I have black interior, which I really like. Until the sun has warmed it up and turned the large dash board into a heat sink. I can feel the heat coming off it. If it's not hot outside I like to drive without the AC on.
So I bought a dash board cover to try to keep the cabin temps down.
Light grey should do the trick.
^^^ Thats the one.
It would not interfere with air bag, it would just lift up when the bag inflates.
I haven't placed the velcro tabs that hold it in place yet, but I'm sure they won't stop an air bag either.
On the road yesterday, and the dash cover barely got warm in the hot sun. It works!
I put a dark grey dash mat on my focus mainly because I hate having to wipe the dust off all the time but it also helps with reflection of the dash on the windscreen
It's called a "Dash Mate" on the tag, I got it from a Ford dealer in Perth while over there on holidays, they are Aussie made so I don't think you will find them in the US.
I have black interior, which I really like. Until the sun has warmed it up and turned the large dash board into a heat sink. I can feel the heat coming off it. If it's not hot outside I like to drive without the AC on.
So I bought a dash board cover to try to keep the cabin temps down.
Light grey should do the trick.
I have the same one, for the same reason. The heat just radiates off the dash, even on days that aren't so hot, when it sits in the sun. Mine fit so well, I haven't even attached the velcro. It really minimizes the dust look on a black dash, and can just be shaken off occasionally [giddy]
My SEL has a speaker on the dash. I looked at Dashmat and they said there is no cutout and that the mats are acoustically transparent. Does anybody have any experience with this?
I wouldn't worry about it too much. The speaker in the dash is pretty bad, and some have even disconnected it to get better stereo separation. I doubt you'll notice decline in the sound of your system. If fact, it might sound better if the mat actually blocks some of the sound. []
just ordered a dash cover by dash designs from auto anything. Got the charcoal color to go with a black interior. They also had cover king and dash mate brands but dash design had the best color choices for me.
Just wondering if you have any pictures of the dash cover in place on your Focus? I'm looking to get one for my little hatch but I'm on the fence about getting it in charcoal or in black.
sounds like this should be next to my list... the mk3 dash is so deep and it radiates way too much heat....
- question to those that have it, hows it holding up so far?
anyone with the charcoal dash designs cover want to post a pic? I want one of these but I want to see all the colors first
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