Vehicle Wrap Installation · 3M Certified Installer

Eight years. Hundreds of vehicles. One standard.

I founded Wrap It Up Vehicle Graphics in Oklahoma City in 2018 and taught myself to install everything from color change and advertising wraps to paint protection film and headlight and taillight tint. Supercars, school buses, boats, motorcycles, Airstreams, and national fleet accounts — I installed the work and trained the people who installed it with me.

8 yrsShop owner & installer
3MCertified installer
100sVehicles per year
9Employees hired & trained
Capabilities

What I install

Every surface below is work I have personally done and supervised.

Full Color Change

Complete vehicle color changes in gloss, satin, and matte. Trim, handles, lights, and badges come off so film wraps behind edges instead of stopping at them.

Commercial & Fleet

Box trucks, vans, trailers, and full-size buses, with repeatable specs so unit twenty looks identical to unit one.

Paint Protection Film

PPF on high-value and exotic vehicles, including bulk install and pre-cut pattern work with self-healing films.

Headlight & Taillight Tint

Lighting tint and accent film, cut and fitted to compound lens shapes without creasing or clouding.

Specialty Surfaces

Motorcycles, boats, helmets, Airstreams, and custom builds — compound curves, rivets, and shapes with no flat reference anywhere.

Chrome Delete & Accents

Chrome delete, roof and hood wraps, racing stripes, and knifeless-tape custom cuts done on the vehicle.

Wall & Window Graphics

Storefront windows, perforated window film, interior wall murals, bay doors, and floor-to-ceiling multi-plane installations.

Removal & Recovery

Safe removal of old and failed vinyl, adhesive cleanup, and correcting other shops' work without damaging paint.

Selected Installations

Project gallery

Click any project to page through every photo of that job.

3M Matte Military Green Color Change for Tesla Model Y Color Change8 photos · 1 video

3M Matte Military Green Color Change

Tesla Model Y

Full color change in 3M matte military green. Wrapped solo in eight hours while filming the process — Teslas are one of the quickest bodies to work on.

3M matte filmFull color changeSolo installVideo documented
Black to Red Color Change for Ferrari Color Change4 photos · 2 videos

Black to Red Color Change

Ferrari

Complete color reversal on a Ferrari. Going from dark to bright means any gap or imperfection shows immediately.

Full color changeHigh-value vehicleFlawless finish
Color Change & Custom Rally Stripe for Ford Mustang Mach-E Color Change8 photos

Color Change & Custom Rally Stripe

Ford Mustang Mach-E

Full color change across a modern EV body, finished with a custom gloss black double rally stripe installed over the top of the wrap.

Full color changeCustom rally stripeLayered graphics
Colorshift Full Wrap & Chrome Delete for Cadillac Escalade Color Change5 photos

Colorshift Full Wrap & Chrome Delete

Cadillac Escalade

Full-size SUV wrapped in a red and black iridescent colorshift film, with the chrome delete done in gloss black.

Colorshift filmChrome deleteGloss black accentsFull wrap
Cybertruck Color Change for Tesla Cybertruck Color Change7 photos

Cybertruck Color Change

Tesla Cybertruck

Flat stainless steel panels with no body curve anywhere make this one of the fastest full wraps there is. I can wrap a Cybertruck solo in six hours.

Stainless panelsSolo installSix-hour turnaround
Full Color Change for GMC Denali Color Change8 photos

Full Color Change

GMC Denali

This one went above and beyond. Every edge and corner was worked until the wrap was perfect — there are no imperfections anywhere on the vehicle, no matter how hard you look.

Full color changeEdge & corner detailFlawless finish
KPMF Matte Metallic Blue Color Change for Maserati Ghibli Color Change8 photos · 1 video

KPMF Matte Metallic Blue Color Change

Maserati Ghibli

Full color change in KPMF matte metallic blue. Matte metallic film is unforgiving and shows any flaw in the finish, so every panel had to come out clean the first time.

KPMF matte metallicFull color changeFlawless finish
Satin Black Full Color Change for Audi R8 Color Change8 photos

Satin Black Full Color Change

Audi R8

Full satin black color change from factory light silver, with a complicated disassembly and reassembly. Included custom paintwork on the vents around the rear window and dark tint on all lights.

Satin black color changeCustom paintworkLight tintComplex teardown
20-Vehicle Fleet Program for Ready Roofer Fleet8 photos

20-Vehicle Fleet Program

Ready Roofer

Roughly twenty vehicles designed and wrapped to a single spec, rolled out over time as the fleet grew.

20+ vehiclesFleet systemPhased rollout
Advertising Wrap Program for RGS Fleet8 photos

Advertising Wrap Program

RGS

Full advertising wrap designed and installed, carrying the brand message across the entire vehicle body.

Advertising designFull wrapBrand messaging
Brand & Vehicle Graphics for Lucky Lure Fleet4 photos

Brand & Vehicle Graphics

Lucky Lure

Brand identity carried onto vehicle graphics that advertise the business out at the lake and on the road.

Brand identityAdvertising wrapFull wrap design
Corporate Fleet Program for Enterprise / AtLink Fleet8 photos

Corporate Fleet Program

Enterprise / AtLink

Corporate fleet design and installation, built as a repeatable spec that different installers can apply identically.

Corporate accountRepeatable specFleet rollout
Fleet Identity & Wrap Program for Elite Air Fleet8 photos

Fleet Identity & Wrap Program

Elite Air

Full advertising fleet designed and installed in-house, from the identity layout through to the finished vehicles.

Fleet designAdvertising wrapMulti-unit rollout
Franchise Fleet Program for Blingle Fleet8 photos

Franchise Fleet Program

Blingle

Franchise fleet graphics applied consistently across multiple units so every vehicle reads identically.

Franchise identityFleet consistencyMulti-unit
Multiple Vehicle Fleet for Air It Out Fleet4 photos · 1 video

Multiple Vehicle Fleet

Air It Out

HVAC service fleet designed for recognition at a distance and installed as a matched set across every unit.

Service fleetHigh recognitionMatched set
National Brand Fleet Install for T-Mobile Fleet7 photos

National Brand Fleet Install

T-Mobile

Fleet install for a national account. Graphics were shipped in and installed to spec, with every panel lined up so the artwork matches all the way around the vehicle.

National accountPanel alignmentInstall to specFleet vehicles
Rodeo Show Truck Wraps for Rider Kiesner Fleet8 photos

Rodeo Show Truck Wraps

Rider Kiesner

Designed and wrapped multiple trucks over the years as he bought new vehicles for the rodeo show he performs. Lettering identifies his world champion trick roper and NFR status.

Custom letteringRepeat clientTruck wrapMulti-vehicle
Small Business Fleet Identity for Fowlers Tree & Fence Fleet8 photos

Small Business Fleet Identity

Fowlers Tree & Fence

Identity and vehicle graphics for a tree and fence company, built to scale from one truck upward.

Logo designScalable systemOwner-operator
Full School Bus Wrap for Poteau Public Schools School Bus8 photos · 1 video

Full School Bus Wrap

Poteau Public Schools

Full-length bus wrap with mascot artwork spanning the body. Rivets, panel gaps, and window frames worked without distorting the graphics.

Full bus wrapRivet workMascot artwork
Full School Bus Wrap for Duke Public Schools School Bus8 photos · 1 video

Full School Bus Wrap

Duke Public Schools

Mascot identity across a full activity bus, designed and installed in-house and documented on video.

Full bus wrapMascot designVideo documented
School Bus Graphics for Ketchum Public Schools School Bus8 photos

School Bus Graphics

Ketchum Public Schools

District identity across a school bus, including a large vent cut around intricately and deep recessed rails designed around and installed without stretching the film.

Intricate cuttingRecessed railsNo-stretch installDistrict identity
School Bus Graphics for Carney Public Schools School Bus3 photos

School Bus Graphics

Carney Public Schools

School district graphics package designed and installed for an activity bus.

District identityBus graphicsLarge format
Custom Helmet Wrap for Private Client Specialty4 photos

Custom Helmet Wrap

Private Client

The curves and detailed surface combined with the design made this one of the most challenging small projects I have taken on.

Compound curvesMicro-surfaceCustom graphics
Custom Stripe Package for 2006 Ford GT Specialty8 photos

Custom Stripe Package

2006 Ford GT

Fully custom stripe package built with extreme attention to detail to match the OEM stripe layout.

Custom stripesOEM matchExtreme detail
Custom Stripes for Classic Mustang Specialty3 photos

Custom Stripes

Classic Mustang

Custom stripes cut on the vehicle with knifeless tape, installed over original paint.

Custom stripesKnifeless tapeOriginal paintClassic vehicle
Custom Stripes for 1973 VW Beetle Specialty8 photos · 1 video

Custom Stripes

1973 VW Beetle

Stripe work over the rounded shell of a classic Beetle, a body with essentially no straight reference line.

Curved bodyworkStripe layoutClassic vehicle
Full Boat Wrap for Private Client Specialty3 photos

Full Boat Wrap

Private Client

Full hull wrap with tough curves throughout, plus constant flex and water intrusion at every edge to work around.

Marine wrapTough curvatureEdge sealing
Full Custom Mystery Machine Full Wrap for Private Commission Specialty8 photos · 1 video

Full Custom Mystery Machine Full Wrap

Private Commission

Full custom Mystery Machine wrap on a miniature build. Artwork scaled and placed on a body with almost no flat surface anywhere.

Custom artworkScaled designFull wrapShow vehicle
Gloss Black Airstream for Airstream Travel Trailer Specialty8 photos

Gloss Black Airstream

Airstream Travel Trailer

Gloss black wrap over the extremely curved panels around the top and corners. Completed with no overlapping seams anywhere — every panel was wrapped individually.

Extreme curvatureNo overlapping seamsPanel by panelLarge format
Helmet and Wrap Design for Advertising Campaign for Endurance Auto / Knox Studios Specialty14 photos · 1 video

Helmet and Wrap Design for Advertising Campaign

Endurance Auto / Knox Studios

Helmet and vehicle graphics designed for an advertising campaign, including work featured with Danica Patrick.

Advertising campaignHelmet designMotorsportsMedia production
Matte White Color Change & Blood Effects for Custom Motorcycle Specialty8 photos

Matte White Color Change & Blood Effects

Custom Motorcycle

Full color change to matte white, with transparent gloss decals applied over the top to create the blood effects.

Matte white color changeLayered gloss decalsCustom designMotorcycle work
Memorial Bench Wraps for Oklahoma City Memorial Specialty8 photos

Memorial Bench Wraps

Oklahoma City Memorial

Full wraps on public memorial benches — a permanent, high-visibility installation where the finish has to hold up outdoors.

Public installationWeather durabilityCustom design
Accents & Stripe Package for Porsche PPF & Accents2 photos

Accents & Stripe Package

Porsche

Custom stripe kit and accent graphics designed to match the OEM look.

Custom stripe kitAccent graphicsOEM match
Paint Protection Film for Chevy Tahoe PPF & Accents2 photos

Paint Protection Film

Chevy Tahoe

Full-front paint protection film on a full-size SUV. Self-healing film with no visible edges or lift lines.

PPFSelf-healing filmBulk install
Paint Protection Film for Ford Mustang PPF & Accents2 photos

Paint Protection Film

Ford Mustang

Bulk paint protection film install on an aftermarket bumper, cut by hand since no pre-cut pattern exists for it.

PPFBulk installAftermarket bodywork
Bay Door & Interior Graphics for Collision Boss Wall & Window2 photos

Bay Door & Interior Graphics

Collision Boss

A set of six corrugated bay doors plus interior graphics. Each door is one continuous corrugated surface, so the output files were built with strategic vertical stretching to keep the artwork reading correctly once installed across the deeply recessed corrugation.

6 bay doorsCorrugated surfaceDistortion compensationInterior graphics
Interior Wall Mural for PCI Energy Solutions Wall & Window5 photos

Interior Wall Mural

PCI Energy Solutions

Floor-to-ceiling interior mural worked around texture, outlets, corners, and trim with no visible seams.

Wall wrapMulti-plane layoutSeam matching
Multi-Location Interior Graphics for The Stretch Zone Wall & Window7 photos

Multi-Location Interior Graphics

The Stretch Zone

Interior wall graphics and typography rolled out across several franchise locations, matched so every store reads the same.

Multi-locationInterior graphicsTypography
Video

Installation in motion

Stills show the result. Video shows the technique — how film gets moved, heated, and set without creasing or over-stretching.

Bus Wrap Timelapse

Half wrap timelapse on a Bluebird bus.

Poteau Pirates Bus Wrap

Full bus wrap from bare panels to finished mascot graphics.

Trans Am Color Change — Timelapse

Maroon to white, start to finish.

Advertising & Color Change Van Wrap

Full van wrap timelapse.

Tesla Model 3 — Fender Wrap Walkthrough

Panel-by-panel walkthrough of a fender wrap.

Tesla Model 3 — Trunk Wrap Walkthrough

Trunk lid wrapped and finished on camera.

Process

How a job actually runs

Finish quality is decided long before the film comes off the roll.

Intake & Inspection

Document existing paint condition, rock chips, and prior repairs in writing before anything is touched.

Decontamination

Wash, clay, and solvent-wipe every surface. Most wrap failures are adhesion failures that started here.

Disassembly

Remove handles, lights, badges, mirrors, and trim so film terminates out of sight instead of on a visible edge.

Install

Panel-by-panel sequencing with controlled heat, working the film into every recess and tucking and sealing each edge.

Post-Heat & QC

Post-heat every stretched area to lock memory out, then walk the vehicle against a written checklist before reassembly.

Handoff

Reassemble, final inspect, and hand over written care instructions and warranty terms.

Background

Career

2018 – 2026

Founder & Owner

Wrap It Up Vehicle Graphics — Venture Studio, LLC · Oklahoma City, OK

Started the company in October 2018 with no employees and no revenue, and grew it to four full-time employees plus multiple contractors and over $2.4 million in lifetime revenue, peaking at over $600,000 in 2025. Taught myself to install everything from color change and advertising wraps to paint protection film and headlight and taillight tint, and became a 3M Certified Installer. Hired and trained every person who worked there — trained the installer from entry level, and trained a graphic designer in everything from install to production and management to be able to promote him to general manager. The shop became one of the most reputable in and around Oklahoma City, with companies bringing fleets in from other states specifically to work with us.

2017 – 2018

Graphic Designer → Graphics Department Manager

Rush Enterprises, Inc. · Oklahoma City Metro

Hired as a graphic designer in March 2017 and worked up to Graphics Department Manager by October 2018, hiring three people along the way. Managed the graphics department team and all jobs, plus departmental sales, graphic design, printing and production, growth strategies, and all install scheduling. Designed, printed, and prepared vinyl graphics for all types of vehicles, storefronts, and other marketing applications. Met with clients to discuss projects and timelines, oversaw projects from beginning to completion, and worked with installers to make sure everything went on as agreed.

2015 – 2017

Graphic Designer → Senior Graphic Designer & Print Production Manager

Monster Graphx · Edmond, OK

Hired as a designer in 2015 and worked up to Senior Graphic Designer and Print Production Manager by March 2017, hiring and training two other designers. Designed graphics for vehicle wraps, logos, business cards, signs, brochures, decals and more. Oversaw the design process, trained other designers, and worked to create a positive, motivating environment. Prepared all media for print and install, and maintained and ran the printers and plotters.

2014 – 2015

Marketing Director

Forest Court Management · Jenks, OK

Directed and managed all marketing efforts, including social media, signage, web design changes, and other online advertising. Also worked directly with tenants and potential buyers.

2011 – 2015

Freelance Graphic Designer

Independent

Brand identity, business cards, advertising, website design, and UI design for small business clients, starting while still in school.

Selected Clients

Who the work was for

T-MobileADTBlue Cross Blue Shield of OklahomaChick-fil-AEnterpriseAtLinkWestlake Ace HardwareServproUnited RentalsGracoEnergy FCMickey Mantle's SteakhouseAckerman McQueenBurlingtonVSP Graphics GroupRoss TransportationThe Goddard SchoolOklahoma State UniversityThe University of OklahomaOklahoma City UniversityJD McCarty CenterOklahoma RealtorsCity TrailerProNossCrestRush EnterprisesPCI Energy SolutionsThe Stretch ZoneReady RooferBlingleElite Air30+ Oklahoma school districts

Available for installation work

Open to contract installation work worldwide.

Emaillauramshort@yahoo.com
Phone918-550-4487
Based inOklahoma City, OK
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