Thread: white metal roof vs traditional silver metal
View Single Post
Old 11-29-2009, 06:44 PM   #13 (permalink)
ShadeTreeMech
Basjoos Wannabe
 
ShadeTreeMech's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Arkansas
Posts: 870

The Van - '97 Mercury Villager gs
90 day: 19.8 mpg (US)

Lyle the Kindly Viking - '99 Volvo V70
90 day: 25.82 mpg (US)
Thanks: 174
Thanked 49 Times in 32 Posts
Quote:
Originally Posted by cfg83 View Post
joesgot4 -

I vote white with an elastomeric paint/coating.

CarloSW2
This guy knows EXACTLY what he's talking about. I put elasomeric paint on my mobile home roof and the roof went from scorching hot on a mild summer day to ice cold on the hottest days. I swear, the stuff is like magic.
__________________
RIP Maxima 1997-2012


Quote:
Originally Posted by jamesqf View Post
I think you missed the point I was trying to make, which is that it's not rational to do either speed or fuel economy mods for economic reasons. You do it as a form of recreation, for the fun and for the challenge.
  Reply With Quote