Straight Answers.

It depends on size, material, and whether it needs installing — a 3×8 banner and a lit storefront sign aren't in the same conversation. Send us a photo of the space and a rough measurement and we'll get you a real number instead of a range that doesn't mean anything.

We design it. Design is free when you place the order, so you'll see exactly what it looks like before you commit to anything. If you already have a logo or a file, send it and we'll work from that.

Most of what we do goes out in 2–3 business days. Awnings and storefront channel letters are built to order and run 1–2 months. The full table is above.

Both. Design, print, fabrication and install all happen in this building — your job doesn't get handed to a subcontractor. We install anywhere in the city and about 20 miles out.

We don't pull them ourselves, but we work with people who do and we'll connect you. Bring it up early — permits are usually the part that adds time to a storefront sign.

Yes, by appointment. Call or text 773-299-8208 and we'll set a time.

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Yes, including same-day when the shop can do it. Rush pricing applies — call 773-299-8208 and tell us the deadline.

A deposit is required to start any work, no exceptions. The balance is due at completion. We take Zelle, registered as chosensigns@gmail.com.

Cards, shirts and embroidery have set prices by order size. Wraps, signs and large format are quoted per job — too many variables for an honest flat price.

Your logo (the original file if you have it), phone and email, what the job is and roughly what size, any photos of the vehicle or storefront, and your brand colors — three at most keeps a design clean.

Three to five years on a vehicle that lives outside, seven or more if it's garage-kept. We recommend taking a wrap off at around three years regardless — see the next question.

Not if you take it off in time. On factory paint the vinyl actually protects what's underneath, but leave it on too long and removal can take paint with it. That's why we recommend pulling a wrap at around three years even if it still looks fine.

That's fine, and it's why we check first. Before anything goes on, we walk the vehicle with you and document what's already there. Takes twenty minutes and it means nobody's arguing later about what the wrap did and didn't cause.

Year, make and model, and roughly how much of the vehicle you want covered. A photo helps. If you don't have a design, that's what the free design is for.

Cast on curves, calendared on flat panels. Calendared costs less and it's fine where the surface is flat, but on a bumper or a mirror it lifts at the edges inside a year. Ask any shop this question. If they can't answer it, that's your answer.

Two months from design approval for an awning or channel letters. If you're signing a lease, start the sign conversation the same week.

A banner and window graphics go up in a few days and will carry you through opening week. Most of our storefront customers do exactly that — temporary signage when they open, permanent when it's ready.

Roughly one inch of letter height for every ten feet of reading distance. Cicero is four lanes, so a sign set back off the sidewalk needs letters that look oversized up close. We size it for the street it's going on, not the wall it's going on.

Window film you can see out of but not into — printed graphics on the outside, a normal view from inside. It's most of what we do for storefronts, and it's how you use your windows without going dark.