If you're not going to be using the van for the entire day it's a losing
battle BUT, if you shade the van and insulate it well and apply 3M
Crystialine to the windows it will make a huge improvement in the heat
issue.  I used 70/30 light grey perf on my cabin windows because that does
a great deal of benefit AND allows stealth urban camping.  Removing the
tint on the same cuts the heat some but allows much more interior light
which is nice to see but hinders stealthing because you want it darker
inside the van than it is outside.

On Fri, Jun 26, 2015 at 1:25 PM, Poppie Jagersand <poppie.jagersand@yahoo.ca
> wrote:

>
>
>    Patti,
> Your idea to insulate the pop top is the most sensible in this thread.
> Several years ago when I lived further south I did this on a westy. I used
> a sheet of 3/4" thick polyurethane insulation (this is the denser,
> non-crumbly rigid insulation you'll find in building stores. Dow makes one
> brand). I cut it so it was a tight press fit inside the pop top. I don;t
> recall if I made any other arrangements to fasten it, or if it stayed in by
> itself. It can be made to look better by glueing on a cloth that matches
> the color and texture of the pop-top inside. (Or you could get creative
> with some other decoration)
> Martin
>
> On Thursday, June 11, 2015 5:55 PM, PB <pbrattan@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>    I was just wondering if there was a way to *insulate the roof* of the
> pop
> top, either from the outside or the inside.
> Patti
>
>
>

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