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Van wrapping Full and partial printed wraps for trades, delivery and service vans. One van or fifty. Van sign writing Cut vinyl logos, lettering and contact details, often fitted the same day. Vehicle graphics Printed panels, partial wraps, window film and decals on the van’s own colour.

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Van wrapping

Van wrapping for Surrey and London businesses

Q: How much does van wrapping cost?

A full printed wrap costs the most, a partial wrap roughly half that, and cut vinyl sign writing the least. Fleet vehicles are priced per vehicle by size and coverage, and every quote is itemised.

Q: How long does it take to wrap a van?

Sign writing and simple livery: often same day. Partial wrap: a day. Full wrap: a day to fit plus overnight for the film to settle. We confirm timings once we've seen the van and the coverage.

Q: Can I wrap a leased van?

Usually, yes. Wraps are removable. Check your lease agreement, get permission in writing, and plan for professional removal before the van goes back.

Q: Do I need to tell my insurer about a van wrap?

Tell them. Some insurers offer a discount for sign-written vans because they're easier to identify and less attractive to thieves. Either way, an undeclared modification is a risk you don't need.

Q: How long does a van wrap last?

Printed and laminated wraps three to five years; cut vinyl five to seven; self-coloured film five plus. Mileage, sun and how you wash it are the variables.

Q: Can you wrap over dents and scratches?

Small dents disappear under film, and film protects the paint. Large dents, rust or peeling paint show through or cause the film to fail, and need fixing first.

Q: Can you wrap the roof of a van?

Yes. On tall vans it's mostly seen from above (offices, bridges, multi-storeys), so it's optional unless the van is a full colour change.

A wrapped van is the cheapest advertising you'll ever buy per day, provided it's designed to be read and fitted to last. We've been wrapping vans at our Caterham unit for over 18 years, for sole traders with one Transit and for fleets with hundreds. Van wrapping in London and Surrey is most of what leaves the unit, and a Croydon plumber's van gets the same process as a fifty-vehicle fleet. Same film, same indoor bay, same panel-by-panel check before it leaves.

Send us the van's model and year and your logo, and we'll come back with a design direction and a price, usually the same working day.

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“Our team are able to speak to our Wrap Cube Account Manager 24/7 and arrange emergency fixes for damaged vehicles or change our vehicle bookings at the last minute. We wouldn’t trust our fleet with anyone else.”

Andy, PRS Distribution, fleet client

What it involves

Same-day van wrapping and sign writing

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For standard livery sets (logo, contact details, a strip of colour), many vans are in and out the same day. Book, turn up with it clean, collect after work. Full or high-coverage wraps usually need a full day per van, plus the night for the film to settle where it needs to. If you've got a deadline, tell us at the start and we'll tell you honestly whether it's doable.

Wrapped double-decker buses for the Platinum Jubilee Pageant

Paint protection film on a Blacklane Mercedes

Red Bull can-shaped promotional vehicle wrap

Lucozade van wrap outside the Wrap Cube unit in Caterham

Highway maintenance van with Chapter 8 reflective chevrons

Options

Designing a van wrap that gets you calls

We've fitted hundreds of van wraps and watched which ones get phone calls. The pattern is consistent.

One message [01]

One message

What you do and where. "Emergency plumber, Surrey" beats a list of eleven services.

Phone number readable at 30 metres [02]

Phone number readable at 30 metres

On the rear doors especially, because that's what the driver behind sees at the lights.

Web address short and on every side [03]

Web address short and on every side

Ask us and we’ll talk you through it.

Contrast [04]

Contrast

Dark text on light panels or the reverse. Subtle grey on white looks smart in the studio and disappears on the A22.

Leave space [05]

Leave space

The best wraps have a lot of the van's colour showing.

Rear doors are prime [06]

Rear doors are prime

Most of your impressions come from traffic behind you.

Which job

Full wrap, partial wrap or sign writing: which one you actually need

We'll tell you which one your van and your budget want. Sometimes that's the cheaper option.

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Full wrap.

Every panel printed and laminated. The roof too if you want it. The van becomes the advert. Right for delivery firms, brands, and any trade where the van sits outside a customer's house all day. It also covers dents and tired paint and protects the panels underneath.

What it costs

Partial wrap.

Printed graphics on the sides and rear, with the van's own colour as the background. Most of the visual impact for a good deal less money, and quicker to fit. This is what most trades vans should have.

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Sign writing.

Cut vinyl logos, lettering and contact details straight onto the paint. No print, no lamination, often fitted the same day. If you have a white van and a clear logo, start here.

Timing:

Same day

Van sign writing

How it runs

How we wrap a van

{01} Brief and panel map

We photograph or template your exact van: racks, ladders, beacons, sensors, reversing cameras, sliding door rails. The artwork is built on that map so nothing important lands on a rivet or a fuel flap.

{02} Design and proof

Your artwork, or ours if you don't have any. You sign off a proof that shows every side. That proof becomes the standard for the next van.

{03} Print and laminate

HP latex print on 3M IJ180 or Avery MPI cast film, laminated with the matching over-laminate. Unlaminated wraps fade and scratch; we don't fit them.

{04} Preparation

Wash, decontaminate, remove or mask fittings as agreed.

{05} Install

Indoors at Caterham, controlled temperature, seams planned to fall on panel lines. Post-heated into recesses so it stays.

{06} Check and handover

Every panel, every edge, before you collect. Aftercare in writing.

Free quote Same working day Tell us the vehicle and what you're after. See the full cost breakdown

Materials and how long

Materials and how long a van wrap lasts

Self-coloured (off-the-roll) film on a colour change van: five years and more. Printed and laminated wraps: three to five years, depending on mileage, sun and washing. Cut vinyl sign writing on 3M or Avery cast film: five to seven years. Every film we fit carries the manufacturer's warranty when installed by an approved partner.

Care is simple: hand wash or touchless jet wash at a sensible distance, no brush car washes, no pressure-washing edges at point-blank range, and deal with fuel spills and bird droppings when you see them.

Before you book

Worth knowing before you book

Before you book

Leased vans, fleet vans and Chapter 8

Leased or hired van? Wraps and graphics are removable, so most leasing companies allow them provided they're professionally removed before return. Get it in writing from them, and budget for removal.

Adding vans over time? Once the panel map and proof exist for your model, every new van is faster to quote, faster to fit and identical to the last one. That's most of what fleet wrapping is.

Working on the highway? Chapter 8 conforming red and yellow chevrons are a separate specification with specific reflective materials and layouts. We fit them and we'll tell you what your vehicle needs.

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Where we are

Caterham, CR3 6PF

Vans from Surrey, Croydon and London

Most of our van customers are within half an hour of Caterham: Reigate, Redhill, Oxted, Warlingham, Purley, Croydon, Bromley, Sutton and across south London.

Central London fleets come out to us because a day in a controlled unit beats a day in the depot, and we're outside the Congestion Charge zone with Caterham station a short walk away for the driver.

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Before you book

Questions people ask before they call

How much does van wrapping cost?

How long does it take to wrap a van?

Can I wrap a leased van?

Do I need to tell my insurer about a van wrap?

How long does a van wrap last?

Can you wrap over dents and scratches?

Can you wrap the roof of a van?

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