The bottom of truck sides graphics best vinyl to use

[D Creative]

Hi, I am a new member if my question has already been answered in another thread please share as I have missed it Thank you. I have been doing cutting and installation of vinyl graphics on truck "mid door" I have a customer that would like a graphic design at the bottom/ along the truck sides. Now I'm thinking what is the best vinyl to use ( I was thinking cast) but what about durability for rock and debris. Should I be using something different?

 

[Jessy_1]

Hi, I am a new member if my question has already been answered in another thread please share as I have missed it Thank you. I have been doing cutting and installation of vinyl graphics on truck "mid door" I have a customer that would like a graphic design at the bottom/ along the truck sides. Now I'm thinking what is the best vinyl to use ( I was thinking cast) but what about durability for rock and debris. Should I be using something different?

Cast vinyl for sure. Anything that requires some sort of wrapping should be used on cast vinyl, because it has the longest longevity and is less likely to fail then a calendar vinyl which doesn't like to bend. If your printing we use Arlon SLX+ Series. Or if it's just black cut we use the oracal 970 series.

Durability wise, unfortunately I don't really know a way to stop it, vinyl is so thin there isn't much that can protect it. You could ppf some of it to help with the worst of it ( right behind the tire).

One thing to note about layering like that is because the ppf would be going on top of the vinyl once the vinyl fails so will the ppf.

 

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I'd being using either a cast cut vinyl like Oracal 751/951 or Avery SC950, depending on availability. If you want air release vinyl I'd be using the 3M 2080, which might be overkill for this since you are going to have to tape it anyway, but at least you'd have air release so it will be a bit easier to install.