What’s on the shop’s 370Z?
A two-colour wrap with the shop’s name on it. The bumper, hood and doors are green; the front fenders behind the headlights and the rear of the side are black.
Over that sit the graphics. A large white bt monogram fills the black section at the rear of the side, and the door carries Brookswood Tint Shop lettering in white, with a small 89 above the name. The shop was established in 1989, and the number matches. The photos also show yellow brake calipers, black multi-spoke wheels, a front lip and a rear wing. The lettering and monogram appear on both sides of the car across the three photos.
Why does a tint shop wrap its own car?
Because a parked car is a sign, and a wrapped one is also a sample. In these photos the 370Z sits at the storefront on Langley Bypass, where anyone pulling in sees the shop’s name before they see the door.
It also answers a common question about vinyl: what does it look like up close? On this car you can look at the edges, the shut lines and how the film reflects light. In the close-up, the dark green door reflects the yellow-trimmed building behind it the way gloss paint would.
How is a livery built up on a coupe like the 370Z?
In layers. The colour film goes on first, panel by panel, and the lettering and logos go on over it, placed where they read best from the side.
On this car the colour work does a lot of the design. Black at the front fenders and the rear of the side frames the green middle, so the doors become a clean field for the name. A two-door coupe has long doors, which makes the door the largest flat-looking surface on the side and the natural place for lettering. The monogram is big enough to read across a parking lot, and the smaller lettering is meant for someone standing beside the car. Both are white, the colour with the most contrast against dark green and black.
What does the shop’s own car show a customer?
It shows the work on a body with real curves. The 370Z’s fenders and door edges bend sharply, and in the close-up the vinyl follows them without visible wrinkles.
It also shows the difference between a colour change and a livery. Change the colour alone and the car looks repainted. Add a name and logo and it becomes a business vehicle. The shop’s vinyl comes from 3M and Avery Dennison, and the shop’s published terms put a 5-year manufacturer warranty on the film.
How do you get a livery for your own vehicle?
Send your brand file, the vehicle’s year and model, and a sense of how much of the body you want covered. Livery and lettering are quoted per design.
Sports and track graphics are covered on racing livery and custom graphics. Work trucks and vans are on commercial vehicle wraps, and the finishes on offer are on the vinyl wrap page. For several vehicles at once, the fleet service books units in blocks, invoices the business and can add lettering while each vehicle is in for tint. Start with the wrap quote form, and find the 370Z in the gallery alongside customer cars on the projects page.
