Painting my roof white? XJFJ? Photoshop?

[Amauri]

:xxrotflma
It sounds almost like an accident. I was looking at the rust.... and suddenly..I had to paint it. I HAD TO PAINT IT.
Some children are conceived under similar circumstances.

I had to fix the rust. My roof is kind of important....

 

[Root Moose]

Fix the AC?

 

[Topgun514]

Xrunner, AWESOME, thanks a ton. I really like it.

Moose, nope, no AC...didnt come with the Jeep.

Thanks for all the help guys too. Tints are in the works (man, Jeeps are expensive huh?) and maybe even some flooring for the roof rack.

again, thanks

 

[wADVr]

Friend of mine has a 1990 black XJ w/o AC and he painted his roof white and noticed a differance. I think it looks pretty good IMO

 

[Backwoods Rambler]

That does look pretty decent :costumed-smiley-007

 

[XJINTX]

Now you have me wondering :Wow1:

my XJ is currently dark blue... I have AC and tint but gets hot here in TX.

My plan is to have the jeep painted khaki so that may help.

My question... I have a full length roof rack... would it help to put flooring in it to reflect sun off the roof?

 

[BIGdaddy]

Now you have me wondering :Wow1:

my XJ is currently dark blue... I have AC and tint but gets hot here in TX.

My plan is to have the jeep painted khaki so that may help.

My question... I have a full length roof rack... would it help to put flooring in it to reflect sun off the roof?

yup, that'd keep it significantly cooler.

 

[winkosmosis]

couple studies show that no matter the color, 2 identical cars, parked next to each other will eventually reach the same exact temperature. The only difference is how long it takes to do it.

The studies showed a white painted roof will take 3 hours while a black roof will only take 1.5, for example, to reach 120 degree's inside on a hot day. (not exact numbers, just an example.)

On a trip where you are in the car for an extended period, (overlanding), this makes color a moot point.

I think it would still help with the AC on or windows open and air moving through, because you're applying a lot of heat removal that a parked car doesn't have.

On the other hand, insulated roofs like the safari roofs on vintage series land rovers that have a separate skin of aluminium riveted to the roof, with a void between it and the roof itself are VERY effective at lowering the temps by a significant amount.

When I had a maggiolina on my cherokee, on hot 100 degree days, where a normal car may be 100 or more inside without shade, my jeep was literally cool to the touch inside, and air temps were about 10-20 degree's cooler. (Though 80 degree's isn't COOL per se, we all know that 80 degrees feels like stepping into a icebox on a 100+ degree day)

I duplicated this with my LJ wrangler by putting a solid floor on my roof rack. it completely changed the charactoristic of driving my wrangler, which came from the factory with an uninsulated hard top. On hot days, it was actually refreshing to hop into my jeep, and seldom did I need to turn on my a/c.

just fyi.

I've thought about stretching some synthetic fabric between my roof rack bars