A vehicle wrap is a large vinyl graphic or decal that is applied directly over the original paint of a vehicle, a laptop case, phone cover or even a helmet. The vehicle wrap allows you to quickly change the vehicle’s appearance and utilize this advantageous space for marketing and advertising.

Wrapping a vehicle is a way of making your vehicle unique and being able to change its look without damaging the vehicle. In fact wrapping your vehicle will protect you vehicle paint work from UV damage.

Vehicle wraps, including bus wraps and fleet wraps, are comprised of four phases.

1) The design phase. Which includes getting accurate measurements for the vehicle and actual design of the graphics to be applied.
2) The production phase. Where the graphic is printed and then laminated to protect the vinyl from abrasions and UV rays that can cause graphics to fade over time.
3) Cleanliness phase. All vehicles must be free of dust, mud, wax, oil, armor-all type products, and other agents that may prevent the vinyl from adhering to the vehicle surface during the installation process. The installers will do additional prep work with de-greasers, alcohols and other solvents to ensure the vehicle’s surface is ready for the wrap.
4) Installation phase. Where the vinyl is actually applied to your vehicle using our highly skilled technicians.

In some cases there may even be a fifth phase, the removal of graphics if requested.

Anything less than a full wrap is normally called a “partial wrap”. A half partial wrap normally includes the entire rear of the vehicle and halfway up the vehicle, and includes a hood logo. A three-quarters partial wrap normally includes the entire rear of the vehicle and most of the way up the vehicle, and includes a hood logo.

Typically, a full wrap includes the entire surface of the vehicle – except the roof. Roof wrapping can be completed at an additional cost.

Normally, a wrap can stay between 4 to 6 years on the vehicle depending on conditions, care and overall treatment of the vehicle during this time. We only use the very best Avery and 3M products available in the industry to complete your wrap. We also use lamination that acts as a protective film against many abrasive cleaning applications and protects the print from minor scratches and regular wear-and-tear.

No. In most cases vehicle wraps will not damage factory paint jobs. If there are areas of paint that are in poor condition, it may peel when the wrap is removed.
If your vehicle has being freshly painted then we will need to wait 4-5 weeks until the paint work is completely cured otherwise it may damage the paint work.

Absolutely (just another benefit of wrapping).
You can normally have the damaged pieces or panels of your vehicle wrap replaced after your vehicle is repaired.
You normally do not need to redo the entire wrap if the damage is limited to certain areas of the vehicle.

If you are using your vehicle wrap as signage, there is no more cost-effective advertising method available. It has been proven that the cost per impression (CPI) of vehicles wraps is less than other forms of advertising such as billboards, television and radio. If you are using your vehicle wrap to improve the appearance of your vehicle, digitally printed vehicle wraps simply cannot be duplicated by more traditional methods like paint or airbrushing.

By law we cannot wrap the driver’s window, passenger’s window or windscreen – these areas must be clear.  Every other window can be covered but you can see through window graphics that are printed on perforated one way window film.
Window perf vinyl is perforated with very small holes that allow you to see out. From inside the vehicle, visibility is similar to regular window tint. From the outside, the graphic is visible.

Yes, on a full wrap it is normal to have an occasional wrinkle or bubble. There are many techniques to reduce imperfections when wrapping, but even the best vinyl-wrappers can’t eliminate all wrinkles on severely concave or rounded surfaces. Normally on flat surfaces, there should not be any wrinkles or bubbles.

You must always obtain permission to wrap a leased or rented vehicle.
In general, most leased or rented vehicles have factory paint jobs with excellent paint quality. Vinyl applied over factory paint is best because vinyl can be removed easier without damage or “paint peel.” Leased vehicles are often wrapped throughout the country without incident or damage.

Pretty much. However, we cannot warranty wraps on small curved channels, wraps on plastic, silicone, rubber areas or on chrome as the material is not meant for these surfaces.

The size, model, amount of the vehicle to be wrapped, design time, materials, printing and installation all play critical roles in calculating the price of a vehicle wrap. In general, vehicles with compound curves or indentations (like a VW Bug) are more difficult during the design and installation phases, therefore may have a higher cost than a vehicle similar to a box van with mostly flat surfaces.

Absolutely! In fact, the creative design process is our strength at DVS. Our customers communicate their vision and messaging objectives and we take it from there, providing you with mock up options to choose from. To streamline the process, customers supply us with their (high resolution) logos, photos, and other supporting images, and we then create the graphics in a format that best fits the vehicle.

The majority of the time spent is on the development of the vehicle graphics design concept. The length of this depends directly on how much direction and input you provide as well as your response time. After the graphic stage is finalized, we enter production. This takes a few days maybe more if it is a special type of wrap. We print and let the media used dry. We then laminate followed by cutting. Then we move to the final stage, installation. This will take between 1 & 3 days depending on graphic size, vehicle type and, of course, scheduling.