Service
Truck Lettering in New Jersey
Vinyl and custom-print lettering applied at your yard, in a couple of hours.
In the rat race of New Jersey, business never sleeps. Airbrushed, Vinyl or Custom Print, our flexibility allows us to give you the look you want for your business. Whether you are trying to stay up to code with the law or want to grab some attention, truck lettering is the best way to turn your vehicle into a mobile billboard, bringing awareness and brand recognition to your company with every trip.
Truck lettering is the cheapest advertising a contractor will ever buy, and the only kind that keeps working while the truck sits at a red light. Lombardo Lettering has been cutting and applying it in New Jersey for over 30 years, and we do it at your yard instead of ours.
What the job involves
A lettering job starts with the wording, not the vinyl. We look at what you actually want a stranger to read from three lanes over: company name, trade, phone, town, website, and the DOT or license numbers you are required to carry. Anything past that competes with itself. Then we set type at a size that stays legible at highway speed, lay it out against the real panel lines of your truck, and send you a proof before a single sheet is cut.
Application happens on site. We arrive with the plotter output, the tools, and the cleaning supplies, wash and de-grease the panels, and squeegee the vinyl down with the truck exactly where it is parked. A single pickup with door lettering and a tailgate is usually finished inside two hours. A box truck with full sides and a rear door runs longer, but you are never without the vehicle overnight, and there is no shop drop-off eating a working day.
How we do it
Materials matter more than customers expect. We use Avery, 3M and Oraflow cast films rated for outdoor commercial use, so colors hold instead of going chalky after two summers, and the adhesive releases cleanly when a truck comes off the fleet. Cheap calendared vinyl looks identical the week it goes on and starts curling at the edges by the following spring.
Style is up to you. We hand-letter in the traditional bold sign-painter look the family built its name on, cut modern flat-color vinyl, or run full-color digital prints when a logo has gradients and fine detail. Most of our work is repeat business from plumbers, electricians, HVAC contractors, landscapers, excavators, roofers, haulers and municipal fleets who send us every new truck as it arrives.
Included in truck lettering
- Door and tailgate lettering
- Full-side layouts for box trucks
- DOT, USDOT and license numbers
- Phone, web and QR blocks
- Reflective vinyl options
- Matching multi-truck fleets
- Removal and re-lettering
- Proof before anything is cut
How mobile lettering works
STEP 1
Call or send a photo
Tell us the vehicle, the wording and roughly when you need it. A photo of the truck answers most of our questions in one shot.
STEP 2
Approve the proof
We lay the design out on a template of your actual vehicle and send it back for approval. Nothing is cut until you say yes.
STEP 3
We come to you
We arrive at your yard or job site with everything needed, prep the panels and apply the graphics. Most vehicles are back in service the same day.
What every Lombardo job includes
All of it standard, none of it billed as an extra.
✓Free quote and design consultationNo charge
✓Layout proofed on a template of your actual vehicle before anything is cutAlways
✓Premium Avery, 3M or Oraflow cast film — not cheap calendared vinylStandard
✓On-site application at your yard, driveway or job siteMobile
✓DOT, license and registration numbers sized and placed correctlyChecked
✓Glueless removal years later, so paint and resale value stay intactBuilt in
✓Your artwork kept on file so trucks you buy later still matchFor years
Truck Lettering — recent examples
Work photographed at customer yards and job sites across New Jersey.
Work van — Lombardo Lettering, NJ
Work van — Lombardo Lettering, NJ
Work van — Lombardo Lettering, NJ
Work van — Lombardo Lettering, NJ
Pickup truck — Lombardo Lettering, NJ
Pickup truck — Lombardo Lettering, NJ
Pickup truck — Lombardo Lettering, NJ
Pickup truck — Lombardo Lettering, NJ
We don’t cut corners — premium materials only
Why customers leave their old sign shop
The differences that show up on the invoice and on the truck.
| What matters | Lombardo Lettering | Typical sign shop |
|---|---|---|
| Where the work happens | At your yard — we come to you | You drop the vehicle off |
| Downtime | Back in service the same day | Often two or three days |
| Materials | Avery, 3M and Oraflow cast film | Whatever is cheapest that week |
| Proof before cutting | Every job, on your vehicle | Sometimes, on a generic outline |
| Who does the work | The family — third generation | Whoever is on shift |
| Removal years later | Glueless, paint-safe | Baked-on adhesive and ghosting |
| Adding a truck in three years | Stored spec — it matches | Start the design over |
Truck Lettering — questions we get asked
How long does truck lettering take?
A pickup or van with doors, tailgate and a phone number is typically two to three hours on site. Larger box trucks and multi-vehicle fleets are scheduled in half-day or full-day blocks.
Do I have to bring the truck to you?
No. Mobile service is the whole point of our business — we come to your yard, driveway, job site or municipal garage anywhere in our eight-county area.
How long will the lettering last?
With premium cast film applied to clean, sound paint, expect seven or more years of outdoor service before noticeable fade.
Can you match my existing trucks?
Yes. Send a photo of a lettered truck and we will match the layout, type and colors so a new vehicle looks like it came from the same batch.
Other services
Everything else we do, each on its own page.
Get truck lettering in your county
We are mobile — pick your county for local detail.
Quote for truck lettering
Tell us the vehicle or the wall, and send a photo if you have one. Same business day reply.
Shop: 95 W Main St, Chester, New Jersey 07930Email: franksignguy@yahoo.comHours: Mon–Fri 7am–5pm, Saturday by appointmentCoverage: Morris, Essex, Warren, Union, Bergen, Somerset, Sussex & Hunterdon counties
Want it done this week?
Call 973-214-2292 — we hold slots for quick jobs.