Vehicle Graphics & Wrapping
Vehicle wrapping and van graphics in Belfast
We wrap vans, cars, trucks and trailers in our own bay in Mallusk. Full colour change wraps, part wraps, cut vinyl van signwriting and full fleet livery, applied by people who do it every day rather than as a sideline.
Vehicle Graphics & Wrapping
Fleet work is where most of our vehicle graphics go: a set of vans that all have to match, be legible at forty miles an hour, and survive a Northern Irish winter. We hold the artwork so the tenth van looks like the first.
Start a projectWhat we do
Van graphics and signwriting
Cut vinyl or printed graphics on panel vans, tippers and pickups. Laid out around the doors, handles and body lines rather than pasted over them.
Full and part vehicle wraps
Full colour change wraps and part wraps in cast vinyl, including bonnets, roofs and complex curves. Removable without damaging the paint.
Fleet livery
One template applied consistently across a whole fleet, held on file so replacements and additions match years later.
Car wrapping
Colour change wraps, gloss, satin and matte finishes, chrome delete and roof wraps.
Trailers, HGVs and curtainsiders
Large format printed graphics for trailers, box bodies and curtains, sized and installed to the vehicle.
Van graphics and van signwriting
Van graphics are the cheapest advertising a trade business owns, and the only one it pays for once. We do full wraps, part wraps and cut vinyl van signwriting, printed and laid in the workshop rather than on a forecourt, so the finish is the same on the tenth van as the first.
Car wrapping across Belfast and Northern Ireland
Car wrapping in Northern Ireland splits into two jobs: colour change wraps on private cars, and branded livery on company vehicles. We do both, in cast vinyl with a warranty, and we will tell you at survey if a panel or a previous respray will not take a wrap.
How the job runs
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Step 1
Vehicle check
We look at the actual vehicle, not the make and model. Paint condition, previous respray, existing vinyl, dents and trim all decide what is possible. If the paint is not sound enough to wrap we say so before you commit, because vinyl coming off failing lacquer takes the lacquer with it.
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Step 2
Template and design
We work to the manufacturer template for the vehicle, so the artwork is laid out around the door shuts, handles and body lines rather than pasted over them. You see a proof on the template before anything is printed.
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Step 3
Print and laminate
Printed on cast vinyl and laminated. The laminate is what stops a wrap going chalky after two Northern Irish winters, and it is not optional on anything we let out the door.
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Step 4
Preparation
The vehicle is washed, degreased and dried in the bay. Most wrap failures are contamination failures, and they happen at this stage, not at the application stage.
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Step 5
Application and post-heat
Applied in a controlled bay and post-heated into the recesses so the vinyl stays where it was put. The vehicle stays with us overnight afterwards rather than going straight back on the road.
What drives the price
A cut vinyl van with a logo, phone number and web address is a day's work and priced accordingly. A full colour change wrap on a long wheelbase high roof is several days of two people, and the material cost alone is significant.
Fleet work is priced differently to a single vehicle, because the design is done once and repeated. If you are running more than three or four vehicles, ask us to price the fleet rather than the van.
Common questions
- How long does a van wrap take?
- A full wrap is usually two to three days in the bay. Cut vinyl signwriting on a van is generally one day. We need the vehicle clean and dry, and we will tell you up front if the paintwork is not sound enough to wrap.
- Will a wrap damage the paint?
- Not on sound factory paint. Cast vinyl is designed to be removed. Where a vehicle has been resprayed or has failing lacquer, we will flag it before we start rather than after.
- How long does vehicle vinyl last?
- Five to seven years for good cast vinyl on a vertical panel, less on a bonnet or roof that takes the full weather. Laminated printed graphics sit at the top of that range.
We cover all of Northern Ireland
Twelve vans out of Mallusk, from Belfast to Derry. Tell us what you need and we will come and look at it.