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THis is a partial wrap that I did a few weeks back. The $3000-$4000 range of pricing often scares would be wrap customers away but this partial wrap alternative keeps them in the ballpark. I did this job for $1985 but executed the whole job with digitally printed laminated cast vinyl. I tested it out on my own shop truck where I put Control Tac on one side and Laminated Cast on the other side. It won't work for Complex curves, but that's where the price break comes in. You can explain to your customer that if you can stay away from complex areas and just use the flatter areas this can be executed while saving huge amounts of money on materials. It can be a challenge to make it look right, but I think I did a pretty good job on this one and I put over $1200 in my pocket after buying materials and paying my install guy. The customer was happy as a clam.
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and it looks wrapped all the way around, just a facade, I like it. I was telling Pat one day I dont know why people waste money on wrapping parts of their vehicles that do not matter, bumpers, hoods, etc.
I have always liked the large decal on the side but sure put alot of thought and detail into it. and once again thanks for not using fire, explosions and all that other BS that has nothing to do with a logo.
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I totally agree, it's a very nice Job.. and also agree on the Philosphy of partial wraps, that's the way I'm going to do my truck. The intense labour is a real turn off for myself. But hey if that's the way it has to be, so be it.
Great Job!
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SIGNS1st. Neil Butler Paradise, NF Posts: 6277 | From: St. John's NF Canada | Registered: Mar 1999
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I have to agree as well. A partial wrap can be everybit as effective as a full wrap, at a lower cost to the customer. It also seems like we could make a comparable amount of profit on a partial versus a full.
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Well, I might as well post ours too. The layout was done by the staff artist at the radio station. There were a few issues like a door handle in the middle of Cheryl Crow's face. Also the front bumper and a hard division line between the light blue and the purple which we changed to a nice blent. You can just see the purple fading in on the right side of the pic. Everyone was quite happy with the result.
-------------------- Bill Modzel Mod-Zel screen Printing Traverse city, MI modzel@sbcglobal.net Posts: 1357 | From: Traverse City, MI | Registered: Nov 1998
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ALL the examples displayed are really great.
They prove the point that sometimes, {most of the time} Less IS more.
Each one of the examples here are wonderful. Makes you want to see more of the "partial" wrap. It takes a lot more thought to find the proper places to start or stop a graphic element it would seem, but they sure look great when you can plan the layout like these examples.
Kudos to all.
Regards, Bob C.
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Yes, very nice job. I saw a vehicle over the weekend, fully wrapped in the image of an alligator. It looked really neat but I had no idea what it was advertising. There was some text on it but I couldn't decipher it amongst the alligator scales. (Shame)
Both vehicles posted are clear, legible and doing their job. Nice work.
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I feel like this method is much more profitable and less time consuming than doing full wraps. Some full wraps look nice, don't get me wrong, but most of the time they're not necessary and you can save close to $1000 on materials doing a partial.
What does that mean? More profit in your pocket for your efforts and the customer gets the "wrap" he wanted. Seems like a happy medium to me.
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