A vehicle wrap is a printed vinyl film applied over a vehicle's painted surfaces, turning the body into one continuous graphic. Unlike lettering or decals, which sit on top of the existing paint color, a wrap covers it, so the base color stops being part of the design.
Pro-Care Sign designs, prints, and installs commercial vehicle wraps for single vehicles and full fleets across the Chicago area. For a business, a wrapped vehicle reads as a deliberate brand asset from a distance, works while it is parked, and carries no recurring media cost once it is installed.
Wrapping one van or a whole fleet? Send us the vehicle make, model, and year with your artwork, and we will quote the coverage you need.
Coverage is the biggest cost driver on any vehicle project. It also sets how long the vehicle is off the road.
| Coverage | What It Involves | Vehicle Time With Us |
|---|---|---|
| Full wrap | Vinyl covers effectively all painted surfaces, including bumpers, doors, rear, and the roof where specified. Best where the design uses photography, gradients, or full bleed color. | Typically 2 to 3 business days |
| Partial wrap | Vinyl covers a defined area, such as the rear half, the sides below the window line, or the rear doors. The remaining paint becomes part of the design. | Typically 1 to 2 business days. Smaller partials can be done in one day. |
| Spot graphics and lettering | Cut vinyl logos, text, and contact details applied directly to the paint. The lowest cost option and the fastest to install or remove. | Typically a few hours |
Where the design only needs a logo, a phone number, and a website, vehicle graphics and lettering deliver most of the visibility at a fraction of the cost of a full wrap.
| Vehicle | What to Know |
|---|---|
| Cargo and sprinter vans | Large, flat side panels make vans one of the most effective wrap surfaces. The standard choice for trades and service fleets. |
| Box trucks | The box sides work as a mobile billboard. Wrapping the box only, and leaving the cab in its paint color, is a common way to control cost. |
| Food trucks | The wrap is the storefront. Designs carry the menu, branding, and social handles, and need to hold up to frequent cleaning around the service window. |
| Pickup trucks | Doors, tailgate, and bed sides carry the design. Partial wraps are common. |
| Cars and SUVs | Used by sales, real estate, and service businesses. Full wraps or partials on the doors and rear quarters. |
Every vehicle starts from a template for its exact make, model, and year, because panel shapes change between model years.
Fleet wraps need two things a single vehicle does not: identical placement across mixed vehicle types, and a schedule that keeps enough units working. We stage fleet vehicles through our facility in batches, so the whole fleet is never off the road at once. With a full wrap typically taking 2 to 3 business days per vehicle, batching is what makes a fleet rollout workable.
We keep the print files from every fleet job, so a vehicle bought next year can be wrapped to match the rest.
Research by the Outdoor Advertising Association of America and Nielsen found that 64 percent of United States residents aged 16 or older noticed a wrapped vehicle in the previous month, and 44 percent noticed one in the previous week. In the same research, wrapped vehicles ranked as the most noticed moving format of out-of-home advertising.
Wrap pricing depends on the vehicle and the design, so every quote is built from the details below.
| What to Send | Why It Matters |
|---|---|
| Make, model, and year | Sets the template, the surface area, and the amount of film required. |
| Coverage you want | Full, partial, or spot graphics moves the price more than anything else. |
| Your artwork | Print-ready files go straight to layout. A logo or a rough concept needs design time. |
| Number of vehicles | A fleet order repeats one design across every unit. |
| Vehicle condition | Rust, failing paint, or old graphics that need removing add preparation time. |
Send these with your request and we will come back with coverage options and a price.
Premium wrap films typically carry manufacturer durability coverage of about 5 to 8 years on vertical surfaces, depending on the film, the laminate, the printing system, and exposure. Horizontal surfaces such as hoods and roofs usually carry shorter coverage, because they take more UV and weather.
We confirm the exact make, model, and year, since wrap templates are vehicle specific.
Artwork is laid out on the vehicle template so panel breaks, door handles, and body curves are accounted for before anything is printed.
You approve a rendering showing how the design sits on the actual vehicle shape.
The design is printed on wrap film through our digital printing process, then laminated.
The vehicle is washed and degreased. Adhesion failures are almost always preparation failures.
Panels are applied, heat formed into curves and recesses, and trimmed. The vehicle rests before release so the adhesive can set.
Installation typically needs the vehicle for 2 to 3 business days for a full wrap and 1 to 2 business days for a partial wrap, depending on vehicle size, coverage, design complexity, and the condition of the vehicle.
Running a fleet? We schedule vehicles in batches so you are never short of working units.
Wrap work happens at our facility rather than on site, so vehicles come to us. Fleet operators from across Chicago and the surrounding suburbs schedule their vehicles in with us, including businesses based in Skokie, Niles, Palatine, Northbrook, Schaumburg, Downers Grove, Arlington Heights, Wheaton, Elmhurst, Glenview, Hinsdale, Elk Grove Village, Oak Brook, Streamwood, Des Plaines, Mt Prospect, Berwyn, Hoffman Estates, and Morton Grove.
A full vehicle wrap typically requires 2 to 3 business days for installation. A partial wrap typically requires 1 to 2 business days, depending on the size of the vehicle, the coverage, the design complexity, and the condition of the vehicle. Smaller partial applications can be completed in one day.
Premium wrap films typically carry manufacturer durability coverage of about 5 to 8 years on vertical surfaces, depending on the film, laminate, printing system, and exposure. Hoods and roofs usually have shorter coverage because they take more UV and weather.
Yes. We stage fleet vehicles through our facility in batches, so only part of the fleet is off the road at any time. A full wrap typically takes 2 to 3 business days per vehicle, and a partial wrap 1 to 2 business days.
The vehicle make, model, and year, the coverage you want, your artwork or logo files, and the number of vehicles. With those details we can come back with coverage options and a price.
Yes. Wraps are installed as panels, so a damaged panel can usually be reprinted and replaced without redoing the whole vehicle. Color matching is more reliable when the original print files are still on record, which is one reason to keep the same supplier across a fleet.
Yes. We wrap cargo and sprinter vans, box trucks, food trucks, pickups, and cars. Box trucks are often wrapped on the box only, with the cab left in its paint color, to control cost.
Send your vehicle details and artwork, and we will come back with coverage options and a quote.
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