Black interior in a HOT weather climate - anyone?

[DesertRat]

I am only finding 1500's with black interiors and I live in AZ where it is often 115 degrees in the summer. Should I even consider a black interior or should I run away fast and scrub the idea out of my head and at least find grey or something else?

 

[vincentw56]

You can always add ceramic tint to all the windows and windshield.

 

[bigdodge]

I am only finding 1500's with black interiors and I live in AZ where it is often 115 degrees in the summer. Should I even consider a black interior or should I run away fast and scrub the idea out of my head and at least find grey or something else?

if you look over the window sticker of the trucks of members here most are all black interiors.

ceramic tint to all the windows and windshield seems to be the way to go.

 

[HandyCruiser]

I live in Arkansas. Lots of days over 100 degrees in the summer with relative humidity over 90%. Black interior is not really a problem. Most of our vehicles have them. We just need to make sure and close the sunroof shade when we get out. And on our older vehicles, we leave a window open about an inch. The factory tint on the windows is usually enough. But if we buy something without factory tint, we have high-quality tint installed.

 

[Richard320]

It gets plenty hot in Southern California in the Summer, too. The black interior is not a problem. The AC is. It takes a while to really kick in. I suppose if I got n the habit of using the remote start, it would be okay. It would have time to cool. My truck is white, which I suspect helps a lot.

 

[grimreefer]

No problems with the black interior here in Florida.

 

[cevans6318]

I live in south Florida. Haven’t had an issue yet. Just get tint and a windshield cover when parked

 

[jloops]

Only issue I have here in Florida is the part of the limited steering wheel that is wood look (feels more like plastic to me) gets super hot after sitting in the sun all day, but it’s because of the material not the color.

 

[Mitymojo]

I live in AZ as well. I went with the beige interior for the reasons you mentioned. Not easy to find but it was a priority for me.

 

[FN-2187]

I am only finding 1500's with black interiors and I live in AZ where it is often 115 degrees in the summer. Should I even consider a black interior or should I run away fast and scrub the idea out of my head and at least find grey or something else?

I have a limited and live in AZ. Between the ventilated seats and the AC we were fine this year. Just gotta make sure to keep the sunroof closed and get a sun shade.

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[gpbst3]

115 degrees is a 115 degrees

 

[PurpleRT]

Black interior here in Florida. Ceramic tint all the windows including the windshield to keep the heat down. Zero regrets getting black interior wouldn’t have it any other way unless I went longhorn brown.


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[Essbaum]

Texas here. Also get in the habit of using a good windshield shade.

 

[milrad]

Here in TX our inspection/registration sticker gets mounted on the lower left inside of the windshield. When replacing this sticker in July on my F-150 I actually got a mild burn on the back of my hand from the black dash. It was avoidable-I could have just covered it first, but I didn't realize it got that hot. This is a company truck, so no film on the windshield. Black is generally ok as long as you don't need to touch any parts that have been in the sun without window film!

 

[Nsleone]

South Florida here, My truck is a night edition so its all black but being a Big Horn ive found that the cloth seats never get hot. Truck only has factory tint at the moment. I dont see 115 degree days here though, maybe high 90's tops since i got it. If you dont mind losing some features maybe look for a black big horn .The steering wheel however, that does get hot.

 

[BigHerm611]

I live in Louisiana and ceramic tinted all the glass. My truck is fine to drive. The ceramic tint made all the difference, without it, I think the truck would be an oven.


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[Timeless]

If you can find one with the lighter interior definitely go for it.

My wife and I both go for the lighter interiors and it does make a difference.

 

[Idahoktm]

Get your windows tinted and buy a quality windshield shade. I lived in Phoenix for 20 years and I had black interior the entire time and never had any issues.

I've only had one vehicle with tan interior and the only difference I noticed from black interior was that it was ugly.

 

[firemedic10584]

No issues here in Florida. Windows tinted 5% plus I religiously use the sun visor anytime my truck is parked outside...even at night lol.

 

[firemedic10584]

It gets plenty hot in Southern California in the Summer, too. The black interior is not a problem. The AC is. It takes a while to really kick in. I suppose if I got n the habit of using the remote start, it would be okay. It would have time to cool. My truck is white, which I suspect helps a lot.

Are you rolling the windows down initially to let that excess heat out? I've found it helps significantly in cooling the cabin faster.