Installed on R1T: Tinted ROOF glass and CLEAR FRONT windshield HEAT and UV blocker film and window tint!!

[Dhime]

I can see me doing this on (at least) the roof with my bald head if I decide to buy/keep the Rivian vs. my lightning.

How much did everything cost you?

Would be nice to know... how much we need to spend on premium UV/IR protection on our $90K+ vehicle. I hope they'll come out with a solid roof option. My last two cars have not had moon roofs because there is just not that much time that they're practical in Central Texas. I have not missed them at all.

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[Airbuswillie]

I live in Texas and have spec'd the white exterior. Just can't stand the thought of black after this past summer!

Yea man. White on Ocean Coast would be the way to go in hot ass southern states. It won’t fix the issue but it’ll help!

 

[HJP1]

I had my front and back side windows tinted, my installer who has years of experience and even though it was his first Rivian did not recommend tinting the roof for fears of cracking over time. The truck will live in Arizona over the winter, I'll wait and see if the roof really lets in too much heat as some folks have experienced. I will report back my high heat experience in a month or so

4/2/23

After 6 months in Arizona I really can't report much due to AZ experiencing the coldest winter in recent memory. However the last few days have been sunny and around 80 and I haven't noticed any more heat emanating from the glass roof, the AC really cools the cab nicely. On another note I am starting to see many more R1t & R1Ss on the road here in Scottsdale.

 

[Prime]

Yea this must be a thing, I was surprised a reputable tint and ppf installer for all the exotic cars and a lot of teslas wasn’t willing to do roof glass. When I asked why they won’t do model y roofs, they said it already has really good IR and UV not worth doing. But that didn’t make sense to me, they’re a business they’d want to sell product. So my guess is there are some problems with tinting roof glass, whether overly complicated install or cracked glass or something else.

will continue to watch out for others doing. In my limited experience with the R1 I definitely feel radiating heat from the roof. I’m 6’1 so maybe I’m closer to the roof so I feel it more. My wife didn’t notice it much at all she’s 5’6.

 

[yizzung]

The roof and the windshield are both tempered and should have close to 100% UV protection. The side and rear windows are a mystery. But UV has more to do with skin damage and cancer than it does with heat.

IR is the culprit for most of the heat. Rivian won't share how much IR blockage is provided in the factory R1 configuration. Somebody on here may have measured various windows with a device in an old thread. Some have suggested the biggest bang for your buck is IR tint for the front two windows and the windshield only.

Radiant heat from the "black" glass roof is a thing. Tinting won't help with that. I personally haven't experienced this to be that bad on 100+ degree days but obviously an insulated headliner would be superior.

 

[Surferdude]

I'm surprised nobody installed a highly reflective mirrored tint on the outside of the glass roof. Exterior applied tint is available and installed on commercial buildings so I see no reason why this can't be installed on the exterior of the glass roof. Having the reflective properties applied to the exterior of the glass roof will mean less thermal heat gain since both heat and light are being refected back to the sky before it has an opportunity to physically heat the glass itself. The performance of such an application will far exceed that of any interior applied tint.

 

[Prime]

The roof and the windshield are both tempered and should have close to 100% UV protection. The side and rear windows are a mystery. But UV has more to do with skin damage and cancer than it does with heat.

IR is the culprit for most of the heat. Rivian won't share how much IR blockage is provided in the factory R1 configuration. Somebody on here may have measured various windows with a device in an old thread. Some have suggested the biggest bang for your buck is IR tint for the front two windows and the windshield only.

Radiant heat from the "black" glass roof is a thing. Tinting won't help with that. I personally haven't experienced this to be that bad on 100+ degree days but obviously an insulated headliner would be superior.

I remember a tint guy telling me that the back windows that are shaded are a stained glass, they have no UV or substantial IR reduction and that tint will make a big difference for even the factory "tinted/stained" back windows. I ended up tinting the fronts and doing IR with 70% tint on windshield and all rear glass, seemed like it made a notable difference. On the tesla its tricky to really know the temperature difference as the AC auto kicks in when the cabin temperature reaches over 105, so the car basically never gets hotter than that, unless you disable that feature (which I have not).

What I did notice is just my arm being next to my untainted windows would feel very warm on a sunny day pre tinting and the front dash would get very hot, I dont notice this nearly as much after windshield and window tinted.

 

[AsianPersuasian]

That's what I was wondering but there is a product that can be installed on the outside

 

[yizzung]

I remember a tint guy telling me that the back windows that are shaded are a stained glass, they have no UV or substantial IR reduction and that tint will make a big difference for even the factory "tinted/stained" back windows. I ended up tinting the fronts and doing IR with 70% tint on windshield and all rear glass, seemed like it made a notable difference. On the tesla its tricky to really know the temperature difference as the AC auto kicks in when the cabin temperature reaches over 105, so the car basically never gets hotter than that, unless you disable that feature (which I have not).

What I did notice is just my arm being next to my untainted windows would feel very warm on a sunny day pre tinting and the front dash would get very hot, I dont notice this nearly as much after windshield and window tinted.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...-door-windows-dont-stop-uv-rays-idUSKCN0Y32WI

 

[texasBuzzard]

I can see me doing this on (at least) the roof with my bald head if I decide to buy/keep the Rivian vs. my lightning.

How much did everything cost you?

Sorry for the late reply! $1,300

 

[texasBuzzard]

Question about the roof tinting, did they install in from inside or outside ?

Sorry for late reply! It is applied to the inside of the roof glass.

 

[kizamybute']

Probably not quite as hot here in So California, but still plenty hot this summer. I did the same thing. Tinted the roof and did pretty much a clear tint on the windshield that primarily blocks UV rays. Cabin now stays some 20-30 degrees cooler than it did previously.

RIvian has apparently chosen a unique path with their glass choices. They apparently break more easily than some. They fairly clearly don't do a very good job at keep out the sun. Fortunately, for around $500 +/- or so, I was able to correct the problem. Some people are spending MUCH more to get the "Brand Name" stuff, think it will do a better job, despite having the same qualities as the non-brand name stuff at half the price.

 

[netjack]

RIvian has apparently chosen a unique path with their glass choices. They apparently break more easily than some. They fairly clearly don't do a very good job at keep out the sun. Fortunately, for around $500 +/- or so, I was able to correct the problem. Some people are spending MUCH more to get the "Brand Name" stuff, think it will do a better job, despite having the same qualities as the non-brand name stuff at half the price.
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This leads me to think they're not all the same -

 

[PowerBugs]

My tint shop had done hundreds of Tesla roofs with no issues to date.

Is there an issue of using suction cups (gopro/cellphone mounts) on tinted windows/roof/windshield that you know of?

 

[PowerBugs]

These are the % tints / windows I did with XPEL XR Plus. Pretty good heat protection wise here in Georgia.

Is it true that XR Plus gives a bluish tint or haze? How is your experience so far?

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