Preserve Your Dream Car Interior

Your vehicle’s interior is vulnerable to sun damage every time you leave the garage. Harmful UV rays pass through untreated windows and can cause interior surfaces to fade, crack, and degrade. Here are a few ways you can preserve the beauty of your car’s interior.

Canadian summers can be as hot as our winters are cold. Canadians are often searching for ways to cool off during the hot summer, but sometimes that leaves our vehicles left to bake in the sun. Perhaps we will tolerate the momentary discomfort of a hot car in order to get a better parking spot at the grocery store, however, the vinyl and leather interiors of our cars can suffer permanent damage if left sitting in the sun.

The sun’s damaging UV rays and extreme heat cause fading and cracking of the vinyl, plastic, leather, fabric, and rubber surfaces inside our cars. This damage looks terrible, and severely reduces the resale value of our vehicles. Here are a few tips to help you protect yourself and your car’s interior from harm this summer:

Parking in the shade of a tree or building is an easy, simple, and free solution to returning from an uncomfortably hot car, but it also protects your car’s interior surfaces from the UV rays that cause cracking and fading. Leave everyone else to compete for a spot up front, and enjoy a shady parking spot to prevent your car from experiencing permanent damage.

When we go out into the sun, we apply sunscreen to protect our skin from powerful UV rays (and we’ve all experienced what happens if we forget). You can use similar treatments to protect the interior of your car from UV rays as well. Regularly treating the interior surfaces of your car with products will protect the vinyl and leather from sun damage, and keep it looking new. Ask your local dealer or garage about products that protect against UV damage and fading.

If you’ve ever seen a car with an unfolded metallic sheet pressed up against its front and/or rear windshield, you’ve seen windshield guards. These guards are simple and effective ways to stop solar heat from entering your car, and reflect UV rays away from your interior. These guards are easy to fold and store in your vehicle.

Window tinting is an affordable option that is designed to block UV rays from entering your vehicle, causing damage to the interior as well as to the eyes and skin of occupants. Window tint also selectively filters wavelengths of light to limit the amount of solar heat that enters your car, keeping it cool and comfortable. Automotive window tint comes in a spectrum of shades with a variety of properties to protect you and your car while being as dark or transparent as you desire. Clear tint is always a good option, but if you’d prefer a darkened tint, our experienced technicians will ensure that the tint complies with provincial and federal regulations.

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So, consider that leaving your car parked in direct sunlight has more serious consequences than momentary discomfort when you return. The tips above will not only keep you more comfortable, but will also preserve your vehicle’s interior and keep your vehicle looking better for longer. If you’d like to learn about which tinting options are available to you, give us a call or send us a message and we’d be happy to help.