Auto Glass Van Decals: Logo Ideas and Door Lettering for Glass Vans

Auto glass van decals have an unusual reader: the owner of the car being worked on, standing a few feet from your door. Put your business name, "auto glass" and a phone number on both sides of the van. If you want a logo, an auto glass van logo that shows a windshield says the trade before anyone reads a word.

Auto glass van logo: the windshield outline

The Windshield Shine Auto Glass Logo draws a blue windshield outline with a lighter streak across the glass. Under it, your name sits in bold, wide navy capitals, with "Auto Glass" in a lighter weight on the line below. The sample art carries a placeholder name. Yours is fitted and a proof is sent for approval first. It is $120 per door.

The windshield shape is wide and low, which fits a cargo van's flat door area better than a tall logo would. The blue and navy are a good match on a white van. The weak point is the second line: "Auto Glass" is set in lighter capitals, so on a narrow decal it shrinks. If that line matters to you, choose a wider decal and check the preview.

Auto glass truck lettering: what to put on it

The truck or van carries glass and tools to a driveway, an office lot or an apartment parking space. Customers need:

• Your business name.
• The service: "Windshield Repair and Replacement", "Auto Glass", or both.
• A phone number big enough to read from the next parking space.
• A line saying you come to them, if the van is mobile: "Mobile Service" or "We Come to You".

Check with your state licensing board whether it wants a license number shown on the vehicle, and add one only if it does. Leave out wording that promises how long a job takes or what the work includes, since the door will outlast any promise.

Door layouts, three ways

Made-up names, (555) numbers:

1. WESTSIDE AUTO GLASS, (555) 010-0145
2. CLEARVIEW MOBILE GLASS / Windshields and Side Glass / (555) 010-0189
3. OAKLAND PARK GLASS CO. / Repair, Replacement, Mobile Service / (555) 010-0102 / Serving the Valley

Layout 3 has four lines and a long middle line, which needs the wide decal. The Make-Your-Own 5-Line decal lets you type each line, and the Business Name + Phone Number decal is the shorter option for layout 1.

Close-up reading changes the plan

Most vans are judged from across a street. An auto glass van also gets read from the side of the car, at a few feet. That helps: the second line, the website and the area get read along with the name.

The risk is the reverse. People look at the van while they wait, so a typo or a faded line gets noticed. Proof every line in the preview before you order, and see what truck lettering costs if you want to trim a line.

Keep the decal on the door, not the glass

Cargo vans have solid door panels in many cases, but some have windows in the sliding or rear doors. Place the decal on a flat, solid part of the panel, below the window line, and keep it off curved edges and seams. If your van carries a glass rack on the outside, check that its mounts do not cover the decal area. Application steps are in our truck door install guide.

Colors: blue on white, or something bolder

White vans are common among glass shops, and navy on white is strong. A red or black pair is the bolder choice. A pale blue line on a white door gets weak at distance. If the van is dark, use a white sticker block, since the contrast is then inside the decal.

Contour cut, or a technician's own car

The contour cut is +$10 per door on logo designs: the decal is cut to the shape of the logo instead of a rectangle. On the windshield logo, that leaves an outline rather than a box on the paint.

If a technician sometimes drives a personal car to a job, a removable sign is a possibility. We sell decals, not magnets, and the guide on magnetic truck door signs covers where magnets work and where they cause trouble. When you sell or re-letter the van, removing decals goes through the steps.

Other mobile trades share this kind of door space: mobile mechanic truck decals and cargo van and Sprinter lettering.