Custom Car Decals: Tips from Design Experts at Signs.com

Are car decals an effective form of advertising? You bet. In a study done by ARD Ventures, they found out that “individual vehicle advertising generates between 30,000-70,000 daily vehicular impressions” daily, which makes car decals one of the most cost-effective investments you can make. For reference, the average cost-per-thousand-impressions (CPM) on Facebook right now is $12.07 per impressions.

Read more

While the two aren’t strictly comparable, it just goes to show how powerful car decals can be. It stretches your marketing budget by a mile while, at the same time, captures a massive audience. With this in mind, optimizing your car decal design for maximum effectiveness is critical. I talked with the design experts over at Signs.com and asked them for five important tips to make your car decal design a resounding success.

5 Tips for Effective Car Decal Design

Image from @phinephilly

1. Stand Out - Your design must grab attention wherever the car is. This is not the time for subtlety. Your decals should immediately capture the interest of anyone nearby. A simple way to do this is to use bold, eye-catching colors such as red, yellow, and orange. The human eye has a tendency to hone in on these colors so using these liberally with your decals can help attract attention.

2. Focus on Legibility – If you’re going to use text on your car decals, make legibility a high priority. Making an effort to advertise only to lose a lead because they can’t read your contact details is bad for business. Avoid hard-to-read fonts or script. Focus on simplicity. Make sure to use big, bold letters that are easy to read even while the car is moving.

Image from @tomb_raider207
3. Don’t Overdo It - You want your decals to go viral for the right reasons, not because it’s garish. This tip goes hand in hand with our first one. You have to strike a balance between standing out and taking it too far. An easy way to check if you need to rein it in is to look at the design from afar. Is it cohesive or is it cluttered? Are there too many elements? Is your central message getting across? If you think that some aspects of your artwork are overboard already, take it down a notch or two. Simplicity in design goes a long way.

4. Stay on Brand - Don’t go off the rails for the sake of advertising. We all have the tendency to go ham when given the keys to the kingdom, but remember, it is your branding that must shine through. For example, you can shake things up for a new marketing campaign, but your audience has to know that your brand is behind it. If they can’t discern your brand, your marketing efforts will be for naught. Make sure that important design elements, such as your logo, brand colors, or trademark slogans are front and center to act as a visual cue.

5. Use a Professional Printer - Placing advertising stickers on your car fleet isn’t the time to cut corners. Home-printed decals can fade or peel away at inopportune times which may leave a negative perception on your brand. Partner with a trusted printer who’ll deliver. Professional-quality car decals from Signs.com are long-lasting, UV-resistant, and waterproof. The colors are also consistent, which is important in creating a cohesive look for multi-platform campaigns.

Image from @moosetagram
With cost per impression in mind, car decals are one of the most bang-for-your-buck marketing tools available. It reaches thousands and lasts for years, ensuring that your advertising budget is maximized. If you need further convincing, you can read up on The Benefits of Car Advertising and How to Use Car Decals as Ads. Both articles go into detail about the merits of using decals for your vehicle fleets.

Once you’re ready to print, our design experts here at Signs.com will take care of you.

Related Articles

How to Use Car Decals As Ads?
Difference Between Decals and Stickers – Signage 101
How to Remove a Decal
How-To: Installing a Perforated Car Window Decal

Custom Car Flags: Why Choose Tex Visions?

Premium Fabric: All Tex Visions’ flags are crafted from highly-durable and weather-resistant outdoor flag polyester. This lightweight fabric is tear-resistant and has excellent color reproduction, showcasing your custom design in brilliant, full color. Our flags have been quality tested to ensure they fly for an extended period of time.

Dye Sublimation Printing: We print our flags using dye sublimation. This high-end printing technique embeds the ink directly into the polyester fibers, creating a bright, full-color, fade-resistant finish. Every inch of our custom car flags is customizable. We offer single-reverse and double-sided printing options.

Flagpole Options: We offer two pole options: Car Flagpole and Parade Flagpole. Our Car Flagpole is crafted from heavy-duty white PVC and is approved for driving speeds up to 70mph. Our Parade Flagpole is designed for slow moving traffic up to 45mph and is available in two different sizes. Both pole styles clip into the car window for a snug and secure fit.

Customer Service: With over 15 years of experience designing, printing, and shipping custom car flag orders for our customer base, Tex Visions customers service team is experienced and thoroughly trained to answer any questions or concerns you may have. Need a bulk order? No problem! When you contact us, you reach our fully stocked customer service department at our HQ in Carlisle, PA.

Design Your Car Flag Online: 3 Easy Methods

Online Design Tool: Tex Visions online tool makes it easy to create your custom car flag artwork without any professional design software. The tool has the ability to upload pictures or artwork from your computer, and includes clip art, shapes, background colors and much more. It also has guidance prompts to keep your design within our print standards. Each submitted design is double-checked for any errors by our team of graphic artists before being sent to print.

Upload Template: We recommend this method for customers that have design software on their computer. It involves downloading the artwork template from the product page, adding your design, and reuploading to our website. Every artwork submission is checked by our team of designers before being sent to print.

Free Design Services: Not interested in designing your custom car flag? No problem! Our team of graphic artists will create you a design from the ground up – for no cost to you! Just send us any artwork or ideas you have, and we will correspond with you until the design is exactly what you had in mind.

Single-Reverse vs Double-Sided Flags

We offer our custom car flags with two printing style options:

Single-Reverse: For this style we print on one side of the flag and bleed the ink through to the opposite side creating a reverse image on the rear side. Single-reverse flies the best and is our best-selling style.

Double-Sided: This style involves printing two separate pieces of fabric with your custom design and sewing them together a light-blocker in between. Double-sided printing is best if you want to display a different design on each side of the flag.

How To Install Your Car Window Flag

Installing your vehicle flag from Tex Visions requires no tools or adhesive. Choose the window you wish to display the custom car flag from and roll it down. Fit the flagpole mount into the top of the window frame and wind the window back up. Unscrew the top, add your flag, and screw the top back on ensuring a secure hold. Our hardware is designed to leave no messy residue behind and is crafted to be scratch and scuff resistant.

You will get efficient and thoughtful service from Success Flag.

Frequently Asked Questions

How fast can I drive with the car flag attached?

It depends on which flag product you select. Our Car Flag comes with our standard flag pole, which is approved for car speeds up to 70mph. If you select our Parade Flags or Car Lot Flags, the flagpole for those products is approved for speeds up to 45mph for single-reverse and 30mph for double-sided flags.

What material are your vehicle flags?

Our custom car flags are printed on our super durable outdoor flag polyester. This lightweight material is tear resistant, has excellent color reproduction, and is designed for extended outdoor use in any climate.  We use it for all our flag products at Tex Visions.

Can I place a bulk order? Is there a discount?

Yes! Tex Visions started exclusively as a bulk and wholesale online store before we also started offering directly to customers. We are very experienced taking car flag bulk orders and the price is discounted depending on the quantity of flags ordered. You will not find a better deal per quality in the industry.

Does the pole come with each flag order?

When you are configuring your car flag product, you have the option to select Prints and Hardware, Prints Only, or Hardware Only.

Can this be installed on both sides of the automobile?

Yes, our vehicle flags are designed to be able to be mounted on either side of your automobile.

What is the difference between the Car and Parade Flagpole?

The difference between the two is the speed rating. Our standard Flagpole is more durably built and can withstand speeds up to 70mph while our Parade Flagpole is designed for slow speeds up to 45mph max. Each can be fitted with our custom car flags.

Do you offer multiple sizes?

We offer different sizes for our Car Lot Flags and our Parade Flags. Each has two size options. Our Car Flag is available only at 18” x 12” size. (w x h)

Want more information on Custom Car Window Flags Bulk? Feel free to contact us.