Does your sun roof turn your car into an oven?

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Mar 7, 2013 | 04:20 AM

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Meboko

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From: Brooksville, FL

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Originally Posted by christomapher

I find it kind of odd that people believe making a window darker in color (by means of tint) would reduce the amount of heat build up in the car. Black absorbs more heat because it captures all light wavelengths. If anything, a reflective film or those perforated decals (ideally light in color) that cut light transparency down significantly would allow less light and therefore heat to be absorbed and subsequently transferred into the car.

I'd never be able to go without a sunroof, though. It makes the car feel much more spacious.

Odd, perhaps, but it does work. While a lighter color or reflective tint might work slightly better (and not look as good, IMHO), the dark tint blocks the light from entering the car and heating up everything inside it. The windows, themselves, get warmer but the interior surfaces definitely do not. And...black is a very good color for radiating heat, so, the warmed up windows radiate heat back to the relatively cooler outside air. I thought long and hard about getting a car with a black roof here in FL but with the tint and windshield sunshade I don't notice it getting any hotter than my white pickup (likewise with tint and windshield sunshade.)

I agree about the sunroof, tho........I like mine.