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Did that last summer here in the desert with my 3. Wasn't fun. Overheat protection helps.
That's what I bought mine for. I think it takes a small edge off road noise.
Some folks put Thinsulate above it, for more sound deadening effect.
Some folks put Thinsulate above the sunshade for more noise dampening effect. That should block everything.
You might find a better material that will reflect more heat than Thinsulate.
But the Thinsulate is real light and the sunshade can't support much.
I also have the rear sunshade from Tesla and a removable foldable windshield one coming today (3rd party).
I have no tinting beyond factory.
Has anyone bought and installed the rear sunshade in addition to the front? I am considering buying the front one (partially because of darkening the inside of the car to reduce glare) but wondering if installing the rear one too would overall help keep it cooler inside so my Cabin Overheat Protection has an easier time of it.
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I have the rear shade but don't really like it. I'm sure it would help to keep the car cooler, but it sags and has some wrinkles in it and under certain lighting it limits rear visibility. I may install the front for hot summer weather and road trips, but don't really like it either, although the fit is much better than the rear.
We have the front one installed in our MS's pano area and feel it does cut down the glare a lot but never considered one for the rear liftgate. We removed our parcel shelf and kind of felt that it might be healthier for our car to have some visibility back there to prevent another expensive broken window. The rear glass is a longer area on both cars to cover so can see some sagging being a possibility. Doesn't the rear camera however kind of take care of any necessary rear visibility issues though?
Put it this way, good luck picking out a cop from the cars behind you with the sunshade in place. Not really safe to be looking at the rear camera while driving in my opinion. Rear visibility is not a strong point of the model 3 to begin with and the shade makes it worse.
I would be interested in a rear shade that only covered part of the glass, leaving the rear view open. My iphone sound app couldn't pick out a difference with shades on or off, but subjectively it seemed the frequencies may be slightly different with fewer sound reflections.
The front shade gives a bit of a strange visual effect which I don't particularly care for. Here is a picture of what I'm talking about:
The front shade gives a bit of a strange visual effect which I don't particularly care for. Here is a picture of what I'm talking about:
Eno Deb
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Agreed, I was disappointed with the rear shade for the same reasons. Tesla should have made it smaller, i.e. cover only the tinted part of the rear glass. This way it wouldn't impact rear visibility and probably wouldn't sag as much.
I really like the front one. Fits well, and really reduces glare and heat on the top of my head and forehead. I removed it during the gloomy season, but put it back in the other day since we are starting to get more sun in the Bay Area.
GuyFromGPT
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Eno Deb
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I don't think the shade will reduce the interior temperature by much if any (after all, it doesn't prevent the energy from getting into the car). What it does quite effectively is reduce glare when the sun is at certain angles, and prevent radiant heat from the roof when the glass gets hot, i.e. if you sometimes feel an unpleasant heat on the top of your head or forehead you'll probably find it useful.
Eno Deb
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If it's only the interior temperature that you are concerned about, I wouldn't worry about it too much. It's not worse than in any other car in my experience. I usually use the overheat protection in "fan only" mode to prevent the worst heat buildup when I park outside on hot days, and you can also conveniently turn on the A/C remotely before returning to the car.
Does it exhaust the heat with fan only or does it make it a great convection oven and just cook everything evenly?
Eno Deb
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Pretty sure it exhausts (although I haven't tried what happens if you turn on recirculation before leaving the car).
Kilotango74
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Actually it looks like the same material as the factory built in window shades on my BMW x5. They pull up from inside the rear passenger doors and cover the windows.Reminds me of the shade in my mother's Buick Enclave...
I'm still buying one.
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