Can You Use Double-Sided Mounting Tape on Car Interiors?

Versatile, strong and reliable, double-sided mounting tapes are an essential part of any body shop toolkit. While they’re often used to secure external fixtures, you might not have realised just how useful they can be for mounting and fixing interior car fixtures such as trims and mirrors. So, here, we’ll give you our product recommendations and what interior mounting jobs they’re best suited for.

Can you use double-sided tape on car interiors?

The short answer? Yes – you can use double-sided automotive tape on car interiors. But for some applications, double-sided tapes with different features might work best which is why we’re showing you our top recommended variations here.

Of course, it’s always worth being careful with automotive tape applications and ensuring everything is securely attached. If you fail to mount internal fixtures properly, you could be putting customers at risk since mirrors, trims and anything else attached could fall. With the tapes featured here and proper application, this shouldn’t be an issue though.

Best double-sided tapes for car interiors

Grey Double-Sided Acrylic Tape

Our Grey Double-Sided Acrylic Tape provides high-tack and high-strength performance with an acrylic adhesive, making it perfect for internal fixings. Whether you’re working with plastics, metals, or anything in between, this versatile double-sided tape offers excellent durability to ensure that you can confidently mount anything, and it’ll stay in place.

High Strength Acrylic Tape

Looking for a double-sided automotive tape that provides strong permanent adhesion without being visible? JTAPE’s High Strength Clear Acrylic Tape is a high-strength tape featuring adhesive on either side, which makes it ideal for mounting interior fixtures such as car mirrors. Thanks to its varying widths available, it can also be applied to fixtures without being visible.

Double-Sided Mounting Tape

JTAPE Double-Sided Mounting Tape features a heavy-duty adhesive that’s age, chemical, UV, heat and weather resistant. This makes it perfect for permanently attaching everything from trims to mirrors without the need for drilling or screws. Instead, you can achieve a clean finish with the unseen adhesive.

 Uses for double-sided mounting tapes on car interiors

So, what can double-sided mounting tape be used for on car interiors? Here are a few of the tasks this high-strength automotive tape can help most with, from securing interior mirrors to attaching interior trim components. 

Interior car mirror mounting

Double-sided mounting tapes are also an excellent choice for interior car mirror mounting. Whether you’re replacing a broken rear-view mirror or re-mounting glass that has loosened or fallen out, these tapes can make sure that the glass stays in place no matter what.

We recommend using our High Strength Acrylic Tape for this job because of its excellent durability and strength. To attach an interior car mirror using this double-sided mounting tape, follow the three simple steps below:

• Clean the backing plate & remove the old glass if necessary: If the old glass is still in place either fully or partially, this will need to be carefully removed using a metal or plastic scraper. Lodge this underneath the glass to loosen it from the backing plate. Once you’ve removed it, the backing plate should be thoroughly cleaned with rubbing alcohol and a clean cloth to make sure no dirt, oil or adhesive residue remains.
• Apply the tape: Cut two or three strips of our High-Strength Acrylic Tape and apply these vertically on the left right and middle of the back of your new mirror. Once you’re happy with the placement, you can remove the protective release liner to reveal the double-sided adhesive.
• Secure it in place: Press the interior mirror glass to the backing plate, making sure to apply pressure over any areas with tape. This will ensure you achieve a strong bond.

Bonding interior car trim components

Reattaching interior trim components that have become loose? Adding some personal touches with custom trims for a customer? We recommend using Grey Double-Sided Acrylic Tape which is not only good for attaching interior car trim components, but it’s also ideal for mounting external trim parts. This high-tack adhesive can provide an excellent bond, which means that it can be trusted not to loosen and compromise the safety of your customers when they’re driving.

Again, the application process is simple and easy since it doesn’t require any drilling or screwing. It’s also worth noting that if you’re removing and replacing an interior trim component, you’ll need to remove this first which might involve locating screws or fastenings and loosening these accordingly. If you’re simply attaching a new glovebox, pillar trim or other plastic interior trim part, you can go straight in and clean the area with rubbing alcohol and a clean cloth to remove any dust, dirt or debris.

Once the area is clean, you can cut and apply Grey Double-Sided Acrylic Tape to the back of the trim component wherever it will bond to the car’s interior. You should apply as many pieces of tape as necessary to make sure the bond will be safe and secure. When you’re happy that you’ve added enough tape and placed it correctly, you can remove the protective release liner and expose the double-sided adhesive ready to bond to the car’s interior. The final step is to attach the piece of trim and press down firmly where the tape has been applied to secure it.

Whether you’re new to the automotive industry or simply want to improve the services you offer to customers, we hope this guide has helped you learn a thing or two about using double-sided tapes on car interiors. Discover our full range of JTAPE Mounting Tapes, and be sure to check our blog for more advice and insights.