Color PPF
Black Gloss
Black Gloss is color PPF: the depth of a fresh black respray with the impact layer of a protection film underneath. The factory paint comes out from under it unfaded, which is exactly why an owner chooses film over a repaint.
- Gloss black
- 10-year warranty
- Self-healing
- Limited warranty
- 10 yr
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Buy Black Gloss
A full color change that protects the paint underneath instead of hiding it.
- Full color changes
- Roofs and hoods
- Two-tone and accent work
$350
Why this film
What Black Gloss is for
A full color change that protects the paint underneath instead of hiding it.
Depth a vinyl wrap cannot reach
Color PPF is thicker and carries a real topcoat, so it reflects like paint rather than like a sticker.
Self-healing topcoat
The topcoat is an elastomeric, lightly crosslinked surface. Warm it and the polymer chains regain enough mobility for the network's own elasticity to pull a light swirl back out — the deformation was stored, not removed. Wash marks close instead of collecting into a season of haze.
Reversible
The paint underneath is protected the entire time the film is on, so the car can go back to factory color with its value intact.
Specification
Black Gloss by the numbers
The specification this film is made to — thickness and finish — and its warranty. Performance values publish here, with the ASTM method beside each, as the US laboratory report for this film comes in.
| Finish | Gloss black |
|---|---|
| Warranty | 10 years |
Thickness and finish are the specification each film is made to. Performance values — transmittance, tensile strength, elongation, adhesion, hardness, weathering — are being measured on the film sold in the United States at a US laboratory, to the ASTM methods listed on the test-methods page. A value is published for a film only once that film's report is in hand, with the method beside it. Until then the row is left out rather than filled in.
How Black Gloss differs
The film closest to Black Gloss in the range is Specter. Black Gloss is Gloss black; Specter is Tinted gloss — Grey (60% VLT) or Black (35% VLT). A full color change that protects the paint underneath instead of hiding it.
Every HAUT film carries a 10-year limited warranty against cracking, delamination, blistering and premature yellowing when it is installed by a certified shop. Registering it online is free and turns a claim years later into a record lookup — the full terms say what is covered and what is not.
Side by side
Black Gloss against the rest of the range
The same specification, side by side, for every film in this family.
| Film | ThicknessASTM D6988 | Finish | Warranty |
|---|---|---|---|
| SpecterTinted protection film — shade the paint without changing the color. | 7.5 mil · 190 µm | Tinted gloss — Grey (60% VLT) or Black (35% VLT) | 10 years |
| Black GlossWet-look gloss black color PPF. | — | Gloss black | 10 years |
| Black MatteFlat black color PPF for a stealth finish. | — | Matte black | 10 years |
| CarbonCarbon-weave texture under a clear topcoat. | — | Carbon weave, gloss topcoat | 10 years |
An em-dash means that film carries no specified value for the column, not that it performs badly. Thickness and finish are the specification each film is made to. Performance values — transmittance, tensile strength, elongation, adhesion, hardness, weathering — are being measured on the film sold in the United States at a US laboratory, to the ASTM methods listed on the test-methods page. A value is published for a film only once that film's report is in hand, with the method beside it. Until then the row is left out rather than filled in.
Get it installed
HAUT film is installed by certified shops only — that is what makes the 10-year warranty enforceable. Find one near you, or if you run a shop, apply to carry the line.