Greetings,
I am purchasing a new vehicle and it has been recommended to me that here in the tropics it is worth having the darkest tinting available to reduce heat in the car. My question is how disturbing if at all is that to the observation of wildlife from the vehicle?
Regards,
Alan
Alan’s Wildlife Tours
2 Mather Road
Yungaburra 4884
Phone 07 4095 3784
Mobile 0408 953 786
www.alanswildlifetours.com.au/
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Thanks everyone for your input. I’m yet to make up my mind. There are a huge
range of opinions out there which is what I thought I might get but the
shared experiences on each side of the argument have made the exercise
worthwhile.
Gratefully yours,
Alan
Alan’s Wildlife Tours
2 Mather Road
Yungaburra 4884
Phone 07 4095 3784
Mobile 0408 953 786
http://www.alanswildlifetours.com.au/
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Greetings,
I am purchasing a new vehicle and it has been recommended to me that here in
the tropics it is worth having the darkest tinting available to reduce heat
in the car. My question is how disturbing if at all is that to the
observation of wildlife from the vehicle?
Regards,
Alan
Alan’s Wildlife Tours
2 Mather Road
Yungaburra 4884
Phone 07 4095 3784
Mobile 0408 953 786
http://www.alanswildlifetours.com.au/
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I bet they would have come up with a different result if they’d done the tests in the hire car we were given in Alice Springs. It was charcoal grey, and heated up enough to melt the cheese we’d just bought in the 10 minutes we spent at the first stop we made. Maybe the top temperature would have ended up the same, but who cares about top temperatures when your food’s wrecked in 10 minutes?
I’d go for whatever tinting is standard. I agree with Chris that the roof is your main protection. We soon swapped that dark sedan for a white 4WD. The difference was incredible, and I attribute it to both the colour and the shape, the 4WD having squarer sides, which meant the roof gave a lot more shade.
Final anecdote: I once bought some flooring on a very hot day in Melbourne. The 1200×2400 chipboard tied on the roof racks made such a difference to the heat that I was a bit sorry to have to take it off when I got home.
Peter Shute
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