My Jeep spends most of it's days parked outside pointed directly into the sun for most of the day. At the end of the day, opening the door into the Jeep pretty much felt like sticking your head in a furnace. It was even hotter if you didn't have anything to cover up the windshield. In the past I had either just cut down a sunshield, or jammed one of those flappy ring shapped sunshields in along the windshield. While they did work, it was always a pain getting them into the much smaller windshield of the Jeep Wranglers. I was at Wal-mart picking up some oil for the Jeep when I walked down the aisle and noticed a Jeep branded sunshield hanging on the shelf. Into the basket it went.
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The Box:
The box and sunshield.
Definetly not a knock off with the mopar branding and the Jeep on the box. Typically the Font is off and the Jeep looks strange on some packaging you see on places like Amazon.
The sunshield does have a little strap at the top so you can carry it, or hook it to something. It's a little to thick to jam into the seatback pockets on the JK's, but you might be able to hang it off the hooks on the backs of the JL and JT's seats.
Opening the sunshield is as simple as undoing the velcro strap holding the sunshield in a bundle and then unfolding the sunshield. The strap is a faux vinyl (pvc) material with velcro on it. The sunshield is fairly thick compared to most of the other sunshields that you can buy and is definetly sturdier. The interior material is much stiffer. The front side is a reflective silver with Jeep Wrangler printed on it. The back is a felt material for some scratch resistance to anything it may be pressed up against.
While the box does say 1996-2020 on it, the sunshield would have to be folded at the ends for the TJ's. This will not fit the JL's and JT's that have the radar located behind the rear view mirror. The cutout isn't big enough for it. Even on the JK you will need to adjust the rear view mirror to get it installed.
Installation is as simple as put it up on the dash between the windshield and any obstacles. Position the cutout behind the rear view mirror and then fold down the sunvisors to hold it in place. I have the Vector E-dock on the dash and it fits fine behind it.
