Vehicle Signage: Preparation Work
People have always loved to personalise their cars with all sorts of stickers and it is still a popular trend today. If you don’t want to make use of mass-produced stickers and you want to give your car a more personalised look, you might want to make use of professional help. Here are a few things you need to do prior to taking your car to get ‘serviced’!
Make Sketches
You need to give the person who will be designing and placing your stickers a rough idea of where every thing will be going. You don’t have to be an artist: make a little sketch on which you clearly indicate where you want the stickers to go. This is of utmost importance in order to avoid any misunderstandings. If you are excited about your car’s new look, you don’t want to end up being disappointed on the day you arrive to pick it up.
Provide Measurements
If the person helping you will also be designing the stickers, make sure you give precise measurements of the stickers you want. You can add this detail to the sketch you made. You don’t want to arrive on the day of collection only to find the wrong sized sticker on the wrong place!
Ask your designer’s advice about the size of stickers. You might think that a certain size sticker will look great on a specific surface of your car, but professional workers in this area have lots of experience and will be able to tell you whether something will work or not.
Provide Examples Of Desired Design
Give the designer a clear idea of the end product that you want. Make as many sketches as possible and provide photos or graphics of other similar pieces to give the person a good idea of what he or she should be working towards.
You might want to ask to spend some time together with the designer working on the graphics so that you will be able to guide the person in the right direction. It will be difficult for the designer to know exactly what you see in your mind, so give as much help as possible in order to avoid disappointment or extra work hours for which you will have to pay!
Get Quotes
Do not merely go with the first company you see who can help you with designing stickers for your car. Make sure you get quotes from about three companies to find out what they will charge for both designing and placing the stickers. On the other hand, go for the person who you feel really understands what you want. Rather spend the extra money than picking up your car and being disappointed!
If you do the necessary preparation work when choosing a person to help you design and place some car stickers, you are sure to be very impressed with the end result. Take your time and do all the necessary sketches and measurements and you will soon be the proud owner of a personalised car!
Get quotes for signage from 3Q today.