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Custom Vehicle Lettering Just How You Need It
Choose from over 35 different colors of self-adhesive vinyl and have your lettering, numbering, or business logo cut to the exact shape you need.
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- Vector Artwork Required (ai, eps, svg, pdf)
- Most fonts and designs acceptable
- Need help with files, uploading or design? Check out our Free Design Services!
(Text effects such as gradients, shadows, borders, slants, etc. are not possible with vinyl lettering. For these effects please use our custom vehicle decals.)
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What is Vehicle Lettering?
Vehicle lettering or car/truck lettering includes the lettering, numbering, or graphics individually cut out from a sheet of solid colored, 2-mil vinyl. Each shape is pre-spaced and placed onto masking transfer tape that allows for easy installation on your car, truck, or van in one piece, creating a clean and professional look.
Vehicle lettering works great on cars, trucks, vans, jeeps, buses, commercial vehicles, motorcycles, dirt bikes, ATVs, UTVs, race cars, off-road vehicles, RVs, tractors, and even lawn mowers. It also works on windows and painted surfaces.
Vehicle Lettering Features
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Easy to Install:
All vinyl car lettering is pre-spaced and pre-masked, allowing you to apply it to your vehicle in a matter of minutes.
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No Damage to Paint or Window:
This lettering uses an adhesive that is safe for use on the windows and paint of your car or truck and will not cause damage when properly removed.
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Made to Last:
Cut from a sheet of durable 2-mil vinyl, your vehicle lettering will last 8+ years of outdoor use with no fading or cracking.
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UV Resistant and Waterproof:
Come rain or shine, your vinyl car and truck lettering has been designed to withstand the elements while maintaining its vibrant color and quality.
Additional Specs
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Thickness:
.002" (2-mil or 50 microns; about the thickness of half of a sheet of copy paper)
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UV Resistance:
UV protectants in the material for 8+ years of outdoor vibrancy with proper car and maintenance
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Estimated Lifespan:
8 years depending on climate and use
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Temperature Range:
-40F to 225F
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Installation Method:
Transfer tape; all-at-once installation
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Print Method:
Cut, not printed, from vinyl sheet
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Uses:
Outdoor. Used on windows and painted surfaces on cars, trucks, vans, buses, commercial vehicles, motorcycles, dirt bikes, ATVs, UTVs race cars, off-road vehicles, RVs, tractors, and lawn mowers.
Popular Templates
How to Use Vinyl Car and Truck Lettering Templates
Pressed for time to create your own car and truck lettering design? Don’t worry, we have ready-made templates you can easily customize for free!
To personalize these templates, follow these steps:
- Select your preferred design template.
- You will be redirected to our Online Design Tool, where you can explore a wide range of customization features: adjust the specs, add some text, upload your own images, and insert shapes, among others!
- Click “View Proof” to see a preview of your draft.
- Once you are satisfied with your design, click “Save & Continue” to proceed with checkout.
- Alternatively, you can click “Save” and finish your draft at a later time.
How to Install Vinyl Car and Truck Lettering
All our vehicle lettering comes pre-spaced and pre-masked with transfer tape that makes installation a simple, all-at-once process. Follow the step-by-step instructions below for a fast application:
Thoroughly clean and dry the surface of your car or truck where the decal will be installed.
Apply a horizontal strip of masking tape to the top of the graphic with the top half of the tape on the intended surface, creating a hinge.
Note: Designs with three or more colors will require you to place individually colored layers on your vehicle. Two vinyl dots (one in the upper left corner and one in the bottom right corner of each layer) will be used to help align individual layers.
Hold the bottom edge of the hinged graphic away from the intended surface and remove the back liner, revealing the sticky backing of your lettering. Be careful not to allow the exposed adhesive to touch the surface.
Using a squeegee*, press down on the premask, placing the lettering or graphic onto the intended surface. If creases develop, carefully lift the graphic and place it again. Work from top to bottom and left to right.
*Available for purchase with vehicle lettering.
Remove any air by dragging the squeegee from the center of your graphic outward.
Gently remove the premask, starting at a top corner. If any vinyl begins to come off the surface, use your squeegee to firmly adhere it back to the surface and continue peeling away the premask. This should remove the masking tape hinge as well.
Laying the liner over the graphic with the shiny side facing you, apply hard pressure with the squeegee, removing any remaining air bubbles.
As noted above, for vinyl lettering with three or more colors your order will have one layer per color. Repeat steps 2-7 and use the registration marks in the in the upper left and bottom right corners to ensure proper alignment and installation. The video below shows the installation process for 1 and 2 color vinyl lettering.
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Questions and Answers
Stroke width refers to the width of any portion of a letter or object. Letters or objects that have extremely narrow stroke widths may not be able to be used for vehicle lettering due to the difficulty in cutting, weeding, and installing them. If you are interested in using a font with narrow letters or a complex design, please contact us before ordering to see if we can produce it.
We currently do not offer vinyl car wraps.
We do not have an official truck stripes or striping product. However, our vinyl lettering can go up to 600" (50’) long, making striping using vinyl lettering a possibility. If you choose to do this and order striping that is over 3' long, we strongly recommend going for professional installation or seeking help from others when installing.
We offer over 70 different fonts on our site, allowing you to create lettering that ranges from fun, professional, to creative. If you have a specific font in mind that you would like to use for your lettering but cannot find it on our site, you can upload a file of your desired font to our online design tool. The uploaded file must be in vector format and the file must be in AI, EPS, SVG, or PDF.
Feel free to contact our free design services if you need help uploading your desired font.
You can choose from 39 different colors for your car and truck lettering, including standard and specialty colors. Generally, we can only produce vinyl lettering from the colors we offer on our site. However, if you have a specific color in mind and would like to place a custom order, feel free to contact us.
Yes, you can order vehicle lettering that incorporates any variety of the colors that we offer on our site. Each individual object that you create in our design tool will each have its own solid color. If you want multiple colors, be sure to create multiple objects on the design tool.
Please note that if your design incorporates three or more separate colors, your lettering will be sent out in separate sheets for each color. When you receive the vinyl lettering, you’ll combine the colors together to install it on the surface.
If you are uploading a file, please note that each file uploaded can only have one color applied. For example, if you are trying to create a business logo out of vinyl lettering that incorporates multiple colors, you will need to break up the logo into multiple files based on the color then upload each file separately into our design tool.
If you have a design that uses many colors or if you are wanting exact colors from your design, then we recommend using one of our vehicle decals. Our vehicle decals are printed instead of cut, allowing you to use an unlimited number of colors and color variations/effects.
You can preview all the colors we have available when using our online design tool. If your screen settings are standard, the color you see on screen should be very close to the color you receive with your vehicle lettering.
Please note, however, that there may be differences in color due to the difference in computer monitors. If you would like, we are also more than happy to provide you with the official names of the colors we use.
As for color matching, this is something that cannot be done with vinyl lettering (unless the color you want is the exact same as one of the colors of vinyl we offer) and is very difficult to achieve even with decals that use printed ink. Even though we do not offer exact color matching, our vehicle decals allow you to use an unlimited number of colors and combinations to help you achieve the look you are wanting.
Whichever color you choose, the cost for your vehicle lettering will be the same. However, the cost is slightly increased by incorporating multiple colors into one lettering order. This is due to the additional technical work required to create such orders.
Yes. Simple graphic or non-letter designs can be created using our cut vinyl. We offer several graphics for you to choose from in our template library. You can also upload a custom image or graphic. Please note that we’ll only be able to create each file you upload in one solid color per file.