Yup, I painted the roof of our dark grey GL Pastel White before our long trip to Wyoming a few years ago. Made a big difference then and still does. When I put my hand on the roof versus on the door its always much cooler. There's a reason that all the cars sold in the southwest in the sixties had white roofs. On 6/27/07, Thor Svenson <syncromonster@gmail.com> wrote: > > paint the top white or silver? tint is for glass, wont adhere well on a > roof > > thor > > Ken Wilford wrote: > > What I would like to know is if anyone has tried putting something > > reflective on the roof of the van and if so did it help? I have been > > thinking about trying to put either aluminum tape on the roof of my > > van or maybe something like the "b-quiet" material. My idea is that > > this should reflect most of the heat that the dark paint of my vans > > is now absorbing. I have two Carat Vanagons that we use. >
-- Jake 1984 Vanagon GL 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie" www.crescentbeachguitar.com |
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