Yummybud924

yesterday I get in my car and I noticed both my sunshades where hanging, both clips holding the sunshades had broken off and there was sticky molten plastic like residue left where they were broken off.

then I also looked and was shocked the centre console armrest the vinyl has completely peeled off suddenly glue has melted off.

are these cars not made to stand up to heat? I used to always park in a garage and now I leave the car outside because there is no space.

and I don't live in a super hot climate i'm in the west coast of BC temps are like 25 degrees or so but it gets pretty damn hot inside the car with the big windows.

when this happened yesterday I was also using one of those winshield reflective shades wonder if that actually made it worse.

fbgh2o

Would suggest that they may have been glued on ay some point and the glue failed in the heat....


(and are you saying it's warm and sunny in BC, for a change? Am about to get on a plane to come out there tonight)

V2Rocket

my car the other day was 150F on the inside, all windows closed, no tint, nothing was coming apart at all.

Yummybud924

hmm yeah maybe you're right that someone previously had glued them and they fell apart in the heat.

now I need to find new sun shade clips (the hook ones), and reglue that armrest vinyl.

my driver side vinyl seat (porsche script centre) has become brittle from the heat and is cracking on one side also.

StoogeMoe

When using winshield reflective shades, shiny side points outwards.

V2Rocket

god that thing is a lifesaver lol
need to find one for the back

Yummybud924

lol the one I have and all the ones I've seen both sides are shiny....

yeah I really need to get all my windows tinted...

I can't drive the car at all until 8pm or so its way too hot in the interior. when I go for a short drive I come out soaking wet its pretty gross.

when driving my heater blows hot all the time also haven't fixed that yet so its like a freakin oven in there.

V2Rocket

crack the windows or better yet open the sunroof while its parked, all the hot air will go out the top.

Jusii

VW Golf III parts

3B0 857 561 BY20 Grey
3B0 857 561 BB41 Black
3B0 857 561 B8YS Beige

Yummybud924

thanks. they are only 6 bucks each from paragon but shipping to canada is 45 bucks so it still comes to like 60 bucks canadian... going to see if its cheaper locally.

xsboost90

ive had two cars now where the visor clips failed simultaneously.

Yummybud924

are they just made real cheap or is it the 25 year old plastic

xsboost90

old plastic i think, its funny how they fall apart in pairs.

JohnKoaWood

Not funny, that precision German Engineering....

Mike_UCR

The clips in my 88 924S disintegrated the same way. I got new ones for about $8 each + shipping from "Nine a Part" in Ontario. Shouldn't be too much to ship to VCR.