HeatShield sun shade

[ICPete]

I'm looking for a quality sun shade to put in my windshield while my truck bakes in the Arizona sun all winter.

I came across the HeatShield company who makes one for the Gen 2 VNL Volvo trucks. I corresponded with the factory and was told that model is about 29.25" tall by about 80" wide (tapering to narrower near the top).

I measured my Gen 1 windshield as about 27.25" tall by about 76" wide, tapering to about 74" wide near the top; adding an inch due to the curve of the glass, the proper width would appear to be about 77", tapering to 75" near the top.

Before I order the HeatShield to these dimensions, would someone having a Gen 2 Volvo please measure the straight-across width of your windshield (interior side), near the bottom and near the top? (IOW, don't try to make your tape measure follow the curve of the glass-- just measure straight across, to compare apples to apples)

 

I want to make sure they don't purposely make it oversize; plus I'm now curious whether the Gen 2 windshield is really that much bigger than the Gen 1!

[HERO Maker]

Oversize should probably be better than too short! How is the mfgr. measuring it?

[SIBERNUT]

You're putting it outside, right? Inside, the heat is already thru the glass. I make these all the time for boats. Most of mine are 90% sun reduction mesh, so you can see out but not in. And incidentally, that's what I make my slide toppers out of. No pond, no flap, & that's no s*** !

[Sculptor]

I have access to cad data and I can measure it that way if you still need it.

[crazybanshee]

I use the Heatshield one in my truck and they fit great.

[Ronbo]

Sibernut have you ever been in an area where it freezes? I need to replace my slide toppers and am considering the mesh but we occasionally go visit the kids and it gets a freezing rain. I can envision not being able to roll it up.

[jkoenig24]

Cee Bailey make sun shades for aircraft and some cars. I had a set for a Toyota Sienna minivan I used to have and LOVED them! They're basically just the aluminum clad bubble wrap that can be bought in 25' rolls at Lowes / Home Depot. Cee Bailey had a nice fabric piping sewn onto the edges and included a nylon bag to hold the rolled up shades when they weren't being used. When I had a Mercedes-Benz Sprinter van, I easily made sun shades for the windshield from said roll of aluminum clad bubble wrap. I left the edges as they were. I used newspaper sheets to make a template of the windshield and then, after cutting to size, had to cut a notch for the rear view mirror. Not a snazzy as the Cee Bailey product but, a good deal less expensive. http://store.ceebaileys.com/category-s/777.htm

[Lights]

I have a Magne Shade for the windshield and the side windows. It is a custom fit and it works great and the fit is great,

http://www.magneshade.com/

[CHIEFWAHO]

We have a set from http://www.cleanandcool.com/select-your-truck?make=4

 

Very please with them so far.