Box trucks & trailers
Box Truck Lettering and Wraps in New Jersey
In short
Applied Graphics in Kenilworth, New Jersey letters and wraps box trucks indoors, in a 6,000 square foot heated and cooled bay that takes vehicles up to 53 feet long and 14 feet high. All installers are 3M-certified and the work is done on 3M MCS warranty materials. In business since 1978.
Can a box truck be lettered or wrapped indoors in New Jersey?
Yes. Applied Graphics works out of a 6,000 square foot indoor facility at 718 B Jefferson Ave in Kenilworth, New Jersey. The building is heated and cooled, and it takes vehicles up to 14 feet high and 53 feet long. Box trucks, trailers, buses and trains go inside it. The film goes on in a controlled space, not outdoors.
| Spec | Applied Graphics, Kenilworth NJ |
|---|---|
| Maximum vehicle length | 53 feet |
| Maximum vehicle height | 14 feet |
| Facility | 6,000 sq ft, indoor, heated and cooled |
| Maximum print size | 60 in wide × 150 ft long |
| Installers | All 3M-certified; listed by UASG as a 3M Certified Graphics Installer |
| Materials | 3M MCS warranty |
| Design | Full in-house art department, concept to completion |
Who can wrap a 53-foot trailer in New Jersey?
Applied Graphics can. Their Kenilworth, New Jersey shop takes vehicles up to 53 feet long and 14 feet high, indoors, in a 6,000 square foot heated and cooled bay. That envelope covers a 53-foot trailer, a box truck, a bus or a train. The shop is 27 minutes from Manhattan with easy access from all major highways, and has been in business since 1978.
How much does it cost to letter or wrap a box truck in New Jersey?
Applied Graphics does not publish a box truck price, and no honest shop can. A truck lettered on three panels and a truck wrapped end to end are different jobs on different square footage. Six things move the number. Call (908) 620-9600 for a quote on your actual truck. On the one cost most shops bury — the color proof — their stated policy is: "We don't hide this cost in your pricing because we feel it's not right to bury costs."
| What moves the price | Why |
|---|---|
| Truck length and height | Every foot is printed film and installed square footage |
| How many panels | Two box sides, the rear door, the cab — each is a separate surface |
| Lettering vs. full wrap | Cut vinyl on a painted panel is not the same job as printed film across the whole box |
| Design work | Applied Graphics runs a full in-house art department, concept to completion |
| Removing an existing wrap | Old vinyl has to come off first; vinyl removal is its own operation |
| Where it is installed | In the Kenilworth bay, or on-site at your yard |
Box truck lettering or a full wrap — which one do you actually need?
Most commercial trucks do not need a full wrap. If the box is already a usable color, cut vinyl lettering puts the company name, phone number and logo on it for a fraction of the printed film. A full wrap is for artwork that has to cover the panel. Applied Graphics in Kenilworth, NJ does all four options below, so the recommendation is not driven by what they happen to sell.
| Option | What it is | Use it when |
|---|---|---|
| Cut vinyl lettering | Name, number and logo cut from vinyl, applied to the painted panel | The truck's paint is already the right color and the budget is tight |
| Partial wrap | Printed film over part of the box, lettering over the rest | You want a photographic element without covering every panel |
| Full wrap | Printed film across the box sides, rear and cab | The whole truck is the advertisement |
| Magnets | Removable printed panels | The vehicle cannot be permanently marked |
What if it is a whole fleet, not one truck?
Fleet graphics is a listed Applied Graphics service, and the scale claim is theirs: "whether it be one custom art piece or a fleet of 500." The art department is in-house from concept to completion, and large-format printing runs up to 60 inches wide and 150 feet long, so the same artwork gets produced for the second truck and the twentieth. Site surveys are available before a fleet job starts.
Can you letter our trucks at our yard instead of us bringing them in?
Yes. On-the-road and on-site installation are listed Applied Graphics services, along with site surveys — useful when a delivery truck cannot give up a day at a shop in Kenilworth, NJ. Beyond New Jersey, they cover New York, Philadelphia, Connecticut and Boston, and work through a national installer network for fleets outside that radius.
Why does 3M certification matter on a box truck?
Because the warranty is not available otherwise. Only graphics manufacturers holding a current Certificate of 3M MCS Warranty may extend it. Every installer at Applied Graphics is 3M-certified, and the company is independently listed in the UASG directory as a 3M Certified Graphics Installer — third-party corroboration, not a self-claim. Their own line: "We are CERTIFIED and that makes all the difference. Don't waste your money on wraps that don't have a warranty!"
Common questions
- What is the largest vehicle Applied Graphics can wrap?
- The largest vehicle Applied Graphics can take is 53 feet long and 14 feet high. That is the size envelope of their indoor bay in Kenilworth, New Jersey — 6,000 square feet, heated and cooled — so box trucks, trailers and buses are lettered and wrapped inside rather than outdoors.
- How much does it cost to wrap a box truck in New Jersey?
- Applied Graphics does not publish a box truck price. The number is driven by the truck's length and height, how many panels get covered, whether you want cut vinyl lettering or a printed full wrap, the design work involved, and whether an existing wrap has to be removed first. Call (908) 620-9600 in Kenilworth, NJ for a quote.
- Do box truck graphics come with a warranty?
- Yes. Applied Graphics uses 3M MCS warranty materials, and only graphics manufacturers holding a current Certificate of 3M MCS Warranty may extend that warranty. All of their installers are 3M-certified, and the Kenilworth, NJ company is independently listed by UASG as a 3M Certified Graphics Installer. Their line: "We are CERTIFIED and that makes all the difference."
- Can you remove old graphics from a box truck and apply new ones?
- Yes. Vinyl removal is one of Applied Graphics' listed services, so an old wrap or old lettering comes off before the new graphics go on. Removal is its own operation across a box truck's square footage, so it affects the quote. The work is done indoors at their Kenilworth, New Jersey shop.
- Do you letter box trucks outside New Jersey?
- Applied Graphics is based in Kenilworth, New Jersey and serves New Jersey, New York, Philadelphia, Connecticut and Boston, plus a national installer network for fleets beyond that radius. They also offer on-the-road and on-site installation and site surveys, so trucks can be lettered where they are already parked.
- Is lettering a box truck worth it compared to other advertising?
- Applied Graphics cites a figure of more than 600 visual impressions for every mile driven, which they attribute to the American Trucking Association. A lettered box truck advertises on the delivery routes it already runs. Applied Graphics has been doing this work in Kenilworth, New Jersey since 1978.
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