Doors
Business name and what you do, read side-on in a car park or at the lights.
Car and ute decals
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Made in 24–48 hours · delivered in 1–2 daysApproved and paid by 12pm Sydney time, it starts that day. Conditions
What moves the number
- Where it goes. Two doors and a tailgate is the usual set. A canopy, a toolbox or the rear window each adds a piece.
- Cut lettering or printed. Cut lettering is one colour of vinyl with no background, so the paint shows through. Printed decals carry any colour, photos and gradients, laminated and cut to shape.
- Size. Lettering that reads from the car behind is bigger than most people expect. We suggest sizes from photos of your vehicle.
- How many vehicles. A fleet set costs less per vehicle than a single one.
- Colours. Each colour of cut lettering is its own layer of vinyl, applied in turn.
Next stepSend the vehicle and the words
Make, model and year, a photo of each side, and what it should say
Written price, GST included, within 4 business hours
Car and ute decals put your business name, phone number and website on the vehicle that is already parked outside every job. Two kinds: cut vinyl lettering, single-colour letters with no background so the paint shows through, the clean signwritten look on a white ute; and printed decals, full colour with a UV laminate, cut around your logo, for anything with more than one colour in it.
Each set is made to your own vehicle. Send photos and the make, model and year, and we size the artwork to the panels, around the handles and the door seams, and show you a proof before anything is cut. It arrives flat on its backing, ready to put on yourself; cut lettering comes with application tape over it, so every letter goes on in one piece. Want it fitted? In NSW and QLD our vehicle signage installers do it.
Specifications
- Cut lettering
- Single-colour outdoor vinyl, no background
- Printed decals
- Full colour, UV laminate, cut to shape
- Rear window
- Perforated one-way vision film
- Outdoor life
- Up to 5 years on upright panels
- Supplied
- Flat on backing, ready to apply
- Fitting
- Self-apply, or fitted in NSW and QLD
- Delivery
- Posted flat, Australia-wide
Bonnets and roofs face the sun all day, so a decal there ages faster than the same vinyl on a door.
Common questions
How much do car and ute decals cost?
They are quoted per job, because where they go, how big they are and whether they are cut or printed all move the price. Send the make, model and year, a photo of each side and the wording, and a written price comes back within 4 business hours with GST included.
Cut lettering or printed decals?
Cut lettering if your name and number are one colour: it has no background, so on a white ute it reads like signwriting and nothing is left to fade around the letters. Printed decals for a logo with several colours, a photo or a gradient; they are laminated against the sun and cut around the shape.
Where is it legal to put decals?
Anywhere on the body: doors, tailgate, canopy, toolbox, bumper. The limits are on glass and plates: nothing on the windscreen below the top band, nothing on the front side windows, and never on or over the number plate. Rear windows depend on your mirrors and your state. What is legal where, state by state.
Can I put them on myself?
Yes, that is how they are made to be used. Wash and dry the panel, work in the shade on a mild day, peel the backing, lay the decal from the middle outward with a squeegee or a credit card, then peel any application tape back flat against the panel.
Will they damage the paint?
Not on factory paint, removed within their rated life: warm the vinyl with a hair dryer and it peels off. Left on for many years past that, baked-on adhesive can lift clear coat, so take them off on schedule on a leased vehicle. Vinyl over a cheap respray can pull the respray with it.
How long do they take?
Made in 24–48 hours once you approve the proof, then posted flat Australia-wide. Tell us the date you need them and we confirm it can be met before you pay.
What happens if the job arrives wrong?
Tell the desk as soon as it lands, with a photo of what you received. If the fault is in the making, it is remade under the reprints policy; if it is in the artwork, we say so straight rather than reprinting the same mistake. When your print arrives wrong walks through what to photograph and what to expect.
Where decals go on a ute
The body is yours to use
Tailgate
The phone number, big. The driver behind you has time to read it; nobody else does.
Canopy and toolbox
The largest flat panels on a work ute, and the ones that sit at eye height.
Glass and plates are different. Keep decals off the front side windows and below the windscreen band, and never cover the number plate. The rear window depends on your mirrors and your state — the rules, explained.
Design it for the car behind you
Three things, maximum
A ute is read for a couple of seconds, by someone whose real job right now is driving. Who you are, what you do, how to reach you — the name largest, the phone number biggest on the back. Everything else is decoration at 60km/h.
Send what you have — a logo, a business card, a photo of the old signwriting — and we set it to your panels. Artwork setup is free with the order.
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Prices and specifications on this page current as of . Prices include GST.