USDOT lettering, shipped to your driveway

A USDOT kit is the most commoditized job a sign shop does. The legal sizing is fixed, the file is the same number plus your carrier name, and the install is two pieces of vinyl per truck. Local shops still charge $200-$400 because they have to roll a truck to your yard, schedule installers, and amortize a $30K printer across whatever else they're running that week.

We do nothing but kits. The plotter runs from 7 a.m., the weeders and pre-mask team work in batches, and orders go out as USPS or UPS Ground flat-rate boxes every Thursday. Your kit lands Friday or Saturday in most of the country, ready for you or your driver to apply with a squeegee and a wipe.

One pre-masked USDOT number for each side of the truck (cut from your real DOT number, not generic 0000s). One carrier-name layout, also pre-masked. A 4 in. felt-edge squeegee, an alcohol prep wipe, and a one-page install card with diagrams. If you ordered MC, KYU, city/state, or a unit number, those are in the same envelope, each pre-spaced and labeled.

Everything is sized to FMCSA 49 CFR 390.21: minimum 2 in. character height, contrasting color, both sides of the power unit. We default to 2.5 in. for readability. If your state runs taller (a few utility commissions require 3 in.), tell us at checkout - same price.

Wash and dry the door. Wipe down the install area with the included alcohol pad. Peel the white backing off, leaving the lettering stuck to the clear application tape. Position with a piece of tape across the top as a hinge, then squeegee from the center out. Pull the application tape off at a sharp 180-degree angle. Done.

If you can hang a license-plate sticker, you can do this. If you'd rather not, find any local sign shop or detail bay - they'll charge $30-$60 to apply a kit you brought in, since the cutting, spacing, and weeding is already done.