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Vehicle wrap templates

Short answer: a vehicle wrap template is a scaled line drawing of one exact year, make and model. Wrap shops design and print on it. Paid template libraries cost $49 a month to $449 a year. A business owner does not need one to plan a wrap. The shop brings the template.

What a vehicle wrap template is

A template shows the vehicle from the side, the other side, the front, the back and in many sets the top. Each view is drawn to scale, with door seams, handles, windows and body lines marked. The designer places the art on the template, and the print shop splits it into panels.

Templates come as vector files. Pro Vehicle Outlines ships AI files, and its FAQ says they open in SignLab, CorelDraw, Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, Gerber Advantage and FlexiSign. Vehicle Templates Unleashed offers CDR, AI, PDF and SVG files with "5 accurate, scaled views including top."

Where wrap shops get templates

Library	What you get	Price
Pro Vehicle Outlines	Over 19,500 North American templates, online, 12 months	$449
Pro Vehicle Outlines	Same library, 6 months	$349
Vehicle Templates Unleashed	Unlimited downloads, one month	$49
Vehicle Templates Unleashed	Unlimited downloads, one year	$199
Vehicle Templates Unleashed	Unlimited downloads, lifetime	$599
Vehicle Outlines (UK)	Yearly library access, 30 downloads a day	£149 plus VAT

Sources: Pro Vehicle Outlines, Vehicle Templates Unleashed, Vehicle Outlines. Prices as listed on Oct 24, 2026.

Pro Vehicle Outlines says it does not sell single templates. You buy the collection.

Free vehicle wrap templates

Vehicle Templates Unleashed has a free templates section on its site. Free files can work for a sketch. Before you trust one for print, check that it matches your vehicle:

Year and generation. Body lines and lamps change between generations.
Roof height. A Ford Transit comes in low, medium and high roof. A Sprinter comes in standard and high roof.
Wheelbase and length. Vehicle Outlines labels its files swb, mwb, lwb and xlwb for this reason.
Doors. A van can have one or two sliding doors, and swing doors or a tailgate at the back.

The Pro Vehicle Outlines FAQ tells designers to measure a few points on the real vehicle. It warns that many owners do not know which model they have.

How to use a template in Illustrator

These steps come from the Pro Vehicle Outlines FAQ:

Scale it. The AI files are drawn small. Scale by 2,000% for full size. Illustrator has a page size limit, so scale by 166.666% to work at 1 inch to 1 foot, then scale by 1,200% in the print settings.
Add bleed. Extend the art 6 inches past the outline on all sides. Add more around fender flares.
Check image resolution. The FAQ puts print resolution in the 75 to 200 dpi range at full size, and says 300 dpi wastes ink on a vehicle that is moving.
Clip the art. Draw a box for the vinyl, then clip the background to the vehicle outline to see the finished concept.
Overlap panels. Print vertical panels with about 1 inch of overlap, set in the RIP software.

Vehicle Outlines says its AI files are drawn at 1:20 for the same page size reason. Scale them by 2000% to full size.

Van, truck and trailer templates

Vans. Match roof height and wheelbase before anything else. See our Sprinter van wrap ideas, Ford Transit wrap ideas and Ram ProMaster wrap ideas.
Pickup trucks. Match cab style and bed length. A regular cab and a crew cab are different templates. See pickup truck wrap cost for how size moves price.
Box trucks. The box can come from a different builder than the chassis. Measure the box sides, roll-up door and cab.
Trailers. Enclosed trailers come from many builders in many lengths. Ask the shop to measure yours. See enclosed trailer graphics.

For a list of film areas by vehicle, see the vehicle wrap size chart.

Template or mockup?

A template is a print shop tool. If you own the business, what you need is a look you like: the colors, where your name goes, how big the phone number is. Some shops include design in the quote, and they will set your art on their own template.

A free mockup lets you test that look on a van, a pickup and a box truck before you call a shop. WrapMockup shows your name, trade and phone on 18 vehicle previews and 6 yard signs. Clean files cost $9 for one vehicle plus its yard sign, or $29 for the Fleet Pack. These are concept files to hand to a shop, not print-ready templates.

FAQ

Where can I get free vehicle wrap templates? Vehicle Templates Unleashed has a free templates section. Check any free file against your exact year, roof height, wheelbase and door layout before you use it for print.

What do paid vehicle wrap templates cost? On Oct 24, 2026, Pro Vehicle Outlines listed $449 for 12 months and $349 for 6 months. Vehicle Templates Unleashed listed $49 a month, $199 a year or $599 for life.

What software opens vehicle wrap templates? Most libraries ship AI files. Pro Vehicle Outlines says its files open in SignLab, CorelDraw, Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, Gerber Advantage and FlexiSign. Vehicle Templates Unleashed offers AI, CDR, PDF and SVG.

Are vehicle templates to scale? Yes. AI files are drawn small because of the Illustrator page size limit. Pro Vehicle Outlines and Vehicle Outlines both say to scale by 2,000% for full size.

Do I need a template to get my van wrapped? No. The wrap shop owns templates and builds the print file. Bring your logo, your phone number and a mockup of the look you want.

Can I buy one template? Pro Vehicle Outlines says it does not sell single templates. Subscription libraries let you download what you need during the paid period.

Checked 2026-10-24. Prices and policies change. Confirm on the source before you buy.