SO hot inside these things WHY??

[89Suburban]

Is it just me? Why do these things retain so much damn heat inside? Like in the roof? It's in the 90's here, but it's not that humid. But I am in the shade, got all the windows down and rear glass open. Trying to do some dash wiring. ******* sweating my ass off. If I step outside on the sidewalk I am fine. Just feels like the roof or the body/doors are heat soaked or something and radiating. Does anybody else notice this? It's aggravating. One of my very few complaints about these trucks compared to other vehicles I have owned. if I open all the doors it seems better.

I mean night will fall and it will cool off but driving around inside the truck it's still hot as hell. My old Burbs never had this problem they cooled right down when the sun stopped hitting the steel.

 

[89Suburban]

Just took my readings with my temp gun. This is an hour after being in the shade with all windows open. Feels like 80's on the sidewalk.

Floor mats 89
Most of the interior door and dash trim 91-96
Top of dash near the defrost vent 100!
Outer steel skin 91
Inside the center console 100!
Seat fabric 91
Windshield 87
Headliner several spots 91-92

 

[Doubeleive]

yep, it's about 85 deg here, this is why kids die in cars

 

[Tonyrodz]

I miss the cold

 

[swathdiver]

Darker colors absorb the heat from the sun.

 

[George B]

Set a box fan in the back and create some air flow through the truck.

 

[soulsea]

Menopause

 

[Doubeleive]

Menopause

 

[gooffeyguy]

Older cars have thicker metals and interior construction materials, such as headliners and plastic panels. Now days all these parts are thinner and lighter to help meet milage and crash safety standards. They don't insulate like they used to.

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[chadw]

Older cars have thicker metals and interior construction materials, such as headliners and plastic panels. Now days all these parts are thinner and lighter to help meet milage and crash safety standards. They don't insulate like they used to.

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And your opinion is that 2007-2014 is an "older vehicle" with said thicker stuff?

 

[gooffeyguy]

And your opinion is that 2007-2014 is an "older vehicle" with said thicker stuff?

My response was to the original post when the OP was comparing to his older burbs

 

[89Suburban]

WING WINDOWS FTW...

 

[Rocket Man]

Menopause

I thought it was manopause

 

[bill1013]

Darker colors absorb the heat from the sun.

You got that right. My 84 Bronco had a split paint job. Black on the top silver on the bottom with red trim all around. It was really hot, so much I bought a clip on fan from WalMart to circulate the air and cool it off a little. My 1999 Tahoe was a Silver color, I believe they called it Plenum. It wasn't that much different from the Bronco temperature wise, but the AC blew ice junks so it cooled off quickly. Now I have an all white 2012 Yukon and it still gets hot, but not nearly as hot as the Bronco or Tahoe. And the AC is really cold as the wife is always asking me to "Turn It Down!" What can I say, I like to be comfortable & cool when driving and when I'm sleeping. I can always pull the comforter up if I'm chilly. That's only if the wife hasn't taken it and wrapped herself in it!

 

[Tonyrodz]

You got that right. My 84 Bronco had a split paint job. Black on the top silver on the bottom with red trim all around. It was really hot, so much I bought a clip on fan from WalMart to circulate the air and cool it off a little. My 1999 Tahoe was a Silver color, I believe they called it Plenum. It wasn't that much different from the Bronco temperature wise, but the AC blew ice junks so it cooled off quickly. Now I have an all white 2012 Yukon and it still gets hot, but not nearly as hot as the Bronco or Tahoe. And the AC is really cold as the wife is always asking me to "Turn It Down!" What can I say, I like to be comfortable & cool when driving and when I'm sleeping. I can always pull the comforter up if I'm chilly. That's only if the wife hasn't taken it and wrapped herself in it!

Same here. I'd much rather be cold then hot. You can always put something on, but you can only take so much off.

 

[Rocket Man]

Same here. I'd much rather be cold then hot. You can always put something on, but you can only take so much off.

Take it ALL off @Tonyrodz ! Come on man quit teasing us!

 

[Tonyrodz]

Take it ALL off @Tonyrodz ! Come on man quit teasing us!

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