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Color Shift Crazy Grape Vinyl Wrap (RD18-HD) - 5ft x 16ft (1.52 x 5m) / Crazy Grape ( RD18-HD ) is backordered and will ship as soon as it is back in stock.
Color Shift Crazy Grape Vinyl Wrap (RD18-HD) - 5ft x 16ft (1.52 x 5m) / Crazy Grape ( RD18-HD ) is backordered and will ship as soon as it is back in stock.
Purple-to-green color shifts usually settle on one winner, letting the other fade into memory. TeckWrap’s Crazy Grape breaks that pattern, bringing blue, green, and gold into the mix as the viewing angle changes.
Crazy Grape starts with a deep grape-purple base touched by blue and plum. Change the angle and royal violet begins to surface, followed by flashes of emerald green and subtle gold. Direct sunlight makes these tones brighter. Generic color-shift films treat gold as an afterthought, a faint sparkle buried under the main color. Here it shows up as an actual seam, the visible line where violet is finishing its handoff to green.
Porsche and Lamborghini each committed their factory palette to one shade at a time, purple or green, never both from the same panel. Crazy Grape runs the full range, gold flash included, on any car that never got the option.
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.