Two cars wrapped in fabric prints, one check and one floral, at the dealership

Home Textiles

KA International Cars Wrapped in Fabric Prints

Signage
Spain

The project

What we did

Client: KA International
Sector: Home Textiles
Area: Signage
Type of work: Fleets
Location: Spain

Full wraps for two KA International cars, each dressed in one of the brand's fabric prints: a check and a floral. Artwork was prepared at full scale, printed onto cast vinyl and installed as a complete wrap over bodywork, roof, bonnet and tailgate, with conforming on mouldings and tucked edges.

The challenge

A fabric print leaves no room for improvisation: the motif has to repeat at exactly the same pitch across bonnet, doors and roof, with no jumps at the shut lines. With two vehicles and two different fabrics, the challenge was to hold the scale of the pattern and a coherent read across both cars.

Our solution

We took the panel layout of each car and laid out the print at full scale, adjusting the pattern pitch so the motif continues from panel to panel rather than cutting through the middle of a check or a flower. The fabrics were printed large-format onto cast vinyl and laminated to protect the colour. The wrap was applied panel by panel, heat-forming the vinyl over mouldings, wings and the swages of bonnet and roof, and tucking the edges at doors and light units.