Has anyone found a reliable double sided tape or velcro that will stick to textured surfaces inside cars like dashboards please? Despite cleaning the surface with meth I still find bits drop off after a while, I am fitting a new dash cam and want to put the rear view camera on the hard plastic trim (edge of the head lining) above the rear screen. Even wondered about silicone which will grip in the dips in the textured surface rather than just the tops of the bumps!
Might better to used doubled sided foam pads or velcro pads, various sizes colour & thickness, can get them from a good craft shop like Hobbycraft, sister uses them in a craft making. http://www.hobbycraft.co.uk/velcro-...trips-white-50mm-x-100mm-x-2-sets/573889-1001 Not sure if they do heavey duty foam pads, as the one they stock are for crafts so light duty.
As KIAB says - and the pads for sticking rear-view mirrors tend to be pretty strong. Try your local car accessory place. Failing that... STIXALL (Abrade the surfaces first, to be sure to be sure.)
Thanks guys, not sure about squirting Stixall over me new car though! Guess what it's a VW! At the moment feeling smug because I went for petrol , just waiting to find out if they were messing with them too!
How about a 4" nail. Or if you might need to remove it a 4" screw? Seriously the pads would be the best bet.
Wonder if it might be possible to wrap a thin strap right around the trim if you can access the edges and get the strap behind. Then find some way to attach the camera to the strap. Maybe 2 straps aound the trim, and a couple of similar shorter straps around them and the camera base for attaching tightly. Mr. HandyAndy - Really
I now have 3" of a cut nail sticking out of my car roof, does anyone know if that will be an MOT fail when it comes around?
Well I tried the stick on pad that came with it (thought I might as well give it a try) as expected it dropped off two days later, before I had even driven the car! It is now sitting wedged to the roof with some thin wooden stakes holding it in place while the silicone dries (just love Fernox LSX the pride of my toolbox!) stay tuned for more breathtaking developments folks!
Took the supports away it fell off! I reckon VW have teflon coated their plastic, perhaps it was overspray from treating their management. Oh dear! Of course it was a couple of rogue programmers fault! Now on to self adhesive velcro, well it stayed on for a trip to the garden centre this afternoon that's a start.
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