I was just outside in my RX-7. I have a black interior, go me. Its very nice and cool outside, but its hot as hell inside my RX-7. WTF? Screw you black interior!

So I was just thinking, are Tan interiors cooler because they don't absorb as much heat? Anyone have an opinion on this or notice this? Or is the heat from the RX-7 getting to me?

 

yes they are to some degree, i think there was a myth busters about it too

 

No, mythbusters on did a test on the exterior color of a car.

Although it was discussed on the Mythbusters message board that an interior color test would be very interesting, it could not be justified because most consumer cars do not come with a lot of interior color options, but all cars come with exerior color options.

 

I have some tan/brown combo interior for sale.







comes w/ matching center console and visors.

they are in very very very good condition. just needs minor cleaning since it's just sitting on garage collecting dust... lol

https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...7&page=2&pp=15

 

To be technical about it, the tan reflects more light (heat is a form of light essentially) than black, so yes tan surfaces would be cooler. Having had a brown car with a mostly vinyl tan interior, however, I can tell you that tan still gets crazy hot on a hot day. And vinyl sticks to your skin when hot. Not fun.

As for the inside air temp, it's the glass in your car that makes a difference. To keep it simple, the glass in your car basically traps some of the heat that enters while letting the visible light go right through. Thus, the air in the car heats up. It's the same reason greenhouses work so well.

So if you REALLY want to make a difference, get some quality window tinting done, even a little bit should make a noticeable difference.

 

Those foldable shades that you put in your windshield get a thumbs up from me, even though they look goofy

 

I'd do that, but they do look goofy, and the presence of a hatch pretty much nullify the shade in the windshield

 

My louver, keeps the car cooler, and a sunvisor.


its warm, but its not HOT like it use to be.

 

I think they are prettier!!

 

Yes, but tan exteriors are better.

 

Buy two, and find some way to support it between the hatch struts.

 

Go for cloth instead of vinyl or leather interior

 

Yeh. like the "cloth" interiors I've got on my 84 GSLs, they are they way to gp for white or tan cars.





Ray

 

Here in Texas, people fight over the shaded spot in the back of the parking lot rather then that close up spot. A bit of shade makes a world of difference. Get window tint if you can. If you can't, reflecting at least SOME of those rays will make a difference. Get some of those goofy looking sunshades set up in your front window and watch a decrease in temps.

 

buy a airconditioner and a inverter leave it running with some sun panels set the timmer on the aircon so it goes for 30min before u finish work


or just buy some tinting and one windscreen cover with a rotor picture then it wont look goofy

 

how much would the total be if you were to ship those bad boys to canada.
i have brown interior adn my leather chairs are missing foam and are all ripped

 

It's hard to find good leather seats, especially down here in the south where the sun wrecks interiors. You may have better luck up there in Canada, where the sun is not so hot and the temperatures do a better job of preserving things.

One way to do it is to assemble seats from the good parts harvested from several different seats with different flaws, that's how I did my brown ones.

But contrary to popular belief, the leather is not uncomfortable in hot or cold weather. In fact, the fit and comfort of leather gives the ultimate driving experience, in my opinion (the red leather seats replaced the original red velour seats, which were nice but not as comfortable).

I think what does make a difference is having a white, tan or silver exterior, my white 84 GSL sits in an unshaded Atlanta parking lot all day at work, without sunshields or other cooling devices, and I just put down the windows, raise the sun roof and go.

Ray