Work vans
Van Wraps for Contractors and Service Businesses
8511 Lankershim Blvd, Sun Valley · Open daily 7 AM–10 PM
Side, front and back photos, plus year, make and model. The first mockup and one round of changes are free for business-sign requests, per location. Extra rounds are billed.
What is a van wrap?
A van wrap is printed vinyl film applied over the paint, panel by panel. On a work van it can be a few lines of cut lettering on the doors, printed panels on the cargo sides, a wrap over the back half, or a full wrap that changes the van's color. Commercial van wraps put your name, trade and phone number on the vehicle you already drive to every job.
Van wraps in Los Angeles make use of where a work van spends its day. A cargo van has big, flat sides at eye level, and it sits in traffic and at the curb for hours. Van advertising wraps keep working while the van is parked in a customer's driveway in Studio City, crawling along the 101 or waiting at a light on Ventura Blvd.
Van wraps by trade
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HVAC and air conditioning
HVAC van wraps need three things big enough to read from the next lane: the company name, the phone number and the service, such as heating and air conditioning. Hot-and-cold color splits read fast, but keep the phone number on a plain background.What a C-20 van must show -
Plumbing and drain
Plumbing van wraps carry more required text than most trades. Keep the trade and the phone number biggest, and set the name, address and license number lines cleanly below them, on both sides.What a C-36 van must show -
Cleaning and carpet care
Carpet cleaning van wraps and house-cleaning vans sit in driveways for hours, and neighbors read them at walking distance. The back doors and curb side can carry more: the services you offer, your website and a QR code to book. -
Bakeries, catering and delivery
Food sells by sight. A photo or illustration of what you make goes on the cargo side, and the name goes big on the back doors, where drivers sit behind you in traffic.
Made in Sun Valley
Van graphics printed and cut on Lankershim
Your van layout is drawn at Angels Print, 8511 Lankershim Blvd in Sun Valley, and the panels and lettering are printed and cut in the same building.
Working in North Hollywood, Burbank or Van Nuys? Stop by between jobs with your logo or a business card and talk through the layout in person. We're open daily, 7 AM to 10 PM. Call ahead so the right person is there.
California contractor vans
HVAC or plumbing van? The lettering rules differ
California's contractor law sets what a licensed contractor's work vehicle has to show, and the rule depends on the license class. It covers each vehicle used in the business that is registered as a commercial vehicle.
- Plumbing (C-36), sign (C-45) and well-drilling (C-57) contractors: name, permanent business address and contractor's license number on each side of each vehicle, in letters and numerals at least 1½ inches high (Business and Professions Code §7029.5).
- Every other licensed contractor, including HVAC (C-20) and electrical (C-10): business name and license number in a clearly visible place in or on each vehicle, in at least 72-point type or ¾ inch high and wide (Business and Professions Code §7029.6).
Information, not legal advice or an approval. Check the rules for your license class with the Contractors State License Board.
Send your license number and business address with your photos. The layout sizes those lines from the start.
Other lettering a work vehicle may needWhere people read a work van
| Part of the van | Who sees it | What to put there |
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| Front doors | People beside you at a light and in parking lots | Business name and phone, plus your license number if the law asks for it. |
| Cargo sides | Drivers in the next lane and people on the sidewalk | The biggest area: name, trade and one phone number or website, sized to read from across the street. |
| Sliding door | Anyone near the van at a job | Nothing that has to read as one piece. The door slides back over the panel behind it, so text across the gap splits. |
| Back doors | The driver behind you in traffic | Name, phone and website, very big. The doors meet in the middle, so keep words off the center seam. |
| Back-door windows | The driver behind you | Perforated film that carries the design across the glass. See the window question below. |
| Hood and front | Oncoming traffic | A logo or one short word. Anything longer is too small to read. |
Your layout shows each side of your own van, so you can check every line before anything is printed.
Cargo vans
Sprinter, Transit or ProMaster: laid out for your van
Every cargo van has its own map of doors, seams, ribs and handles. Sprinter van wraps are laid out differently from a Transit or a ProMaster, and a high roof gives you a much taller cargo side than a low roof. The layout keeps the phone number and logo off door gaps, handles and the fuel door, so nothing is cut in half when a door opens.
That's why cargo van wraps start with the year, make and model, the roof height and length, and whether the sliding door is on one side or both. Photos show the rest: dents, old decals, and ladder racks that hide part of a panel. Run a pickup, a box truck or a car too? The same design can be adapted to it.
How to photograph your van for a layout
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Find open space
Park in daylight with room to step back, away from other cars, poles and trees. -
Shoot each side straight on
Stand opposite the middle of the van and step back until the whole van fits, bumpers included. Hold the phone at door-handle height. -
Back and front
One straight-on photo of the closed back doors and one of the front. -
Close-ups
Dents, rust, paint repairs, old decals, racks and anything bolted to the body. -
Year, make and model
Your registration shows them. Add the roof height and length if you know them.
3 short screens. Skip anything you're not sure about.
What moves the price of a van wrap
A van wrap is priced from your van and your layout, not from a list, so we don't publish prices. Three things move the number most on a van: how much of it is covered, how big it is, and how much design work the layout needs.
Size is where vans differ most. Two white vans can look alike in a parking lot and still quote far apart: a Transit Connect has a short, low cargo side, while an extended high-roof Sprinter or ProMaster has a much longer and taller one. Ribbed panels and a second sliding door add hours. Door and back-door lettering keeps the film to a minimum, and a second van of the same model prints from the files you already approved.
Want a national figure to compare against? Our vehicle wraps cost guide cites one, labelled for what it is: a national reference, not our price.
Send photos of all four sides for a real number. No payment details.
Vehicle wraps cost, explainedWhat we need for a van wrap quote
Free: 1 mockup + 1 round of changes per location for business-sign requests. Extra rounds are billed. No payment details. No obligation to order.
- Straight-on photos of both sides, the front and the back, in daylight
- Year, make and model, plus roof height and length if you know them
- Your logo as a vector file (AI, EPS, PDF or SVG), if you have one
- What the van must say: business name, trade, phone, website
- Your contractor license number and business address, if you're licensed
- The style you want, or “not sure”
- How many vans, and whether they're the same model
No logo file? A photo of your business card or storefront sign is enough to start.
Send photos any time
Email hello@angelssigns.com with your business name in the subject.
More than one vehicle
One van or the whole fleet?
Three vans or thirty: the layout you approve for one van is adapted to each model you run, so every vehicle matches, and vans you add later print from the same files. Pickups, box trucks and cars can carry the same design as door lettering, spot graphics or a wrap.
Van wrap questions
Still deciding? Call (818) 806-9006 or text a photo and ask.
Can graphics go on a cargo van's windows?
Will a wrap cover the ribs on a cargo van's sides?
My van has a ladder rack. Does that change the design?
Can I start with lettering and add a wrap later?
Who installs a van wrap, and how long is the van off the road?
Can I wrap a leased van?
See your layout on your own van
Free: 1 mockup + 1 round of changes per location for business-sign requests. Extra rounds are billed. Or bring your logo to the shop. Open daily 7 AM–10 PM.
What to send
- Straight-on photos of both sides, the front and the back.
- Year, make and model.
- Your logo file and license number, if you have them.
Phone photos are fine. Shoot in daylight, away from other cars.
8511 Lankershim Blvd, Sun Valley, CA 91352Open daily 7 AM to 10 PMGet directions