Wessa1
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- Jan 22, 2018
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- New Zealand.. Ex-Essex..
- Your Mercedes
- 2008 E550 (Silver of course)
Hi All,
I just wanted to share this with you and see if anyone else has had the same experience.
A couple months ago I had my windscreen renewed on my E.
Now living in New Zealand, the UV is exceptionally high, and its the height of summer here so temperatures on average are 25-30 degrees. Not hot i hear you say, but with next to no Ozone to protect us, its a scorcher.
With this season upon us, the problem is that the dash, steering wheel etc are so hot after a short time i can barely touch them or sit on the leather seats.. (I didn't think of it before, i have a laser temperature gauge and will check it)
I thought i would question my local main dealer (where the screen came from) if the screen installed was the correct type (OE) as i didn't have any issues prior the new screen.
They told me that the previous type of screen which was a 'blue glass screen' which had UV protection, however, since 2015 that screen was discontinued. So, the new screen offers less protection if any, thus i can barely touch anything.!
I was told that they can offer nothing to prevent my issue so i was left pretty disappointed with the 'suck it up' attitude from a so called prestige main dealer.. I know the rest of the car has blue glass but I have now tinted all my windows to 35% (illegal) except the screen obviously in an attempt to keep the car cool. It helps a little but i'm now also forced to putting one of those nasty silver windscreen reflectors up which absolutely makes the car look classless and its a pain in the arse...
Would any of you good people have a suggestion for pursuing this further ?
I'd hate to be putting that nasty blind up when the suns out, which is most of the time here, and this being my first Merc, i'd hate not to want another as i've already started looking at C63's..
Thanks in advance.
Regards,
I just wanted to share this with you and see if anyone else has had the same experience.
A couple months ago I had my windscreen renewed on my E.
Now living in New Zealand, the UV is exceptionally high, and its the height of summer here so temperatures on average are 25-30 degrees. Not hot i hear you say, but with next to no Ozone to protect us, its a scorcher.
With this season upon us, the problem is that the dash, steering wheel etc are so hot after a short time i can barely touch them or sit on the leather seats.. (I didn't think of it before, i have a laser temperature gauge and will check it)
I thought i would question my local main dealer (where the screen came from) if the screen installed was the correct type (OE) as i didn't have any issues prior the new screen.
They told me that the previous type of screen which was a 'blue glass screen' which had UV protection, however, since 2015 that screen was discontinued. So, the new screen offers less protection if any, thus i can barely touch anything.!
I was told that they can offer nothing to prevent my issue so i was left pretty disappointed with the 'suck it up' attitude from a so called prestige main dealer.. I know the rest of the car has blue glass but I have now tinted all my windows to 35% (illegal) except the screen obviously in an attempt to keep the car cool. It helps a little but i'm now also forced to putting one of those nasty silver windscreen reflectors up which absolutely makes the car look classless and its a pain in the arse...
Would any of you good people have a suggestion for pursuing this further ?
I'd hate to be putting that nasty blind up when the suns out, which is most of the time here, and this being my first Merc, i'd hate not to want another as i've already started looking at C63's..
Thanks in advance.
Regards,