Those amazing, perfectly done advertising graphics you see on cars & trucks - How's it done?

I see cars in my area with advertising graphics painted on them so slick and precise they look as if they were lifted out of a high definition glossy magazine ad and magically slapped on the car. They are way too perfect for anyone to do by hand. How is it done?

They’re called “car wraps” and they’re just big sheets of pre-printed plastic.

They also make them for boats, and they hold up amazingly well considering the harsh duty.

It’s still amazing though. I believe “How Stuff Works” did an episode of how this is done.

Getting those giant stickers to go on the car just right is no easy task.

They are removable also, but may cause some discoloration of the paint, or so I’ve heard.

I had to put one on a company truck, once. This is a massive understatement.

I’ll bet. When I was a kid working for Domino’s Pizza, out store had 3 “company cars” with company graphics. Once, when we replaced a car, the store manager’s wife volunteered to mount the graphics - she kicked in the door of the car in frustration. :slight_smile: