Color PPF
Specter
Specter is a tinted clear film: the paint still shows through, but darker and deeper. Grey Specter runs 60% light transmittance for a subtle shade; Black Specter runs 35% for a serious one. Both are 190 µm of real protection, not a cosmetic overlay.
- 7.5 mil / 190 µm
- Tinted gloss — Grey (60% VLT) or Black (35% VLT)
- 10-year warranty
- Self-healing
- 190 µm total thickness
- 7.5 mil
- Limited warranty
- 10 yr
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Buy Specter
Deepens the paint a shade or two and protects it, in one layer, at 7.5 mil.
- Deepening a factory color
- Roofs, pillars and mirror caps
- Two-tone builds
$200
Why this film
What Specter is for
Deepens the paint a shade or two and protects it, in one layer, at 7.5 mil.
Two shades, one film
Grey at 60% for a shift most people cannot name but can see. Black at 35% when the customer wants the car obviously darker.
Color change and protection in one layer
No wrap over PPF, no PPF over wrap. One film, one install, one warranty.
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.
Specification
Specter 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.
| Thickness | 190 µm / 7.5 milASTM D6988 |
|---|---|
| Finish | Tinted gloss — Grey (60% VLT) or Black (35% VLT) |
| 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 Specter differs
Specter is the only film in its family, so there is nothing in the HAUT range to compare it against directly — the comparison that matters is against whatever you are using today, and what this film is made to is in the table beside this.
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
Specter 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.