Yup, I painted the roof of our dark grey GL Pastel White before our long
trip to Wyoming a few years ago.

Made a big difference then and still does.  When I put my hand on the roof
versus on the door its always much cooler.
There's a reason that all the cars sold in the southwest in the sixties had
white roofs.

On 6/27/07, Thor Svenson <syncromonster@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> paint the top white or silver? tint is for glass, wont adhere well on a
> roof
>
> thor
>
> Ken Wilford wrote:
> > What I would like to know is if anyone has tried putting something
> > reflective on the roof of the van and if so did it help?  I have been
> > thinking about trying to put either aluminum tape on the roof of my
> > van or maybe something like the "b-quiet" material.  My idea is that
> > this should reflect most of the heat that the dark paint of my vans
> > is now absorbing.  I have two Carat Vanagons that we use.
>

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Jake
1984 Vanagon GL
1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
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