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Joel Ashley:
D is correct about the reflective heat damaging the sandwiched safety glass, at least to the extent of the lamination separating and discoloration around the perimeters.  Been there with our old Pace Arrow, and with ill-advised solar film applied to the inside of our home's argon filled Windows;  the film reflects heat alright, right into the dead space between panes, combining with incoming solar heat and ruining the seal.  The windows were replaced with factory tinted ones, the tint on the outer pane where it can't add heat to the middle airspace. 

The same idea applies to the use of reflective material inside your coach windshield.  I use it, but mitigate it during the strong summer southern solar impact by adding an outside cover/screen.  The combination really cuts the heat, but not enough is trapped between to hurt the glass.

Joel

Walt Pocock:
I ran into a vendor at an FMCA Rally in Indio,CA several years ago that modified my exterior shade screens so I could attach & detach them while standing on the asphalt. He replaced the top male snaps on the coach with a plastic device similar in appearance to a sewing thread spool and about 1/2" dia X 3/4" tall, screwing them down to the same hole the snap was in. He then removed the female half of the snap from the screen and sewed on a horseshoe shaped loop of wire similar to 12 ga multi strand that is flexible. This loop will hook over the aforementioned spool. On the outside of the shade a pocket is sewn on, attached on three sides and open on the bottom. The pocket is 3" X 3" +/-.
OK, still with me? Now we simply insert the end of the awning pull down bar into the pocket, raise it and the screen up and hook the wire loop over the spool. Then we fasten the lower snaps and we're done.
It takes me a lot longer to get the screens out and unrolled than it does to install them. And NO LADDER!
The company is Coastline Mfg, Rancho Cucamonga, CA 909-484-6592

Joel Weiss:

--- Quote from: Walt Pocock on April 14, 2016, 02:48:31 AM ---I ran into a vendor at an FMCA Rally in Indio,CA several years ago that modified my exterior shade screens so I could attach & detach them while standing on the asphalt. He replaced the top male snaps on the coach with a plastic device similar in appearance to a sewing thread spool and about 1/2" dia X 3/4" tall, screwing them down to the same hole the snap was in. He then removed the female half of the snap from the screen and sewed on a horseshoe shaped loop of wire similar to 12 ga multi strand that is flexible. This loop will hook over the aforementioned spool. On the outside of the shade a pocket is sewn on, attached on three sides and open on the bottom. The pocket is 3" X 3" +/-.
OK, still with me? Now we simply insert the end of the awning pull down bar into the pocket, raise it and the screen up and hook the wire loop over the spool. Then we fasten the lower snaps and we're done.
It takes me a lot longer to get the screens out and unrolled than it does to install them. And NO LADDER!
The company is Coastline Mfg, Rancho Cucamonga, CA 909-484-6592

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How well does this stand up to strong winds?  In south TX, we've had our existing sun shade ripped off its snaps.

Lee Welbanks:
Ok, had to return to Az for a couple doc visits and it is a might warm here, in fact it is real hot 105 today. Yesterday morning I checked the temp of the dash that is facing east and it was 119 with the curtain closed. I remembered this post about putting the reflective sun foil on the inside of the exterior windshield mesh. Went down to home depot got (2) 48" X 10' rolls for $21ea. Used the mesh cover as a guide and cut the foil to match, snapped the top and slipped the foil under it and attached the rest of the snaps.

Result: This morning I tested the outside of the windshield and it was bumping 100 and the dash was 84, check again later and the highest the dash got was 88. So now the front side windows are also done, really helps out the A/C units and is super easy to do. So far I have $42 invested, cheap at any price.

Edward Buker:
Lee,

Good idea Lee, thanks for sharing...

Later Ed

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