07-16-2015, 09:45 AM | #1 |
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my most ghetto, but favorite addition to my car
My car gets hot. Park in a huge concrete lot every day for work, and no shade.
Black car, black leather...not pleasant to get into each afternoon in this TX heat, even with tinted windows and a windshield shade. So...I came across THESE on ebay. Unable to spend $100 for some shades, I diy'd em. Literally, a box, a knife, some tape, few sheets of white paper, and 2 suction cups. Had all that in the garage. 45 min later I had these bad boys put together. Don't have before/after temps inside the car, but it is significantly cooler now! Looks like shit, so I'll eventually 'pretty' em up, but hey, they work!!! |
07-16-2015, 09:48 AM | #2 |
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Good idea. What do you do for the rear window?
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07-16-2015, 09:59 AM | #3 |
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07-16-2015, 10:04 AM | #4 |
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Well, rear/backseat windows aren't as much of a concern. They're blacked out with 5% tint, and I park, intentionally, with the front of the car facing west, and rear facing east.
So, the early day sun hits the interior, and I'm sure I get heat from that, but I decided that it wasn't worth the effort to crawl in the back every day to put up a shade. That would be a super pain in the backside. I'm sure it would help, but the benefit didn't seem worth the time...not to mention that this was a "hey let's see how it works, nothing bad could come from it" type of impulse thing. |
07-16-2015, 10:31 AM | #5 |
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Isn't it hard to see out of while driving??
I like it good idea.
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07-16-2015, 11:24 AM | #6 |
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another idea to go along with your shades......before you get out of your car, turn on the A/C FULL BLAST, FAN ON HIGH, COLD as it will go.......then use your FOB and start the car a few minutes before go leave.....or if you park a ways off.....start it as soon as you get it range. I know it helps.....as I'm in South Texas and its frickin HOT!!
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07-16-2015, 11:28 AM | #7 |
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Would leaving sunroof a bit open if you have help also
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07-16-2015, 11:39 AM | #8 |
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OnStar app, please start my car with the A/C on full blast, 5 minutes before I get in.
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07-16-2015, 12:12 PM | #9 |
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07-16-2015, 12:50 PM | #10 | |
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07-16-2015, 12:52 PM | #11 |
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i would get tired of the marks left behind from the suction cups
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07-16-2015, 01:31 PM | #12 |
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Hot? Sun? What are these things you speak of?
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07-16-2015, 02:42 PM | #13 |
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Thug Life.
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07-16-2015, 02:42 PM | #14 |
Let's go Rangers!
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