Will your next truck be Wrapped?

[Mikey P]

Looking at Mark's got me thinking.

If you need more work then why not?

Only down fall I can see is if you have to park your truck at your home the neighbors may not dig looking at it versus a subdued lettered white van.

And then there is my situation, the Redwoods would eat that $5000 worth of vinyl for breakfast in no time.

 

[Bill Soukoreff]

I don't think most van wraps appeal to the high-end residential market. I like understated elegance for this market.

 

[Jeremy]

Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2008 1:12 pm Post subject:

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I don't think most van wraps appeal to the high-end residential market. I like understated elegance for this market.

Translation: "I hate washing my van."

 

[Blue Monarch]

I would think just the opposite for high end. Most hacks can't afford, or are unwilling to keep a vehicle in that condition.

A good wrap portrays a lot IMO.

I'm still a hack with a white van though.

 

[Ron Lippold]

we have trees also thank god for longer hose runs and electric reels

 

[hogjowl]

The designers of most wraps suffer from the same condition that 14 year old girls suffer from when they first discover make up.

 

[Jimbo]

I think just a nice peaceful picture would be ok...I really like Saigers new wrap...Jim

 

[Out of Character - 0]

We may letter 1 van soon for high end resi but it wont be a wrap. I would need wrap insurance to make it worth while for us. I often wrestle with lettering our fleet. The name recognition and exposure are appealing. The competition knowing whose there isn't.

Last week while driving I seen a lettered carpet van with a tm parked away from a nice single tenant building. You cant runt he hoses across the lot so I made the assumption that he was there quoting and I was right. I called them the next day made a appointment to quote and we just got a 3yr contract for 3080 per month.

 

[SRI Cleaning]

I definitely would. After seeing a few of the wraps trucks on here, i think it looks great and would quickly pay for itself.

 

[Mark Saiger]

My wrap came about because of 2 things. It was a used vehicle and the lettering had been painted on. So spend the money to take off and paint those panels, then graphic and I was running into the same or more for dollars. The other part was, we do feature the "Electric Blue" color as our colors to separate from your typical white service van. It was very easy to get the color scheme and picture scheme with the wrap. My other van is a partial wrap and it has survived a lot of abuse. My brother Dave did a wrap on his van and it definitely attracts a lot of attention. My new Van has been out since about Friday and when I come to stop lights, people across from me are saying "Wow". You can read their lips, so it does get attention. I have picked up jobs with people calling and telling me they saw the van. They have been meaning to call me is also their other comment. So, I still believe it will be a good investment for me in my area as a good identifying piece. It sure is fun to drive around right now also.

Thanks again everyone for the comments.

Mark Saiger

 

[FB7777]

I'm gonna take a page out the Hicks Playbook and wrap my next truck with a picture of the ocean and a deep-sea fishing boat.

My uniform will be a cap with fish hooks and I'll carry my spotters in a tackle box

 

[Bob Foster]

Marty said it bang-on; lots of gaudy stuff that is muddy and or busy looking.

I have had two vans wrapped and they have been on for almost two years so here is my two bits.

Lots of different grades of vinyl even under the two most prominent brands of Avery and 3M.

The low end stuff meant to be torn off after a few months is being sold out as more permanent.

Prices have dropped but the installation quality is everything.

A box truck wrap including signs on the doors and nose should not cost a dime over $2500 for top quality install and material.

Look for 50 inch warp rather than the 30 inch wrap.

 

[RichardnTn]

If I had $5000 to do a wrap, I wouldn't be cleaning carpet... Richard R

 

[Numero Uno]

Yes with the avatar picture,and huge gold letters again...

But it will be after all input is in,so I do get the old...

Nice but...your letters,your this ,your that could be better...

If I can get you guys to love it first,I am sure the clients will love it even more...

Course, there goes my flipping people off...Darn...

 

[Bill Soukoreff]

Bob Foster's wrap is one of the few I actually like. It appeals to women, happy, fresh, tasteful. Nice job. Most guys think like guys, when they do a wrap, letter a van, or do a logo. Most women are not into flames on the side of a van, when they want their carpets cleaned, plus the baby thing has been done to death. I like Ken Snow's purple vans as well, they are superbly designed for his market.

 

[TimP]

I'm broke and can't afford the wrap stuff. I got mine lettered cheaply, but I think it gives the idea of what I do and that's what's important. But this is probably the other side of the spectrum

 

[Jay D]

I like kirks wrap its clean and readable. MOST are way too exotic, messy and hard to read. My standard royal blue on a white van was traded for free cleaning, nothing fancy on my clean 1994 van. That wrap would be worth more then my van. :roll:

 

[Scottie]

That looks nice Tim, sometimes simple is more.

 

[steve frasier]

Nope, they scratch to easy, I have seen a few of the chem dry wraps peeling

I though about using this picture for a wrap but in the end decided the usual vinyl was better, Cape Disappointment at the mouth of the Columbia river

some more VORTEX Porn for Odin, don't get a pearl necklace T

I took off the little vortex symbol and having a bigger one made

it only cost me a couple hundred $$$$ and a quick cleaning of his house carpet

 

[RichardnTn]

Tim, Very nice...........RR

 

[Kevin B]

Looking at Mark's got me thinking.

If you need more work then why not?

Only down fall I can see is if you have to park your truck at your home the neighbors may not dig looking at it versus a subdued lettered white van.

And then there is my situation, the Redwoods would eat that $5000 worth of vinyl for breakfast in no time.

Do they eat your current lettering? Personally, I think a wrap is tougher. Mine was "laminated" ...whatever that means.

 

[bubba]

I do have one thing in my favor. Some of my best friends own a sign shop in Tulsa & they are going to do a complete wrap for me at cost when I get a new van. The catch is I have to help. It takes about three days for a complete wrap. Retail is about 3500 to 6k

I think it's definitely worth it. If a customer doesn't want to use your company because you have it wrapped, they are obviously too wealthy for their own good and will be a pain in the neck for you. Almost everyone of my customers understand that only the us mint can make money without advertising and we can't.

I think I average 5 calls a day just from people seeing my van or cargo trailer.

 

[Bob Foster]

This van was about 2300 and it has wrap on the back door too
http://www.greenwayclean.com/carpetclea ... toria.html

 

[Kevin. McCreary]

I think wraps look cool, but not for me. I all ready have a consistent image. If I where just starting out and needed an image or a company make-over then I might consider it. On a big truck the $5k wrap is just going to get scratched up and look like crap in a couple of years anyway. (at least where we work, long narrow driveways lined with pine trees)