Fleet Wraps
in Colorado Springs

A rollout should not
shut your business down

The fear with fleet work is the whole fleet sitting in a bay while the phone rings. We stage it instead: one or two vehicles at a time, scheduled around your work week.

A six van rollout usually spreads across a few weeks. Design and printing happen once, up front, so the install stage moves quickly and predictably.

Mixed fleets are the normal case

Almost nobody runs six identical vans. A real fleet is a couple of cargo vans, a pickup, a box truck and something the owner drives. The design has to survive all of them without looking stretched onto the wrong shape.

We build the artwork against each vehicle template rather than scaling one layout to fit everything. The elements stay in a fixed relationship, so the fleet reads as one company even when the panels are different sizes.

Budget can be mixed too. Full coverage on the vehicles that run the busiest routes, partial wraps in the middle, and lettering on units due for replacement soon.

What happens when you add a vehicle

Name and number, both sides

For self-propelled commercial motor vehicles in interstate commerce, 49 CFR 390.21 calls for the operating carrier's legal name or a single trade name, plus the USDOT number preceded by the letters USDOT, on both sides of the vehicle.

Legible from 50 feet

The lettering has to contrast sharply with its background and be readily legible in daylight from 50 feet while the vehicle is stationary. That is a performance standard, not a font size.

The two inch myth

Plenty of sources state a universal two inch minimum letter height. The federal rule does not set one. Two inch lettering is a practical way to meet the 50 foot standard, which is why it gets repeated, and going larger is usually wise.

It has to stay legible

Faded, peeling or obscured markings are not compliant even if they were right when applied. Cut vinyl outlasts a magnet, and it does not blow off on I-25.

How many vehicles do I need for fleet pricing?

Volume pricing generally starts around five vehicles at roughly 10 percent off per van, and 15 to 20 percent at ten or more. The saving comes from doing the design once and repeating production, so it applies even when the vehicles are different body styles. These ranges are typical and are not project specific estimates.

How many vehicles will be off the road at once?

Usually one or two. We stage fleet installs around your work week rather than taking the fleet down together, so a service business keeps running through the rollout. Each vehicle is typically with us one to three days depending on coverage, and we schedule around your routes rather than ours.

Will a van we buy next year match the ones we wrap now?

That is the main reason to run fleet work through one provider. We keep your artwork and the vehicle templates on file, so an addition later is a production run rather than a redesign. Without that, each new vehicle gets redrawn by whoever is cheapest that year, which is how a fleet ends up with three versions of the same logo.

What markings does a commercial vehicle legally need?

For self-propelled commercial motor vehicles in interstate commerce, 49 CFR 390.21 requires the operating carrier's legal name or a single trade name, plus the USDOT number preceded by the letters USDOT, on both sides of the vehicle. The letters must contrast sharply with the background, be readily legible in daylight from 50 feet while the vehicle is stationary, and be kept that way. Contrary to a common belief, the federal rule does not set a universal two inch minimum letter height, it sets a legibility standard. If your vehicle is required to display a company name, USDOT number, or other commercial markings, we can include those items in the layout based on the information you provide.

Can we mix full wraps, partial wraps and lettering across one fleet?

Often that is the smartest way to spend the budget. Put full coverage on the vehicles that run the most visible routes, partial wraps on the mid-tier units, and lettering on the ones due for replacement in a year or two. Designed as one system, the fleet still reads as one company from the road.

Plumbing, HVAC and electrical companies, locksmiths, landscapers, pest control, cleaning services, medical couriers, towing and recovery, and franchisees running a corporate brand standard across a territory. If your vans sit in customer driveways all day, they are already advertising. The only question is whether they say anything.