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Gloss Metallic Black Cherry Ice Vinyl Wrap (HM08-HD) - 5ft x 16ft (1.52 x 5m) / Black Cherry Ice (HM08-HD) is backordered and will ship as soon as it is back in stock.
🇺🇸 USA Shipping & Duties
✅ Full rolls (59ft): FREE shipping + duties covered
We pay the freight and customs duties - your price at checkout is the final price. No surprise fees at delivery.
📦 Cut lengths (5ft–33ft): Shipping calculated at checkout (includes air freight + duties)
💡 Pro tip: Most installers go with the full roll - better value once shipping is factored in.
Gloss Metallic Black Cherry Ice Vinyl Wrap (HM08-HD) - 5ft x 16ft (1.52 x 5m) / Black Cherry Ice (HM08-HD) is backordered and will ship as soon as it is back in stock.
Near-black colours usually cheat you one of two ways. Either the colour never shows and you've paid for something that reads as plain black in every light, or it goes thin and lilac the moment the sun hits it. TeckWrap Gloss Metallic Black Cherry Ice does neither. The base stays genuinely dark while the colour lives in the highlight band, appearing exactly where light lands on the panel.
TeckWrap Black Cherry Ice spends most of its life looking almost black. Under cloud and in shade it holds a deep near-black plum, with the colour visible only along the edges of a panel. Direct sun changes that instantly: a magenta-violet band lifts along the shoulder and crown lines while the surrounding metal stays dark, so the car reads as black with a violet seam of light running through it. Golden hour warms that band toward wine-plum, and streetlight at night catches it as pure violet. Against a flat black wrap there is no comparison in movement, and against a bright purple it stays far more restrained.
Midnight Purple is collector territory now, priced accordingly and effectively unobtainable on anything modern. Black Cherry Ice puts that same near-black-to-violet behaviour on hot hatches, coupes, executive sedans, and EV builds, on a film you can take off again.
How TeckWrap compares
Cheap film won't last a season. Legacy brands charge a brand premium. TeckWrap sits in the middle: professional-grade film at an honest price.
The cheap way
Saves money up front, then bubbles, fades and cracks within a season.
Price per roll
✕$80 to $350 per roll. Cheap upfront, then you pay a shop to strip it.
Film construction
✕Monomeric calendered vinyl. Shrinks back off the edges within months.
Release liner
✕Paper liner. Curls in storage and telegraphs into the finish.
Adhesive system
✕Rubber based. Grabs on contact and leaves residue on removal.
Warranty and removal
✕None stated, or a term with nothing behind it.
Color and finish range
✕A short list of solids. Color drifts between production batches.
Professional-grade film at an honest price. Reversible, paint-safe, and color-shifting.
Price per roll
From $399 per roll, enough film to cover a standard sedan.
Film construction
High-grade polymeric multilayered hybrid vinyl with built in air release.
Release liner
Plastic PET release liner, holds the film tension flat for clean gloss off the roll.
Adhesive system
Henkel solvent acrylic. Repositions during install, peels back paint safe.
Warranty and removal
3 years vertical, rated by climate zone and panel. Claims paid.
Color and finish range
Over 220 colors in gloss, satin, matte, metallic, chrome, color shift.
See the finish in person before you commit.
The legacy way
Comparable film, but you pay a brand premium.
Price per roll
✕$600 to $900 or more per roll for the same coverage.
Film construction
–Comparable construction, priced as if the badge were a material.
Release liner
–Same plastic liner standard, at roughly double the roll price.
Adhesive system
–Same acrylic chemistry class, with a brand premium on top.
Warranty and removal
–Long headline term. Read the exclusion list before you trust it.
Color and finish range
✕Solid core range, thin on color shift and specialty finishes.