Vinyl Graphic $$$???

[AE101]

I want to get a graphic made for a team name...For right now i just want the name across the windshield. Anyone know how much that will cost?Later i am going to drop alot and go to modern images and get a custom one made that i designed(Around $300-400).

I just want it to say my team name. About a 6-7" high strip by however wide my windsheild is...

[esp]

Originally posted by AE101
I want to get a graphic made for a team name...For right now i just want the name across the windshield. Anyone know how much that will cost?Later i am going to drop alot and go to modern images and get a custom one made that i designed(Around $300-400).

I just want it to say my team name. About a 6-7" high strip by however wide my windsheild is...

like this:



i paid $20 for the red vinyl and then another $20 for just the text.

put the red on myself had the place put the text on it.

[RedY2KCivic]

My crew paid $15 each for ours, and they look like this:






Just make sure you know your local laws concerning windshield graphics. I just got pulled over and was given a 3 citation ticket, the banner being one of them, so I have to take mine off. Our crew is going to get graphics for the sides of our cars as well, because the cops like to harrass us when they see stickers on the windshield. That's the law here in Cali at least.

[CraniumDesigns]

In CA, legal is 4" down from the top. I have a 6" one, we'll see if I get cited for it. I made my logo in illustrator then sent it to my my friend who does vinyl. He cut it and applied it for me for $30.

[crxlvr]

i had a 6" banner on my car also, but got pulled over all the time cuz of it, so i dropped it. it cost me $30 for the text and banner.

[RedY2KCivic]

Originally posted by CraniumDesigns
In CA, legal is 4" down from the top. I have a 6" one, we'll see if I get cited for it. I made my logo in illustrator then sent it to my my friend who does vinyl. He cut it and applied it for me for $30.

Are you sure? I don't know if the cop was just being a dick to me, but he said that any windshield banner is illegal in CA unless it is transparent.

[CraniumDesigns]

i'm sure 4" from top down is legal. cars are made with a 4" strip stock sometimes and according to several cops i know they said 4" is ok. cops havent done anything about it for me yet, but i'm white. haha.

[Jay!]

In CA, opaque anything on the windshield is illegal, no matter how wide. I posted the CVC section numbers in Lindy's thread... Don't have a link handy...

[RedY2KCivic]

Well Jay is the one that gave this link to me, but I wasn't lazy, so I went and got it. j/p hehe

But here's the link to the database of CA laws:

http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/calaw.html


Search around in there, just to make sure that your banner isn't the only thing they'll pop you for.

[RedY2KCivic]

Well, since I thought I'd be nice, I went through and searched for the vechicle code they got me for with the banner citation, which will most likely be the one that others get caught with too. It's kinda long, but here ya go:
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26708. (a) (1) No person shall drive any motor vehicle with any
object or material placed, displayed, installed, affixed, or applied
upon the windshield or side or rear windows.
(2) No person shall drive any motor vehicle with any object or
material placed, displayed, installed, affixed, or applied in or upon
the vehicle which obstructs or reduces the driver's clear view
through the windshield or side windows.
(3) This subdivision applies to a person driving a motor vehicle
with the driver's clear vision through the windshield, or side or
rear windows, obstructed by snow or ice.
(b) This section does not apply to any of the following:
(1) Rearview mirrors.
(2) Adjustable nontransparent sunvisors which are mounted forward
of the side windows and are not attached to the glass.
(3) Signs, stickers, or other materials which are displayed in a
7-inch square in the lower corner of the windshield farthest removed
from the driver, signs, stickers, or other materials which are
displayed in a 7-inch square in the lower corner of the rear window
farthest removed from the driver, or signs, stickers, or other
materials which are displayed in a 5-inch square in the lower corner
of the windshield nearest the driver.
(4) Side windows which are to the rear of the driver.
(5) Direction, destination, or termini signs upon a passenger
common carrier motor vehicle or a schoolbus, if those signs do not
interfere with the driver's clear view of approaching traffic.
(6) Rear window wiper motor.
(7) Rear trunk lid handle or hinges.
(8) The rear window or windows, when the motor vehicle is equipped
with outside mirrors on both the left- and right-hand sides of the
vehicle that are so located as to reflect to the driver a view of the
highway through each mirror for a distance of at least 200 feet to
the rear of the vehicle.
(9) A clear, transparent lens affixed to the side window opposite
the driver on a vehicle greater than 80 inches in width and which
occupies an area not exceeding 50 square inches of the lowest corner
toward the rear of that window and which provides the driver with a
wide-angle view through the lens.
(10) Sun screening devices meeting the requirements of Section
26708.2 installed on the side windows on either side of the vehicle's
front seat, if the driver or a passenger in the front seat has in
his or her possession a letter or other document signed by a licensed
physician and surgeon certifying that the person must be shaded from
the sun due to a medical condition, or has in his or her possession
a letter or other document signed by a licensed optometrist
certifying that the person must be shaded from the sun due to a
visual condition. The devices authorized by this paragraph shall not
be used during darkness.
(11) An electronic communication device affixed to the center
uppermost portion of the interior of a windshield within an area that
is not greater than 5 inches square, if the device provides either
of the following:
(A) The capability for enforcement facilities of the Department of
the California Highway Patrol to communicate with a vehicle equipped
with the device.
(B) The capability for electronic toll and traffic management on
public or private roads or facilities.
(c) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), transparent material may be
installed, affixed, or applied to the topmost portion of the
windshield if the following conditions apply:
(1) The bottom edge of the material is at least 29 inches above
the undepressed driver's seat when measured from a point 5 inches in
front of the bottom of the backrest with the driver's seat in its
rearmost and lowermost position with the vehicle on a level surface.

(2) The material is not red or amber in color.
(3) There is no opaque lettering on the material and any other
lettering does not affect primary colors or distort vision through
the windshield.
(4) The material does not reflect sunlight or headlight glare into
the eyes of occupants of oncoming or following vehicles to any
greater extent than the windshield without the material.
(d) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), clear, colorless, and
transparent material may be installed, affixed, or applied to the
front side windows, located to the immediate left and right of the
front seat if the following conditions are met:
(1) The material has a minimum visible light transmittance of 88
percent.
(2) The window glazing with the material applied meets all
requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 205 (49
C.F.R. 571.205), including the specified minimum light transmittance
of 70 percent and the abrasion resistance of AS-14 glazing, as
specified in that federal standard.
(3) The material is designed and manufactured to enhance the
ability of the existing window glass to block the sun's harmful
ultraviolet A rays.
(4) The driver has in his or her possession, or within the
vehicle, a certificate signed by the installing company certifying
that the windows with the material installed meet the requirements of
this subdivision and identifies the installing company and the
material's manufacturer by full name and street address, or, if the
material was installed by the vehicle owner, a certificate signed by
the material's manufacturer certifying that the windows with the
material installed according to manufacturer's instructions meets the
requirements of this subdivision and identifies the material's
manufacturer by full name and street address.
(5) If the material described in this subdivision tears or
bubbles, or is otherwise worn to prohibit clear vision, it shall be
removed or replaced.
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And to just again clarify, this is from the California code book.

[hybridDC2]

here's what i did since i didnt want cops nagging me about my windshield. i just wanted mine to be original. besides, i like having the extra visibility

for a windshield banner from M.I. you shouldn't be spending 300-400 unless you're talking about the entire car using the expensive stuff.

[AE101]

Yeah, im talking about the real...expensive stuff for the whole car...it all depends though...
I want a good winsheild banner right now. I want a cool font too. Can any one point me in the direction of a graphic design website or a font website?

[93speed]

try www.stickercity.com They have a bunch of fonts you can use to make your own custom banner.

[crxlvr]

www.modernimage.net