I have a 2013 silver Toyota Venza. The paint is basically fine, but I’d like it to be white, to stay cooler in the sun. I’ve been told that trying to match the durability of a factory paint job is very difficult and expensive. Some body shops claim they can paint over old paint, leaving the old fa…

Try $5000 for a color change. If the paint underneath is sound, it a matter of scuffing the paint. Lots of work for a color change like door and trunk. I had the color changed on my Morris in 1966. Cost me $20 because I did all the work. Never did inside the doors though and times have changed.…

I don’t buy the comment about sunroof making the roof weaker, given that your kayak rack is supported above the windows, not in the middle of the roof. I have carried heavy loads on the roof of an old Grand Caravan with the sunroof that slides in completely, or tilts up in back. Yes, this was in th…

Lets see . this person who making this whole idea of a hot car ridiculous. White seat covers ? A white sheet or something bungeed to the top of the car . By the time he gets that cover off and folded up he is going to be soaked and still have to get in a hot car that may be 5 degrees cooler at be…

Covering the glass offers the greatest reduction is temperature. I use car covers during the summer, the interior temperature is reduced by 30 F. A local Costco employee routinely uses a bed sheet over the car windows, doesn’t look classy but effective and cheap. Not the actual car but the same te…

The car would need to be water sanded, then coated with a primer compatible with the old and new paint, then given a new seal coat to prevent degradation by the UV in sunlight. Most of the heat comes from the infrared in sunlight, so the effectiveness depends on the infrared reflectivity, which is n…

[image] Steve_K1: Yeah, but in fog or snow storm would I be on the road? Those two conditions are relatively rare, not happening often enough to affect the decision. If you have a job in my part of the world then you will be driving in heavy Fog a lot in the mornings… And don’t people up nor…

I used to set aside a week of vacation time each year to take snow days when the weather was bad. Still you get caught in bad weather regardless. One night it took me four hours for the 60 mile trip. Always made it home but didn’t always make it to work. Open road is one thing but blocked traffi…

[image] texases: In low visibility all cars are harder to see. … especially when they are driven by brain-dead people who fail to turn on their lights.

[image] bing: Still you get caught in bad weather regardless. One night it took me four hours for the 60 mile trip. Always made it home but didn’t always make it to work. Open road is one thing but blocked traffic is another. Yup! Many years ago, my 26 mile evening commute took close to 4 ho…

[image] bing: No offense How was that offensive? [image] grunes_183031: If the windows were untinted, and perfectly transparent, The greenhouse effect is that glass is transparent in the visible, not IR, and the interior turns much of the visible light into IR, thus heating the inside…

Paint over old paint?

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I’ve never had a situation when driving in fog or snow where a white car was noticeably less visible than any other car. In low visibility all cars are harder to see.

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