#Car interior Velcro mount

19 messages · Page 1 of 1 (latest)

woven merlin
#

I'm thinking of using Velcro to attach some gear along the interior roof of my car using Velcro or something similar. Catch is the cloth lining. It has a decent bit of tooth to it and very short fabric grain but logic is telling me a simple adhesive backed Velcro strip will fall off in no time and I can't really sew it on either

Any suggestions for alternatives or better attaching methods? I was considering a sort of thermo set glue that could be ironed on with the Velcro strips as having a better bond but I'm not sure.

sage shell
#

Maybe magnets if the roof is metal and close enough. Though anything attached non permanently has a high likely hood of turning into a projectile if there's an accident.

silk ridge
#

If whatever you're attaching to the velcro has much weight to it, the headliner will rip right off the insulation and off the roof. It's just the automotive equivalent of Super77 up there. Rare earth magnets might do the trick.

woven merlin
#

About the weight of a rasberry pi in a case

woven merlin
#

So I found some 4 inch wide velcro and thermo tape on Amazon. Should be enough to hold the item up easily. But. I had a great idea after in that it is clearly mounted to some sort of plastic liner in the back. I'm going to carefully drill some holes in each corner of the velcro patch and pop rivet it to the plastic backer for added support. Shouldn't have any chance of pulling away then

sage shell
#

At that point you might as well just add rivet nuts and make it screw in instead of velcro

woven merlin
#

Hmmmm. Go oooon

#

But also I don't want to buy the tool for it and getting them to align might be a pain

rare pumice
stoic hazel
#

You could cut away the headliner and scape away to metal and put your velcro or vhb on that.

woven merlin
woven merlin
#

that flat ridge between the two sun shades is where I am looking to toss it

rare pumice
#

If you get off the speaker?, drill a small hole were you wanna put it and then you might be able to get a screw with a washer sticking down from the top. This way you can mount whatever with a nut

silk ridge
#

Bury it in the dash somewhere? Velcro it under the center console maybe.

woven merlin
#

Got buttons on it I need access to. Can't really just hide it. It's a controller for emergency warning lights

tribal solar
#

@woven merlin Yep, don't use normal Velcro, use Hook & Loop it's more durable.

woven merlin
#

I'm sourcing a rivnut setter actually. The Velcro or whatever might still get used elsewhere