Cab door signage
Your business name, logo and phone number in cut vinyl on the cab doors. It identifies the truck at the lowest cost and suits tray and tipper trucks with little body space. See vehicle signage and decals.
Truck Wraps & Signage Adelaide
Cab signage, body graphics, curtain signage and full wraps for light and medium rigid trucks.
Send photos of each side and the rear of the truck, and we'll come back with a design proof and a fixed price.
The biggest billboard your business owns
A truck body is the largest surface you'll ever put your logo on, and it drives the same routes week after week. Every delivery, every loading dock and every set of lights puts your name in front of people who will need a carrier, a supplier or a tradie at some point.
Unlike a billboard, there's no monthly fee. Once the signage is on, it works for as long as the truck is on the road.
Signage for light and medium rigid trucks
Most of our truck work is on light and medium rigids: the Isuzu NPR, NQR and FRR, Hino 300 and 500 Series, Fuso Canter and Fighter, and similar trucks used for deliveries, removals, trades and service work. These are the trucks that spend their day in suburban streets and shopping centre loading bays, where people see them up close.
The body on the back shapes the job more than the truck itself. Pantechs and refrigerated bodies have large, smooth side panels that take big graphics well. Curtain-siders need signage that moves with the curtain. Tray and tipper bodies have little flat space, so the cab doors and headboard do most of the work.
Rivets, roller doors and curtains
Every truck surface needs a different approach. On riveted aluminium bodies, the vinyl has to be worked down around each rivet head, or it lifts and lets water in. Roller doors are cut at every slat join so the door still rolls up without tearing the graphics.
Curtains are the hardest surface of all, because they flex, fold and get pulled open several times a day. Standard vehicle vinyl cracks and peels on a curtain within months, so we use curtain signage made to move with the curtain.
We plan for all of this in the design proof, so the logo doesn't land on a row of rivets and the phone number isn't split across two roller door slats.
Designing truck signage to be read from a distance
Truck signage gets read from further away than any other vehicle signage: across an intersection, from the far lane of a highway, or from the other end of a car park. That means fewer words and bigger letters. The business name and what you do should fill the side of the body, and the phone number and website belong on the rear doors, where following traffic has time to read them.
It's the same principle we use on vans, shown in our van and ute signage layout, scaled up. A long list of services on a truck side is wasted, because nobody can read it at 60 km/h.
Cab signage, body graphics or a full wrap
Three levels of coverage, depending on the truck and the budget.
For the same comparison on any vehicle, see full wraps, partial wraps and decals compared.
Reflective markings and road safety signs
We supply and fit reflective rear markings, reflective lettering and "Do not overtake turning vehicle" signs, alongside your business signage. Reflective vinyl looks normal in daylight and lights up in headlights, so it keeps the truck visible on early starts and late finishes.
Which markings and signs a truck needs depends on its size and type, and the rules are set nationally. The National Heavy Vehicle Regulator publishes the current requirements. Tell us about the truck when you ask for a quote and we'll include what it needs in the layout, so the safety markings and your branding work together.
Removing old signage and rebranding
Second-hand trucks usually come with someone else's name on them, and businesses rebrand or merge. We remove old lettering, graphics and wraps before fitting the new signage, then clean the panels so the new vinyl bonds properly. Signage that has been on a truck in the Adelaide sun for years can be brittle and slow to come off, so let us know about it when you ask for a quote.
Trucks we've signed
What truck signage costs
Every truck is priced individually. Coverage is the biggest factor: cab door lettering is a small job, while cab and body graphics on a pantech or a full wrap covers far more surface. The size of the body comes next, along with what it's made of. Riveted panels, roller doors and curtains all take more work than smooth panels.
Design work, reflective markings and road safety signs add to the job, as does removing old signage first. If you run more than one truck with the same layout, the design is done once, which brings the cost per truck down.
Send us photos of the truck for a fixed price, or call 08 8345 3177.
Truck signage questions
Do you do curtain signage for curtain-siders?
Yes. Curtains flex and fold every time they're opened, which cracks standard vehicle vinyl, so we use curtain signage made to move with the curtain.
Can you supply "Do not overtake turning vehicle" signs?
Yes. We supply and fit them along with reflective rear markings and reflective lettering. The National Heavy Vehicle Regulator publishes the rules on which signs and markings each type of truck needs.
Can you remove old signage from a second-hand truck?
Yes. We remove old lettering, graphics and wraps and clean the panels before fitting the new signage. Older vinyl that has been in the sun for years takes longer to remove, so mention it when you ask for a quote.
Can our truck match the signage on our vans and utes?
Yes. We adapt the same design to each vehicle so they all look like they belong to the same business, even though a truck body and a van have completely different panels. See van and ute wraps.
Can you do the trailer as well?
Yes. Trailers have their own page with the options that suit them. See trailer wraps.
Other vehicles we wrap
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Van & ute wraps
Logos, phone numbers and full coverage for trade vans and utes, including tray sides and canopies.
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Trailer wraps
Trailers that advertise your business at every job site and event they're parked at.
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Vehicle signage & decals
Cut vinyl lettering and logos when you want the vehicle identified without paying for a wrap.
Get your truck quoted
Send photos of each side and the rear, tell us the body type, and attach your logo. We'll come back with a design proof and a fixed price.