Interior roof cover for R2?

[Husky]

Your head getting hot under a pano roof isn't so much the heat coming in, it's the infrared heating your scalp.

Yeah, that's the heat part.

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[rfkxyz]

I’ll probably be sticking with the XR black. 70 for the back sides and sliding glass, 45 for the front sides, but the unsure what I wanna put on the roof. 70 or 55-

That is questionable advice. 99% of the heat blockage comes from the IR, and the IR is blocked equally in all shades. The blocked IR/heat is absorbed by the tint and conducts that heat to the glass. Too much conduction might crack the glass, but the conduction should be virtually identical on 50% and 10% and 90%, since those transmission numbers are for the visible and not IR wavelengths.

There’s a lot of weird science + marketing with this stuff. Many brands with multiple segments. I just got somewhat familiar with Xpel and that was more than enough for me. Just watch the various materials, layers, etc. while shopping and roll your best dice.

 

[Jack_Tripper]

I also see lots of claims of your warranty being voided on the roof glass if you tint it. No clue what I’ll end up doing here but the heat from the roof is a concern of mine. I’m in a desert climate.

 

[cwq93r]

I also see lots of claims of your warranty being voided on the roof glass if you tint it. No clue what I’ll end up doing here but the heat from the roof is a concern of mine. I’m in a desert climate.

Have there been many reports from Rivian owners of cracked glass after tinting?

 

[Jack_Tripper]

Have there been many reports from Rivian owners of cracked glass after tinting?

I don’t see many first hand reports. It is usually something like: “My cousins, neighbor, sisters, ex- husbands glass cracked because their tint heated up the glass!”

 

[iansriv]

OP-sharing my experience as a R1 owner. I'm not a fan of the glass roof but have two cars with them. I had to get over that if I wanted a Rivian. My tint guy installed ceramic tint on all the windows including the windshield. This helped a lot. But, he refused to put anything on the roof. Something about heat trapping. So, I got a shade for both areas. It stays on during the summer months. I wish there was an option for a metal or CF roof. All the best.

 

[Husky]

I still think that deleting the glass roof in the R2 would have been a good cost-cutting opportunity. I guess they just consider this part of the brand?

 

[Jeremy3292]

Have there been many reports from Rivian owners of cracked glass after tinting?

Idk about Rivian but there’s a million on Tesla’s stress/heat cracking after tint is put on the roof.

 

[cwq93r]

I think the best Information on this is Rivian themselves. In the gear shop, they link you to Xpel which lists as an option to tin the glass roof. If Rivian thought it was such a hazard, they would not offer that in their own shop.

 

[iansriv]

I'm tempted to do this in a CF look. Here's someone that wrapped their Tesla glass roof and measured the before/after heat impact. Tesla glass roof delete

 

[rfkxyz]

I think the best Information on this is Rivian themselves. In the gear shop, they link you to Xpel which lists as an option to tin the glass roof. If Rivian thought it was such a hazard, they would not offer that in their own shop.

Yep. But good to be mindful of where to stop - e.g. no darker than ~50% on sunroof per Xpel guy I spoke with. My plan is for XR+ 55 when the time comes. And might be worth using a provider listed via that Rivian-Xpel hop to be sure of warranty coverage?

That said, I do wonder what already-official Xpel instal shops have to do to make the further cut for that specific Rivian-Xpel hop - fees, bribes, etc.? I’ve got two dedicated Xpel shops we’ve used for our three cars with window tint (both fine, long story) but only one makes the Rivian-Xpel list.

 

[mdpa]

I test drove the R2 yesterday in Gaithersburg, MD and really enjoyed it. I've done a decent amount of research and there was no major surprises. My demo unit was in the 20" AT tires and I was pleased with how things softened up with the soft suspension setting. The acceleration was also impressive and I had test driven the Model Y performance version just a few hours earlier (what I am cross shopping against).

That said, I asked the guy if he could tell me if the glass roof was ceramic coated. He was knowledgeable enough to share what was already in the manual (99% UV protection), but didn't know anything else.

I own the latest version of the Model Y, and I had the Expel coating done on the windshield and all windows. They don't recommend tint on the sunroof, but it is now ceramic coated from the factory and 7x better with heat reduction than previous versions. I have no issues with my roof, but not sure how the R2 compares.

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