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Old 05-13-2018, 10:34 PM   #12 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by California98Civic View Post
The conductive tape is a new twist. Interesting. Did you see any testing data? Online, I found copper and carbon (black) conductive tape too. But all those are more expensive than aluminium, unspurprisingly.
https://www.tedpella.com/SEMmisc_html/SEMadhes.htm
No data that I've found; just a lot of subjective reviews (by Japanese auto writers) with the usual hyperbole (like this one and this one). However, I've seen multiple sources claim Toyota is actually using this tape method on the inside of underbody panels on production cars; if that's the case, it must do something. I'm going to make a point of checking at the next auto show I attend.

It's also worth noting that Toyota actually sells conductive tape as a Toyota Genuine Part.

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That's a good candidate for the military theme thread. They look like campaign stripes.
I already downloaded the decal images from that thread.
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