Thread: Vinyl graphics Vs. Paint

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Like some i like paint on a speciality vehicle . But for a every day runner and change of mind vinyl is a good choice . I'm allmost ready to change my truck but the rod will be paint .

A nice style for your truck.

I personally think that if someone designed some quality large scale flames, with a gloss finish, in classic and contemporary styles, there would be some interest.......but not if they are only 2 feet long! :-(

HRP this is brothers ranger hood . Birds like it there in W.V. too LOL . The owner of the graphics shop is my sister in laws nephew and he does some good ideas if you bring them to him. I thought of the vinyl for a quickie for the rod untill paint day . But i get them really discounted down . Vinyl can be expensive also depending on height and length.

This pic is a change we did on the truck one good thing about vinyl

I have heard some prices close to what I charge for paint....which surprised me. Seems like they would be considerably less.

You need to charge more or move closer to Chicago . Not really knowing the business but could guess the truck graphics installed would be close to $500

No thanks. I moved away from illinois in '75. :-)

ok ill pay plane fare come visit LOL

No thanks, I've been here too long. I can no longer deal with rusted out cars, 90 degrees & 90% would make me melt, and I freeze solid at temperatures below 60. :-)

does anybody on here make vinyl graphics? i am looking into a nice set for mym car just to get a name going for myself nothing big, just maybe some 2-3 feet by 8 inches . something int he terms of "freddy 3 racing" if anybody has photo shop that'd be great if you could make a pattern in a nice nostaligc font . please?

I have a vinyl cutter and software for personal use only, as I got tired of being at the mercy of the sign shops when I needed a race car lettered. I purchesed a couple (E.P.S.) cutter files of some hand painted pinstripping to put on the tail of the sprint car and from 5 feet away you can not tell it's a decal and if ya clear coated over it I'm not sure if anybody except a very trained eye could tell.
The vinyl industry, just like everything else electronic is coming at leaps and bounds.
The vinyls are getting thinner and thinner and the colors are becoming available in any thing you can dream up. They evan have a bright treadplate that looks real. Metallics and candies are available. And the newest deal is a digital printing system that will print anything you want on vinyl, I've seen lettering on circle trackers lately where the numbers and/or flames fade from yellow to orange to red and such where untill the last couple of years could only be achieved with an airbrush... Before recently if you wanted a white number with a gray outline and a black shadow you would have to layer the different color vinyls,but not anymore,they just print the say grey & black on a piece of white viny,and then just cut it out on the plotter. With all the new technology and materials that are now available I think your gonna be seeing more and more of it in the custom car field........

i dont know how to resize pics so bare with me! denny, theres more then one old style font didnt think it was that popular.

im not sure now maybe something like,

I do vinyl but I hesitate to offer because I'm so backed up right now I wouldn't be ale to get to it for some time.

transparent,? with the car being yellow that would look cool with a white outline in that font. dang your good! how about trying it like the beebe mulligan font, twin colors white n yellow faded together. i was thinking of sticking it on the rear quater up top, long wise down the side of the car, no funny angles or anything. or mayber the front fender up top

on top of the quaters under the 1/4 windows to the back of the car on top of the body line. <i was talking about the color from the beebe mulligan it looks good!