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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / General Car Topics / March 2008Highly Reflective Tape
I wanted to get black and yellow striped tape for the back of my CRV. Can anyone recommend any cost-effective products of good quality and is highly reflective - something from personal experience perhaps. They say this cuts down on rear-end collisions on tractor-trailers. I would assume this would have the same effect for me as well. My CRV has black plastic bumpers so I am not worried about the adhesive. >I wanted to get black and yellow striped tape for the back of my CRV. >Can anyone recommend any cost-effective products of good quality and is >highly reflective - something from personal experience perhaps. They say >this cuts down on rear-end collisions on tractor-trailers. I would >assume this would have the same effect for me as well. My CRV has black >plastic bumpers so I am not worried about the adhesive. Other than common sense, will this really work, statistics wise? thanks, tom ************************ Our Sites ************************************* http://www.CarFleaMarket.com - Auto Classifieds. http://www.FindMeShelter.com - Post Free Text House Ads. http://www.PeekABooLinks.com - Adults Only! Free Galleries. http://www.VoyeurJunction.com - Adults Only! Free Galleries. ************************************************************************* Well if done right I can't hurt, and might actually look nice... > >I wanted to get black and yellow striped tape for the back of my CRV. > >Can anyone recommend any cost-effective products of good quality and is [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > http://www.VoyeurJunction.com - Adults Only! Free Galleries. > ************************************************************************* Try Grainger. http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/productdetail.jsp?xi=xi&ItemId=1611575623&ccitem We use this on industrial lifts for the same reasons. Brian > I wanted to get black and yellow striped tape for the back of my CRV. > Can anyone recommend any cost-effective products of good quality and is > highly reflective - something from personal experience perhaps. They say > this cuts down on rear-end collisions on tractor-trailers. I would > assume this would have the same effect for me as well. My CRV has black > plastic bumpers so I am not worried about the adhesive. > I wanted to get black and yellow striped tape for the back of my CRV. The stuff on trucks, known as "conspicuity tape," comes in various special purpose colors, but the kind you usually see has alternating red and silver blocks, or (at some positions) just silver. It typically comes in long rolls or packaged strips about a foot long, in a two inch width. Department of Transportation puts minimum requirements on where it has to be deployed on what sorts of commercial trucks. You can pick it up at truck stops or some hardware stores, as well as safety-product houses. From what I've read, a study indicated that it has made about a 15% decrease in rear and side collisions with big trucks. I've also put it in discreet places around my cars, like the jamb side of doors and the underside of the trunk lid. The precise thing you want is called "hazard stripe tape" and is harder to find but available. Here is one source: http://www.mutualindustries.com/truck/html/barricade.html Or try whatever industrial safety houses you like. Note that even the ubiquitously available consumer grade reflector tape, never mind this industrial stuff, is meant to stick hard and stay stuck, so this is a job to think through, walk through without removing the backing, and then do right the first time. Best of luck, --Joe >> I wanted to get black and yellow striped tape for the back of my CRV. > [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] >Best of luck, >--Joe This might be crazy or too much, but is there more stylish solutions? Example body paint? Example, a stylish color paint that goes over the just the bumpers, that are reflective at night? Maybe a paint that is on the car that makes it glow at night? :) I just know putting that tape on plastic parts will cause it dry, crack and peal off and just leave dirty adhesive residue behind. thanks, tom ************************ Our Sites ************************************* http://www.CarFleaMarket.com - Auto Classifieds. http://www.FindMeShelter.com - Post Free Text House Ads. http://www.PeekABooLinks.com - Adults Only! Free Galleries. http://www.VoyeurJunction.com - Adults Only! Free Galleries. ************************************************************************* Do a search for '3M.' They will sell you whatever you want. mike hunt Roughly 5/24/04 12:23, MikeHunt@lycos.com's monkeys randomly typed: > Do a search for '3M.' They will sell you whatever you want. The really reflective stuff used to go by the tradename of ScotchLite, has glass like beading on the surface. Would be surprised if there were not generic equivalents.  SignatureMe human. You Computer. Me have BFH. You have fragile parts. You behave. While I think about it, Check at Galls, they are a police supplier, and sell Decal kits, If I recal correctly they had some rolls of Tape, if you get one that closely resembles your paint it might be hard to see unless it gets lit up, then it would be reflective. > Roughly 5/24/04 12:23, MikeHunt@lycos.com's monkeys randomly typed: > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > ScotchLite, has glass like beading on the surface. Would be > surprised if there were not generic equivalents. Reflexite is the company that developed and pattented the reflective material that uses embossed corner cube reflectors and is more efficient than the ScotchLite material (and more expensive). Used extensively on safety vests and traffic cone rings. Pete C. > While I think about it, Check at Galls, they are a police supplier, and sell > Decal kits, If I recal correctly they had some rolls of Tape, if you get one [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > -- > > Me human. You Computer. Me have BFH. You have fragile parts. You behave. > Reflexite is material that uses embossed corner cube reflectors and is > more efficient than the ScotchLite material (and more expensive). Well...no. All the companies that make retroreflective adhesive sheeting -- 3M, Avery-Dennison and one or another Japanese company are the big 3 -- make *numerous* different grades of material with different technologies including glass beads in the lower type numbers and corner cubes in the others; there is no such thing as "the [single] ScotchLite material". The grades are designated by ASTM category numbers, current types are I through IX. The characteristics of each type are *different*; I and II are the oldest and not super great, but categories III through IX are all different, not necessarily better. It's important to know the parameters of the task -- angle range of incidence, angle range of view, required retroreflectivity coefficient -- to pick the right material. DS The reflective tape I use is at www.streetglo.net/reflective.tape They have all colors of reflective tape and they make reflective pinstripe too. I took some 1/2" tape and put a strip of 1/8" tape down thru the middle as a cool decorative effect on my car. It looks like factory installed pinstripe. Streetglo has all sizes and the tape is brigher than the retroreflectors on the car. I think you will like it. LM The reflective tape I use is at www.streetglo.net/reflective.tape They have all colors of reflective tape and they make reflective pinstripe too. I took some 1/2" tape and put a strip of 1/8" tape down thru the middle as a cool decorative effect on my car. It looks like factory installed pinstripe. Streetglo has all sizes and the tape is brigher than the retroreflectors on the car. I think you will like it. LM I forgot to mention. You can also go with reflective car graphic kits too. If you want something more than ordinary tape, try some designs or even decorative reflective decals. The decals can be seen here: http://www.streetglo.net or th graphics here: http://www.streetglo.net/streetglo_files/page0013.htm I forgot to mention. You can also go with reflective car graphic kits too. If you want something more than ordinary tape, try some designs or even decorative reflective decals. The decals can be seen here: http://www.streetglo.net or th graphics here: http://www.streetglo.net/streetglo_files/page0013.htm >I forgot to mention. > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >or th graphics here: >http://www.streetglo.net/streetglo_files/page0013.htm Go away, spammer. Check out Auto Skinz Online Now and Save 30% on Select designs. Hiqh Quality digitally printed auto graphic kits for any vehicle. Many different designs and sizes to choose from. Made from easy to apply vinyl anybody can do it. http://www.autoskinzonline.com
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