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Color Shift Purple Green Vinyl Wrap (RD19-HD) - 5ft x 16ft (1.52 x 5m) / Purple Green (RD19-HD) is backordered and will ship as soon as it is back in stock.
Color Shift Purple Green Vinyl Wrap (RD19-HD) - 5ft x 16ft (1.52 x 5m) / Purple Green (RD19-HD) is backordered and will ship as soon as it is back in stock.
Most chameleon films promise a shift and deliver two colours, and only in direct sun. The rest of the time they sit on the car as a dark, muddy nothing. TeckWrap Color Shift Purple Green carries the whole travel, violet, indigo, and teal are all present between the purple and the green, and the film holds a jewel tone even under cloud.
TeckWrap Purple Green reads by angle rather than by brightness. Stand square to a panel and it's a deep violet-purple. Let your eye travel along the flank and it moves through indigo into teal. At grazing angles the shoulder of a wing, the crown of a bonnet, the edge of a bumper, it lands on emerald, sometimes with a bronze-green cast. Under overcast skies it stays a dark jewel tone instead of collapsing to grey.
Factory colour-shift paint essentially does not exist. It amounts to three legendary limited runs, all decades old, all now carrying collector premiums, and nothing currently on sale from any manufacturer at any price offers it. Purple Green is the only realistic route to that finish on a modern car.
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.