Is there a brand of sunshade that fits/works well in your sedan?
To try to keep my car cool in the summer and save my dash I have been using some universal sunshades that fold up to store well, but do not fit the best. I don't really see any specific sunshades for our cars. I was just wondering for those of use that use sunshades- which ones are good and which ones are garbage before I order one? They seem to range quite a bit in price. Thanks!
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Thanks Rochester. You still use that one and like it? It sounds like the cover gets pretty hot. Do you have to put down the visors to hold it in place?
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Originally Posted by 4DRZ
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Thanks Rochester. You still use that one and like it? It sounds like the cover gets pretty hot. Do you have to put down the visors to hold it in place?
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Does it make a big difference? I had a generic bendy / fabric one and it was junk... threw it out.
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Originally Posted by Rochester
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Still have it, still use it in the summer. Wife's car too. Yes, the visors keep it in place. The fitment is OEM perfect, and the build quality is excellent. Highly recommend it.
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11$ at wally world....few color choices if silver is not your thing and it works as well as anything out there ....i mean it blocks the sun...voila ...had mine for 2 summers and it started to wear out a bit...but that's FL summer...pretty much April to October lol...so a lot of use...so for price bought another ...unless it's got a solar type cooling fan or some other gizmo...its just a barrier and not worth spending much on achieving basically the same result...
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Originally Posted by 4DRZ
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That's good news. Do you ever use it for a full 8-12 hour day in the sun? I'm only asking because it sounds like a number of people say it gets super hot to the touch.
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Weathertech makes a nice shade too. I have one for my G coupe and my Q50, fits great, has a reflective side for the summer and a black side to attract heat in the cold winter months (this is what attracted me away from covercraft).I leave it up in the hot sun during the entire daylight hours. It does its job and when I take it down its not hot, it's barely even warm.
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I got some twist and pop style shades from Pep Boys. They cost about $10. They are not custom fit obviously, but good enough for me. They are about 2 years old and so far holding up very well.
I chose these mainly because when they are folded, i can fit them in the mesh pocket behind the front seats. |
Originally Posted by KidJai06
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Weathertech makes a nice shade too. I have one for my G coupe and my Q50, fits great, has a reflective side for the summer and a black side to attract heat in the cold winter months (this is what attracted me away from covercraft).I leave it up in the hot sun during the entire daylight hours. It does its job and when I take it down its not hot, it's barely even warm.
Originally Posted by antirice
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I got some twist and pop style shades from Pep Boys. They cost about $10. They are not custom fit obviously, but good enough for me. They are about 2 years old and so far holding up very well.
I chose these mainly because when they are folded, i can fit them in the mesh pocket behind the front seats. https://themecountry.com/wp-content/...B00EIRAB78.png |
Originally Posted by 4DRZ
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How do you use the black side to attract heat in the winter?
Originally Posted by 4DRZ
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This sounds like what I use now. Small silver square-ish discs with wire around them (see below) so they twist and fold up to about half their normal size for storage.
Then I use the Covercraft shades in my car or my wife's, and it's so easy because the fitment is perfect. |
Originally Posted by Rochester
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Turn them around, black-side facing out.
Originally Posted by Rochester
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We have a pair of those in my kid's Sentra. OMG, I can't hate on those things enough whenever I'm forced to drive her car in the summer. It's way too much bother to fold them up proper and tuck them away somewhere, so they just get thrown in the back seat. And the coverage sucks, it's almost impossible to get them properly situated between the mirror and the visors. About the only good thing I can say is they're better than nothing.
Then I use the Covercraft shades in my car or my wife's, and it's so easy because the fitment is perfect. |
Originally Posted by 4DRZ
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Why would you want to do that? It wouldn't really heat the car much.
Originally Posted by 4DRZ
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That's strange. I just toss them in the trunk. I only fold them up in the fall when I am done using them for the year.
Originally Posted by 4DRZ
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Looking at the pictures it seems like mine provide a little bit better coverage than the "cut to fit" ones do.
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Originally Posted by Rochester
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Which means accessing the trunk to use them, and accessing the trunk to put them away, hence the inconvenience. If I left my shade in the trunk over the summer, odds are I'd never bother getting it out. But I'm not you and vise versa.
These things take just enough time to put up and take down that it is a bit of a hassle every time it is hot and sunny outside. My wife's Maxima has a power sunshade for the back seat. This got me thinking that a cool feature for new cars would be a power sunshade that automatically went up to cover the windshield once the cabin reached a certain temp. It could even have solar panels on it to trickle charge the battery or run the A/C like the sunroof in the old Mazda 929. There's my next million dollar idea. Help me get it into production so we can retire. :icon38: |
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