Auto Sunshades

benXJ

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Raleigh NC
Does anyone have good info on why you can't buy cardboard auto sunshades anymore? There are a few online, but most seem to be for promotions. They used to be everywhere, now not even walmart sells them.
 
Now, they are made of fabric with a silverized side to reflect heat. THey "fold up" into a round circle. I think companies stopped making them when Chrysler and other car companies started using the "cab forward" design with insanely large windshields. The cardboard had to be like 3.5 feet long and there was just nowhere to store them.
 
yea...I know all about the 'fabric' ones that are all the rage. The ones that I've come in contact with are either difficult to store or crumple easy.

I also thought about the different sizes of windshields, but they aren't that much bigger now, and the rediculously long windshields of the 'cab forward' Chrysler years are over.

They are still made in China, and you can find random ones on Ebay, but have heard quite a few people mention the cardboard shades and how you can't buy them easily. There has to be a reason that they are gone.
 
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