Tesa Tape | Wire Loom Harness Tape Used By Mercedes BMW VW Audi

After using this tape for my recent head unit install, I can’t go back to using electric tape again. Although electric tape can be useful in many automotive applications, I have found it certain applications — such as wrapping wires under the engine bay — it gets very gooey easily and is a pain in the you know what to undo. This Tesa tape is very heat resistant (150 C or 302 F) and wrapped around itself very easily w/ no gooey mess left behind. This tape has been very useful when wrapping the amplifier power wire under the engine bay by that I ran from the + battery terminal post to the amplifier in the vehicle. Moreover, it give the installation a professional look. I have posted some pictures of my usage of this product and hope it helps give an idea of the possibilities of this tape.** Note **There are different models of Tesa tape so make sure to to get the one that fits your usage. For example, if you wanted to predominantly use this under your engine bay, then the “Tesa 51026 or 51036” would be great as they are heat resistant up too 302 F. But if you mainly want to use this in cooler temperatures — such as around the home or the passenger area of a vehicle — then the “Tesa 51608 or 51606” (which are cheaper) would more than suffice as they are heat resistant up too 221 F.

This is an excellent, high quality tape for wrapping harnesses and wires INSIDE the passenger compartment of a car NOT the engine bay. Use in an engine bay for harness wrapping is contrary to the manufacturers specified main application. This tape is specifically designed for use INSIDE the passenger compartment to provide flexibility and noise damping. For example, wrapping wires and harnesses that come in contact with metal or plastic areas that can cause rattles. This tape uses a rubber based adhesive with a temperature ceiling of 105 degrees C or 221 degrees F.Older and high performance car’s engine compartments can easily exceed this temperature. The rubber based adhesive can gum up and the ends of the tape will flag.If you are looking for tape that is specifically designed for operation within a high temperature automotive environment then look for tesa 51026 or 51036. Both use acrylic based adhesives with high abrasion and temperature resistance up to150 degrees C or 302 degrees F and no flagging. You can order these tapes on Amazon.The information below is from the manufacturer’s specification sheets.Product Featurestesa® 51608 is the universal tape for wire harness bundling in the passenger compartment. It combines important features as noise dampening, abrasion resistance, and bundling strength while keeping harnesses flexible supporting an easy harness assembly process at the OEM. tesa® 51608 a PET fleece wire harness tape with a rubber based adhesive that is optimized for manual application.Major Features:Noise dampeningAbrasion resistantFlexible and smoothTear resistantStable unwind forceAge-resistantStrong adhesionHand-tearableTemperature resistance 221 degrees F51026 Product Featurestesa® 51026 is a PET cloth wire harness tape with an acrylic based adhesive.Major Features:High temperature resistance 150°C/3000hHigh abrasion resistance51036 Product Featurestesa® 51036 is a PET cloth wire harness tape with an advanced acrylic adhesive “AAA”.Major Features:Flag resistantHigh temperature resistance 150°C/3000hHigh abrasion resistance(150 degrees C = 302 degrees F)

As a mobile DJ, I am constantly looking for ways to clean up my wiring and set up. In the past, I have used Gaffer Tape or Electrical tape to make my own “snakes”. A “Snake” is when you consolidate the wires needed for a particular piece of equipment (power cable, and speaker cable, etc). I would use the tape to create ONE cable run instead of two separate runs. Problem was – the electrical & gaffer table would eventually come undone and leave a messy residue on the very expensive cables. I found myself re-taping them several times a year.Out of frustration, I searched for a new option. I don’t remember how… but this particular Tape came up in the search. So far – so good! I would recommend using scissors or a razor blade to neatly cut the tape. Great Product.

This is the same stuff that is used in factories for wire looms. I’ve used this several times in my german cars when re-wrapping wire looms. It looks like factory and sticks soo much better than normal 3M super 88. I can’t see any reason why you’d use anything else. This is one of those things I wished I knew about years before I started using it.

Second roll I’ve bought! I’m rewiring a lot of stuff on a motorcycle and removing all the hard and soft plastic wire sleeves to repair broken wires and wrap in abrasion-resistant fabric split loom and have used this tape any place possible to close the split loom or wrap smaller wires in. It allows the split loom to maintain its flexibility. No gooey mess to deal with when it’s warm. It’s about impossible to get apart once stuck to itself. I actually found using a small cloth seam ripper and running it just under the tape cuts right through and no risk to wires below like if using a razor. For any wiring in areas exposed to direct rain/sun, I use the same mesh loom except it’s not split loom and heat shrink the ends to wiring. Awesome tape for its intended purpose.