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Vehicle wraps in New Jersey
Partial and full wraps that turn a blank panel into a moving billboard.
Vehicle advertising is one of the best forms of getting your name out there. Vehicle wraps have become the new age trend for utilizing the blank canvas of your vehicle or trailer and “turning more heads” to catch attention. By wrapping your vehicle, fully or partially, you will be able to use your “mobile billboard” to its fullest potential and obtain maximum exposure for your business.
A wrap uses the entire vehicle as the ad. Where lettering delivers your name and number, a wrap delivers an image people remember, and it does it thousands of times a day on New Jersey roads without another dollar of media spend.
Partial wraps vs full wraps
We build wraps in three sizes. A partial wrap covers the high-value real estate — rear quarters, doors, the back of a box — and leaves the factory paint doing the rest, which is the best return per dollar for most small fleets. A three-quarter wrap adds the hood and lower panels. A full wrap covers every painted surface and lets you change the color of the truck entirely.
Design comes first and gets the most attention. Our team lays the artwork out on a scale template of your exact make, model and body length, so nothing important lands on a door handle, a rivet line or a fuel door. You see the design on the truck outline before print. That one step is why our wraps read cleanly instead of looking like a poster wrapped around a van.
Commercial vehicle wraps: film and installation
Print and installation use commercial cast film with a matched overlaminate for UV and abrasion protection. Panels are heat-formed into recesses and around corners, edges are sealed, and rivets are worked individually so the film does not lift. We install on site whenever the weather and surface allow; for full wraps in cold weather we will discuss options, including a heated indoor space.
When a wrap comes off, premium film means glueless removal — no baked-on adhesive and no damaged paint, which protects resale value and lease returns. Fleets on three to five year cycles find this the deciding factor.
Included in vehicle wraps
- Full, three-quarter and partial wraps
- Color-change wraps
- Trailer and box-truck wraps
- Digital print with cast overlaminate
- Vehicle-specific design templates
- Fleet rollouts in batches
- Glueless removal at end of life
- Wrap repair and panel replacement
How mobile wrap installation works
STEP 1
Call or send a photo
Tell us the vehicle, the wording and roughly when you need it. A photo of the truck answers most of our questions in one shot.
STEP 2
Approve the proof
We lay the design out on a template of your actual vehicle and send it back for approval. Nothing is cut until you say yes.
STEP 3
We come to you
We arrive at your yard or job site with everything needed, prep the panels and apply the graphics. Most jobs are done while the truck stays parked at your yard.
What every Lombardo job includes
All of it standard, none of it billed as an extra.
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Free quote and design consultation
No charge
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Layout proofed on a template of your actual vehicle before anything is cut
Always
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Premium Avery, 3M or Orafol cast film — not cheap calendared vinyl
Standard
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On-site application at your yard, driveway or job site
Mobile
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DOT, license and registration numbers sized and placed correctly
Checked
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Glueless removal years later, so paint and resale value stay intact
Built in
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Your artwork kept on file so trucks you buy later still match
For years
Vehicle Wraps — recent examples
Work photographed at customer yards and job sites across New Jersey.
Argent Plumbing — full box wrap, printed and laminated
J.R.W. Remodeling — trailer wrap with printed panel
J.B. Hunt Final Mile — full box wrap
We don’t cut corners — premium materials only
Why customers leave their old sign shop
The differences that show up on the invoice and on the truck.
| What matters | Lombardo Lettering | Typical sign shop |
|---|---|---|
| Where the work happens | At your yard — we come to you | You drop the vehicle off |
| Downtime | Lettered where it is parked | Off the road while it is at the shop |
| Materials | Avery, 3M and Orafol cast film | Whatever is cheapest that week |
| Proof before cutting | Every job, on your vehicle | Sometimes, on a generic outline |
| Who does the work | The family — third generation | Whoever is on shift |
| Removal years later | Glueless, paint-safe | Baked-on adhesive and ghosting |
| Adding a truck in three years | Stored spec — it matches | Start the design over |
Vehicle wrap questions
What does a wrap cost compared to lettering?
A wrap is a bigger investment than lettering because of printed material and labor. We price by vehicle size and coverage, and we will tell you honestly when lettering would do the same job for less.
Will a wrap damage my paint?
No. On factory paint in sound condition, quality cast film protects the surface and removes cleanly. We will flag any repainted or failing panel before installing.
How do I wash a wrapped truck?
Hand wash with mild soap, or use a touchless bay. Avoid high-pressure jets aimed straight at seams and edges.
Can you wrap only part of the fleet now?
Yes. Most customers stage a rollout a few trucks at a time, and we keep your files so later vehicles match exactly.
How long does a wrap last?
Cast wrap film with a laminate is generally rated for several years of outdoor life. Vehicles kept outdoors year-round and washed with brushes sit at the shorter end of that range.
Partial or full wrap?
Partial covers the panels that get seen and costs considerably less. Full wrap is for a color change or a design that has to run over the whole body.
Can a wrap go over a repaint or bodywork?
Fresh paint needs to cure fully before film goes on it — ask your body shop for their cure time. Film applied to uncured paint will not bond properly.
Other services
Everything else we do, each on its own page.
Get vehicle wraps in your county
We are mobile — pick your county for local detail.
Quote for vehicle wraps
Tell us the vehicle or the wall, and send a photo if you have one. Free, no-obligation quote.
Shop: 95 W Main St, Chester, New Jersey 07930
Email: franksignguy@yahoo.com
Coverage: Morris, Essex, Warren, Union, Bergen, Somerset, Sussex & Hunterdon counties
Truck wraps for contractors and fleets
A truck wrap turns the biggest panels you own into advertising. On a pickup that means the doors, bed sides and tailgate; on a box truck it is the box itself, the largest flat surface on the road with your name on it.
We lay the design out on a template of the truck you actually run, so the logo and phone number land on flat panels instead of across a wheel arch, a roll-up door seam or a row of rivets. Wraps use Avery Dennison, 3M or Orafol cast film with a protective laminate, and we fit them at your yard. A partial wrap covers the panels that do the work and leaves the factory paint to do the rest; a full wrap covers the body.
Two recent truck jobs: the box on Culligan Water’s service truck, and printed graphics along the side of Quality Surface’s pickup.
Culligan Water — box truck graphics
Quality Surface, Dover NJ — pickup graphics
Truck and van wraps: what a wrap is
A wrap covers panels with printed, laminated cast film rather than lettering them. A partial wrap covers the areas that do the work — usually the lower sides and rear; a full wrap covers the body. Both are fitted at your location.
The decision between a wrap and lettering is usually about what the design has to do. If the message is a name, a number and a list of services, lettering says it more cheaply and lasts just as long. If the vehicle has to carry photography, a color change or a design that runs across body lines, that is a wrap.
Wrapping is more demanding to fit than lettering. Film has to be relieved into recesses, heated around compound curves, and finished into the channels around handles and lamps. Done well it looks painted; done badly it tunnels and lifts within a season.
A partial wrap is often the honest recommendation. The lower two-thirds of a truck side is what people actually see in traffic, it is the cheapest area to cover, and it leaves the roof and upper panels — the parts that take the most UV — in paint.
How we do it at your location
Mobile lettering means the sign shop travels instead of the vehicle. We cut and prepare the graphics before we leave, then apply them at your yard, driveway or job site — so the truck is off the road for hours rather than days.
The order matters more than most people expect. Everything that can be done away from your vehicle is done first: the layout is proofed, the film is printed or cut, and the panels are weeded and taped ready to hang. That is the slow part, and it happens at the shop.
What happens at your address is the part that needs the vehicle present — cleaning and de-greasing the panels, positioning and hinging the graphics, squeegeeing them down, trimming around handles, rivets and body lines, and post-heating the edges so they stay put. How long it takes depends on the vehicle and how much goes on it, and we give you an estimate with the quote.
Temperature is the one thing that can move a booking. Vinyl adhesive needs the panel warm enough to bond properly, so in deep winter we work around the weather rather than through it. If a job cannot be done safely outdoors on the day, we say so rather than applying film that will lift in a month.
- Send photos of the vehicle and the wording you want.
- We proof the layout on your actual vehicle, not a generic outline.
- You approve it — nothing is cut before you do.
- We come to you; the panels are cleaned and the film applied.
- The truck stays at your yard while we work.
The film we use, and why it matters
We fit cast vinyl from Avery Dennison, 3M and Orafol. Cast film is made by pouring liquid resin and letting it cure without stress, so it stays dimensionally stable on curves and rivets — which is why it lasts years longer on a vehicle than the cheaper calendared alternative.
Calendared film is squeezed through rollers under tension. It holds that tension, and over time it tries to shrink back to the shape it was pushed into. On a flat shop window that barely matters. On a truck door with a curve and a body line, it is the reason graphics lift at the corners and shrink away from the edges after a couple of seasons.
Manufacturers publish durability ratings for their films, and the gap is not subtle: premium cast products are typically rated for several times the outdoor life of an economy calendared product. Those ratings assume the film is applied correctly to a properly prepared surface, which is the other half of the job.
We laminate printed work. An unlaminated print is exposed to UV, road salt, brush washes and grit; a laminate takes that abuse instead of the ink. It is a cost most shops can quietly skip, and you find out three summers later when the reds have gone pink.
Manufacturer specifications
- 3M Commercial Graphics — film specifications and warranty terms
- Avery Dennison Graphics Solutions — cast and calendared film data sheets
- Orafol Graphic Products — Orafol and ORACAL film ranges
Vehicle Wraps across our service area
We fit vehicle wraps at your yard across all eight counties we cover. Pick your county for local detail, or send a photo and we will come to you.
Bergen County
Vehicle Wraps across Bergen County. Open Bergen County.
Essex County
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Hunterdon County
Vehicle Wraps across Hunterdon County. Open Hunterdon County.
Morris County
Vehicle Wraps across Morris County. Open Morris County.
Somerset County
Vehicle Wraps across Somerset County. Open Somerset County.
Sussex County
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Union County
Vehicle Wraps across Union County. Open Union County.
Warren County
Vehicle Wraps across Warren County. Open Warren County.
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Areas we serve across New Jersey
Eight counties. Pick yours to see the towns we cover. Mobile truck lettering, wraps and signs — we come to your yard.
Find us in Chester, NJ
Our shop is at 95 W Main Street, Chester, New Jersey 07930 — but for lettering and wraps, we come to you.
Our mobile service area
Eight counties across northern and western New Jersey, covered by our own trucks.