Automotive wiring loom tape. - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: GK
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 14, 2016, 12:49:51 pm
content: Does anyone know a place here in OZ where I can buy this (or similar high-temp PET cloth tape):http://www.tesa.com/industry/automotive/electrical_systems/wire_harnessing/tesa_51006,i.html..... before I recourse to a potentially dodgy overseas ebay seller.

author: ericloewe
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: March 14, 2016, 02:53:47 pm
content: Do you have a good relationship with your dealership's people? If so, ask them if they can spare a roll next time you take your car in for something.Make sure they actually use it, though. You'd feel mighty silly asking and then finding out that they don't.

author: Halcyon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: March 14, 2016, 07:00:39 pm
content: Try Amazon, I've purchased 3M adhesive products from there which were difficult to source in Australia. Other than that, you could try contacting the company directly to enquire about local resellers.

author: GK
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 16, 2016, 01:05:27 pm
content: Hmm, I think I'll give Amazon a try. You'd think you would be able to buy such tape at any serious auto parts store - well, pigs arse, as it transpires. Ask and you will just get flogged crappy (read Nitto brand) PVC electrical tape, because that's what the "professionals" use.

author: SeanB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 16, 2016, 06:28:18 pm
content: In certain vintage cars the nitto tape is the one to use, it matches the original tape ( well 3M black tape actually matches but the nitto is easier to buy) well enough that I installed an immobiliser in a car which a while later went in to a panelbeater to fix accident damage.They pushed it for 2 weeks, and could not find where I had spliced in the immobiliser, or the control box, or the hidden disable switch. Even had an auto electrician, and he swore the entire wiring loom was as it came from the factory, and there was no immobiliser but some other fault, and to call him to fix it when the panels and paint were finished. Friend came to do the inspection of the panel work and got told this, and walked to the vehicle, got in and started it immediately......

author: GK
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 16, 2016, 10:56:16 pm
content: Regular PVC electrical tape isn't suitable for the engine bay looms. Nitto seems to have market dominance here - all the auto parts places stock the same junk. The last pack of rolls I bought had adhesive properties on par with cling wrap. You could wrap an under-dash loom with it but after 6 months it will have unwrapped itself (as mine did). I threw the remaining rolls into the bin. I can get decent PVC electrical tape here only at electrical wholesalers.

author: Galenbo
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 19, 2016, 11:53:43 am
content: In central Europe, there is a brand and chain of shops called Wurthhttp://www.wuerth.com/web/en/wuerthcom/portal/portalseite.phpThey are not known for being cheap, and also have a number of sellers that visit the repair shops.They have such things. They also have for example wiring in all possible colour combinations. I needed black with a red line.Maybe there is a shop in your area?