how do you find the level of a vehicle?

[Deleted User]

There’s no better way!

Sometimes helps to use both eyes though! 😮

Peter

[Fat Bob]

Hi Guys

Just Jack the front of the car up till the sills are level 😆 😆 😆 😆

……….F 😛 B

[Jodie]

What you could and I have done if its a difficult vehicle to pick up a level on is, Take a wooden yard stick and measure up at the back, middle, and front, apply some masking tape and mark with a pencil at the top of the yard stick and that will give you a level with respect to the ground , which after all thats what they run and after that you can work from there. Brian

[Martin Pearson]

Becky, if you look through the older posts you will find that this question was asked before. Try general sign topics, How do I find the level line on a van posted by Sally on the 6th august, sorry I dont know how to put a link to it on here.
When we do vehicle graphics after taping the graphics on using whichever line we feel is right we always step back just to check they look right before we actually apply them. Sometimes although you know the graphics are level they just dont look right to the naked eye and as this is how people will see the van I always feel personally this is how they should be applied.

[Deleted User]

I always stand back and find a level body line on the vehicle. (This doesn’t mean it’s level with the ground…..it’s level with the vehicle) On the graphic…using a straight edge and a pencil, put a line on the release tape under the graphic. (Pick two alike letters for this if possible) Mark the center of the graphic for a reference point. Lay the graphic on the vehicle and tack the two top corners with masking tape. Measure on each end of the graphic from the pencil line to the level body line. This should be straight with the vehicle. Step back and look, if it doesn’t look right, adjust. Mark down (or remember) your measurements from the pencil line to the body line and from your graphic to the door handle, mirror or some other point of reference so you can repeat the process on the other side.

I see a lot of vehicles with the graphic applied level to the ground and not the vehicle. Most of them look to have been installed by the customer, probably to save money, and look like the vehicle was on a hill when it was measured.

Hope this helps…………wormy

[TonyDwyer]

some vehicles that we have done in the past wouldn’t have looked that good if the graphics applied were level. We used to spend ages lining them up and even though they were level, something just didn’t look right when we stood back. As most [i]signologists [/i]would probably agree, using the eye to line up graphics on a vehicle is your best bet. If you stand back and it looks good to you, then the customer will think its amazing. (well they do in essex anyway).

[Martin Pearson]

Tony, I havent heard the term “Signologist” before is this an Essex word or did you just invent it yourself?
I shall have to contact the local college and see if they run any courses on Signology.

[TonyDwyer]

i thought it up completely on my own! No help was required.