I'm having difficulty understanding the concern. Having a light interior would defeat one of the main reasons that I tint a car: Security and privacy. With a dark interior and proper tinting, it is all but impossible to see into the rear section of the car. With a light interior, it is quite easy (same reason that good travel bags are lined with light material even when the outside is dark). When inside of a tinted car, looking OUT, you almost forget that there is tint... just the glare is missing. Sort of like wearing dark glasses. I wouldn't have it any other way. I haven't had a light interior'ed car, nor an untinted one in 25 years.
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glass roof - production change (July 2018)?
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voip-ninja
Give me some sugar baby
And I say to each their own. Over 1/2 of my cars have had black interiors... I find that black interiors do get hotter in the summer time than lighter interiors. I also find that it's harder to keep up a black interior car since by the time I notice it's getting dirty it is actually filthy.
I also like the contrast and having something different than what 90% of drivers have.
My current car has a saddle brown interior... Love it, would get that or a cinnamon interior if Tesla offered it. Car before that had a blue-grey interior... still looked way better than black.
Tesla will be white. The only reason I resisted getting white is the $1500 extortion for the color and my wife thinks it's "too" white. She's a racist.
I'm not worried about someone noticing something in my car and breaking into it because I have a light interior... that's what the trunk/frunk and various storage compartments are for. Plus I find if you put a car seat in the back of the car it is a turn off to thievy thieves since they are worried about getting kid germs on them if they break into the vehicle.
Garlan Garner
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Its obviously clear to me that darker interiors ( car, house, brain....etc...lol) appear smaller in size than lighter more airy places. That's why companies are building as few walls inside of structures and vaulting ceilings to provide the more open and inviting environments. That's the whole reason why I have a white on white Model 3.
Its a preference not a concern.
Sure...if I needed to hide something inside my car on the seats or something.....then I would need to cover it up with something or get a dark tint. I never have to do that.
I disagree that tints are easy to get used to. One ALWAYS knows its there. Please let me know what kind of tint you have where you can almost forget its there.
This is the data this thread has been needing. It shows that the old orange glass and the new non-orange glass are thermally equivalent, validating Tesla's response.
super20g
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Does that test both IR and UV?
If so, then this is just an aesthetic issue it sounds like.
I just don't understand why they revised the back glass but not the roof glass...
My OCD really wants the roof and back glass to match, but I'll survive.
Does that test both IR and UV?
If so, then this is just an aesthetic issue it sounds like.
I just don't understand why they revised the back glass but not the roof glass...
My OCD really wants the roof and back glass to match, but I'll survive.
I think the meter I used is 400-1100 nm. So this is looking for IR and visible light. Cheap TES 1333 meter. Solar Power Meter TES-1333/TES-1333R|TES Electrical Electronic Corp.
More useful for solar panels etc... I thought the whole thread was about everyone thinking the orange blocked IR? Both the orange and non orange seem to block 97.5% of the solar energy in the 400-1100 nm range. I think that is pretty impressive for stock glass.
Thank you for doing that test. I hope that puts this issue to rest...
Absolutely.
Ewww. I tend to clean things somewhat regularly regardless. As white as I am, and as white as my car's paint will be, I'm way WAY not a light interior guy. Especially not white. Makes me feel a little too pretty...
Fair point. We all like being special.
Black interiors matter.
What works even better? Having a black dog in the black interior behind tinted glass, with the window down a couple of inches. I've witness a scumbag approach the car, try to peer in the 2-inch gap ('cause can't see in otherwise) and be greeting with a healthy, toothy bark from my lovely dog. He didn't stick around for the petting session.
And I think he still has the brown stain in his pants.
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Oh hell... we're way off subject now, aren't we? My last post on the interior/tint thread... I promise.
For the record, I wouldn't paint the interior of my house black...
Now back to the orange IR coating on the roof!
More airy, with fewer walls and higher ceilings... these don't make interiors *seem* larger. They *are* larger. If white also gives you that larger feeling, and you seek that larger feeling, then it's super that you're able to order white.
For the record, I wouldn't paint the interior of my house black...
Good to hear. Sounded like a concern... or at least awkward judgement about sitting in a cave.
Obviously this is 100% subjective, so there is room for more than one opinion and experience. It's truly the same way that I sometimes forget that I'm wearing my dark glasses (until I walk indoors and wonder why they don't turn the lights on). What "kind" of tint? It doesn't matter. I use 25% on the sides and 35% on the rear (because darker than that, I start to have difficulty seeing out the back at night). During the day, I absolutely forget that the car is tinted. If you are curious... these days I use 3M CS. It is difficult for me to enjoy being in an untinted vehicle, the same way that it is tough for me to be outside in bright sun without my dark glasses.
Now back to the orange IR coating on the roof!
Chris350
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Hasn't anyone indicated that this orange tint was removed due to the rear defroster causing causing distortion when it was activated?
I thought I read this somewhere.... indicating why this orange tint is being removed from later versions...
I thought I read this somewhere.... indicating why this orange tint is being removed from later versions...
super20g
Member
Great, now we gotta test and see if the rear defroster still causes distortion like the old glass.
diamond.g
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super20g
Member
People are still getting new production August - Sept builds with the old IR coated rear glass?
You get a tan from UV, the windshield, roof, and rear glass should all be laminated which should get rid of almost all UV radiation in the car from those pieces. Side windows usually aren't so there is a chance you'll be getting a tan on the left side of you face and left arm as you drive, depending on angle of the sun.
diamond.g
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