What sunshade do you use?
04-26-16, 10:56 PM
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What sunshade do you use?
Im currently using a old cheap 2 piece sunshade by autozone but need to upgrade to a better one since summers coming up.
Im looking at a sunshade from cover craft but i have a radar detector installed on my rear view mirror and was afraid it would get the way.
They also have a roll up one but looks kinda cheap and flimsy....
If you have any suggestions let me know!!
Thanks
Im looking at a sunshade from cover craft but i have a radar detector installed on my rear view mirror and was afraid it would get the way.
They also have a roll up one but looks kinda cheap and flimsy....
If you have any suggestions let me know!!
Thanks
hahaha. I haven't been lucky enough to find anything either.
04-29-16, 08:47 AM
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05-01-16, 02:12 PM
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Just purchased a custom one on amazon here:
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05-02-16, 12:50 PM
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05-05-16, 10:58 AM
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my heat shield sunshield came. it looks as though it's really shiny foil or chrome or something and is flimsier than i was imagining, but i'm sure it will work really well. hopefully, anyway.
05-06-16, 05:57 AM
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I have 3m crystalline 80 % to 90 % ??(If I remember right. It is 3m's lightest tint. I have it on the windshield. It is almost clear and hard to tell if it is there. No problems at night and it actually cuts down on glares from oncoming traffic at night and bright sun. I still have a 3m darkest regular tint 10 inch strip on top of the windshield. The black strip across the top of the windshield sometimes looks different shades depending on the sun angle and at times looks "purple" at certain angle which I don't like. But I want it to function well, so it is ok with me.
The rest of the car all around has 3m Crystalline 40% which is the darkest Crystalline 3m makes. I park in the hot sun in the DEEP South where I work and it keeps the inside cool WITHOUT putting anything else on the windshield. BTW, inside has dark grey leather seats and black dash. The seats are no longer so hot to the point I could not sit down if I have shorts and the black leather steering wheel so hot to touch before the tint. This particular tint shop insisted on a doctor 's note for this "illegal " tint which was not a problem for me.
In retrospect, I probably would have gone with SolarGard ceramic tint which is what I did with my MB some years ago (minimum tint on the windshield 80% and I had real dark sides and back like 35%). Worked just a tad below the 3m Crystalline in terms of heat inside after parking out in the hot sun. The Solar Gard ceramic tint was about half the price. The color of the tint is spot on and very classy and does not change shades depending on the sunlight angle as you move around looking at the car like the 3m Crystalline. IDK, it may be the underlying glass color of Lexus windows and windshield? ??
Also I found the inside of car cools down very quickly even parked out in the hot sun after I start it. Worked very well.
Definitely worth the money to get it done. Not to mention the tint cuts out the UV rays and driver fatigue while driving in sunny weather AND at night too due to reduced glares from oncoming vehicles ' lights.
I have 3m crystalline 80 % to 90 % ??(If I remember right. It is 3m's lightest tint. I have it on the windshield. It is almost clear and hard to tell if it is there. No problems at night and it actually cuts down on glares from oncoming traffic at night and bright sun. I still have a 3m darkest regular tint 10 inch strip on top of the windshield. The black strip across the top of the windshield sometimes looks different shades depending on the sun angle and at times looks "purple" at certain angle which I don't like. But I want it to function well, so it is ok with me.
The rest of the car all around has 3m Crystalline 40% which is the darkest Crystalline 3m makes. I park in the hot sun in the DEEP South where I work and it keeps the inside cool WITHOUT putting anything else on the windshield. BTW, inside has dark grey leather seats and black dash. The seats are no longer so hot to the point I could not sit down if I have shorts and the black leather steering wheel so hot to touch before the tint. This particular tint shop insisted on a doctor 's note for this "illegal " tint which was not a problem for me.
In retrospect, I probably would have gone with SolarGard ceramic tint which is what I did with my MB some years ago (minimum tint on the windshield 80% and I had real dark sides and back like 35%). Worked just a tad below the 3m Crystalline in terms of heat inside after parking out in the hot sun. The Solar Gard ceramic tint was about half the price. The color of the tint is spot on and very classy and does not change shades depending on the sunlight angle as you move around looking at the car like the 3m Crystalline. IDK, it may be the underlying glass color of Lexus windows and windshield? ??
Also I found the inside of car cools down very quickly even parked out in the hot sun after I start it. Worked very well.
Definitely worth the money to get it done. Not to mention the tint cuts out the UV rays and driver fatigue while driving in sunny weather AND at night too due to reduced glares from oncoming vehicles ' lights.
Last edited by lexusrus; 05-06-16 at 06:01 AM.
05-06-16, 01:02 PM
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^^ i also have crystalline installed on all windows of the car, but it just doesn't cut it in the hot afternoon southern california sun. i have to use a windshield sunshade as well or it'll be boiling inside despite the crystalline tint.