary. Once the vinyl wrap is completed and passed quality control, you will be notified to pick up your vehicle.
How long does a car wrap take?
The amount of time it takes to complete a vehicle wrap can vary. Factors which contribute to the time of a vehicle wrap include, make, model, coverage and size of vehicle. Simple decaling can usually be completed the same day while a full sprinter van wrap may take 3-4 days to complete. We try to plan and pre print the vinyl graphics to help reduce the time your vehicle is in the shop. We also offer emobile vinyl graphic installation for those who cannot be with their vehicle for an extended period.
Can I take my custom car wrap through an automated car wash?
It’s recommended that you hand wash your car wrap. Depending on the type of automated car wash it could be too abrasive and reduce the lifespan of your vinyl wrap. If you do have to take your wrapped car through an automated car wash we recommend brushless car wash establishments.
How do I maintain my car wrap?
Your car wrap is relatively low maintenance and can be treated very similar to paint. To keep it looking fresh, wash it with soap and water. Hand washing is recommended to maintain the best appearance.
How long does a Vinyl car wrap last for?
Our general vinyl car wraps last roughly five to seven years. The life expectancy of your vinyl wrap can vary greatly depending on the environment such as weather and how well you care for it. Using quality vinyl wrap material such as 3m and Avery will also contribute to the longevity of your car wrap. We do not recommend using unbranded car wrap materials that don’t have a proper spec sheet.
Where is my commercial vehicle wrapped?
We provide Vancouver car wraps at our Surrey sign shop and mobile installation services across the lower mainland and greater Vancouver.
Our Surrey sign shop is temperature controlled with a dedicated area setup for vinyl car wrap installations. Vehicles come in of all shape and sizes from around Vancouver.
For mobile vinyl installation services, a vinyl installation tech can come to you. We service
we ask that you have a sectioned off area and electricity for tools. It's best to keep the installation area dust free. Due to the west coast weather in Vancouver, if it happens during the winter months it needs to be completed indoors and if it's in the summer a cover area is recommended. The vinyl installation area needs to be kept at 5-10 degrees.