Vehicle Wraps

When a single vehicle wrap makes sense

We do a lot of fleet work. We also do a lot of single-vehicle commercial wraps — for the customer whose business is one truck right now, or whose third truck is rolling into the bay this week before the rest of the fleet gets a refresh.

The math for a single vehicle wrap is different than a fleet job. There's no multi-vehicle discount to scale into. The design fee doesn't amortize across five trucks. What you get instead is full attention on one vehicle, the chance to test a brand direction before committing the fleet to it, and a piece of rolling marketing that pays back the wrap cost in a couple of months of inbound calls.

This page is for that customer:

• Owner-operator. One truck, one tech, one phone number. The truck is the business card.
• First-truck service business. Plumbing, HVAC, electrical, landscaping — your one vehicle, your first wrap, your first time looking like a real company instead of a guy with tools.
• Growing company adding vehicle #3 or #4. Existing fleet wrapped years ago, new vehicle needs to match the brand without re-pricing the whole fleet.
• Brand refresh on a single vehicle before a fleet rebrand. Smart move. Wrap one, drive it for 90 days, then commit the fleet.

Vehicle types we wrap

Single-vehicle work covers everything we do in fleet work, plus a few categories we see more often when it's just one vehicle on the schedule:

• Cargo vans — Ford Transit, Mercedes Sprinter, Ram Promaster. The standard service-industry van. Wraps cleanly, prints consistent.
• Pickup trucks — F-150, F-250, Silverado, Ram 1500. Often wrapped at three-quarter coverage so the bed and tailgate carry the brand while the hood stays factory paint.
• SUVs — Tahoe, Suburban, Explorer, Expedition. Common for real estate, sales reps, and service businesses where the team uses the vehicle as both transport and showroom.
• Sedans + passenger cars — Camry, Accord, Tesla Model 3, mid-size four-doors. The right canvas for sales reps, real estate, mobile services, and brand-forward small businesses.
• Box trucks (single unit) — 16' to 26' box. When the box is the message and you're not running a fleet behind it.

What we don't do anymore: personal enthusiast wraps. Matte-black-Tesla, car-show builds, color-change projects for personal vehicles. We took the lane out a couple of years ago to focus the shop on commercial work. No judgment — it's just not us.

Vehicle wrap vs decals — what's right for you?

This is the question we get most often from first-wrap customers, and most shops won't answer it honestly because the wrap pays them more than the decals.

Here's the honest call.

Our honest recommendation: for 80% of commercial customers, three-quarter wrap is the right product. Full sides plus the back, factory roof and hood. Looks identical to a full wrap from the parking lot, costs 15–20% less, and you keep the roof factory paint where UV damage is hardest on vinyl anyway.

We'll quote a full wrap if you want one. We'll tell you the truth about whether you need one.

Coverage tiers explained

The wrap industry uses a lot of words for the same thing. Here's what IGX calls coverage:

Full wrap. Every painted panel gets vinyl. Roof, hood, both sides, back, fuel doors. Reads like a paint job. Highest brand impact, biggest cost. Right for first impressions where the vehicle is the brand: real estate, mobile services, consultants, food service.

Three-quarter wrap. Both sides + back + sometimes the hood. Factory paint on the roof. The wrap reads identically to a full wrap from any angle a customer sees it from — only the bird sees the difference. This is the IGX standard play for service-industry vans. 90% of the visual impact at 80% of the cost.

Half wrap. Lower panels of both sides + back. Upper panels stay factory paint. Looks intentional, not unfinished, when the design is built for half coverage from the start. Smart for service trucks where the lower panels take the daily abuse anyway. Common starting point for owner-operators who'll graduate to full or three-quarter at year 2 or 3.

Decals + lettering. Logo, phone number, tagline, DOT compliance. No color change. The right move for a beat-up work truck where you want the lead calls, not the magazine cover. Also the right move when you're putting decals on the first truck so you can spend the rest on the half-wrapped second truck.

Full detail on coverage tiers and visual examples: /wraps/coverage.

Materials we install

The material grade is the part of a wrap quote that nobody pays attention to and that decides whether your wrap looks great in 5 years or peels in 18 months.

We install cast vinyl. Always. Every wrap. Every vehicle.

• Premium Avery Dennison cast vinyl and matched laminate — our primary film. Long vertical lifespan, shorter on roof/hood, and an up-to-6-year vinyl warranty.
• 3M cast vinyl when a job calls for it — color match, finish, or fleet uniformity sometimes points us to 3M for a specific job.

What we don't install: calendered vinyl. The bargain-basement full-wrap shops use calendered film because it costs them half what cast costs. It also fails in 18 to 36 months. We rewrap trucks for customers who learned that lesson the expensive way at another shop.

Full materials breakdown including specs and lifespan comparisons: /wraps/materials.

Bring your design or let us build it

Two paths into a single-vehicle wrap. Pick what fits how you got here.

Bring your AI design

You made a mockup in ChatGPT, Midjourney, or Sora. The render looks great on screen. The file will not print, will not fit your specific vehicle's door cuts, and your logo probably got reinvented somewhere between the prompt and the export.

We see this every week. We built a workflow specifically for it — extract what the AI got right, fix what it got wrong, install the wrap. Same pricing as a normal design package. No "AI surcharge."

Full detail: AI design to install.

Let us build the design

No mockup, no existing brand assets, or your existing brand needs a refresh before it goes on the truck? Our in-house design team builds the wrap from scratch — logo placement, color system, layout, photography composition. You see proofs on your actual vehicle template, not a generic silhouette.

Design package options:

• Basic design — $250. 1 concept, 3 revisions. You own the vector files. The entry tier.
• Standard design — $500. 2 concepts, 6 revisions. You own the vector files. Default for most commercial jobs.
• Premium design — $750. 3 concepts, 9 revisions. For brand-sensitive jobs where you want to A/B layouts.

What a first single-vehicle wrap looks like

A typical first-wrap job for us: a local service operator brings in a single van. We design the layout, print on cast vinyl, and install — the owner goes from a plain panel van to a vehicle that looks like a real, established company on the road.

Frequently asked questions

Q. How much does it cost to wrap a single vehicle?

A. Cost depends on vehicle size and coverage level — a full wrap runs more than a three-quarter, half, or decals-only job, and a larger van runs more than a sedan. We publish the full starting-price bands by vehicle type so you can see where your truck lands before you call: vehicle wrap cost.

Q. What does the install involve?

A. Every single-vehicle wrap is hand-installed in our climate-controlled bay — panels hand-squeegeed, hand-cut, hand-heated, and post-heat-set. Larger jobs (full wraps, box trucks) take more bay time than smaller ones (decals). Most of the project is design and print, not install. We keep your project moving and keep you posted at every stage.

Q. Can I drive my vehicle right after install?

A. Yes. The vinyl is fully adhered before the vehicle leaves the bay. We recommend avoiding automatic car washes and avoiding pressure washing the edges while the adhesive fully sets. Otherwise, drive it like normal.

Q. Will the wrap damage my paint?

A. No, when installed on factory paint in good condition. Cast vinyl removes cleanly within the manufacturer warranty window (5 to 7 years). It can pull aftermarket repaints or rust-compromised paint — we inspect for this before wrapping and document the paint condition at install so there's no debate at removal.

Q. Can I see what my wrap will look like before I commit?

A. Yes. Two options. (1) Try the AI wrap designer — upload a photo of your vehicle, describe the brand, see a rendered mockup. (2) Buy a design package — every IGX package (Basic $250, Standard $500, Premium $750) shows you final proofs on your actual vehicle template before any vinyl gets printed.

Q. What if I don't have a logo yet?

A. We design logos as part of our brand build path. Logo design isn't included in the standard wrap design package — it's a separate scope. Quote varies depending on whether you need a wordmark, a full logo system, or a brand identity. Mention it when you reach out and we'll scope it.

Q. How long does the wrap last?

A. 5 to 7 years for a cast vinyl wrap installed correctly and washed correctly. We've seen IGX wraps go 10 years on garage-kept vehicles. The film fails faster on roof and hood (UV exposure) than on sides, which is part of why we recommend three-quarter coverage over full for most commercial vehicles.

Q. Do you offer mobile install?

A. No. Every IGX install happens in our climate-controlled bay at 2181 W California Ave. Mobile install is how 90% of failed wraps happen — adhesion is a temperature and humidity problem, and a parking lot doesn't control either. If you're outside the Wasatch Front, we'll help you find a shop we trust closer to home.

See your wrap

Two ways to get moving.

1. [Design it with our AI tool](/design). Upload a photo of your vehicle, describe the brand, see a rendered mockup. 60 seconds, no sales call.
2. Call (801) 648-9727. Faster if your vehicle is unusual or you want to talk through coverage options.

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