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    Veteran Member Four Rings quattroism25's Avatar
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    Question OEM sunshade alternatives

    2015 Q5 with the notorious saggy sunshade problem. OEM is $500-$700 from the stealership. Has anyone tried a knockoff replacement?

    Yea I know you get what you pay for, but the OEM is garbage quality anyway. Part #: 1K9877307DQE8

    I'm also thinking it would be cheaper to just 5% tint the glass and be done with it. Has anyone gone that route?
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    I have done both on my Q5 and I am pretty happy with the results.

    I tinted the glass with a heat-reflective film which was great for the heat but didn't darken inside enough.
    The film I used https://a.co/d/fJtLn4n

    I then bought a new fabric from Amazon and followed a YouTube video that shows every step clearly and concisely. I watched a few other videos and the explanations were very lacking compared to this video. It has one major point to focus on: how the metal tape needs to be fed into the rail channel to ensure the cloth is tensioned across the frame. The other videos I watched didn't cover this and if you buy only the cloth its very important.
    The cloth I used https://a.co/d/2dNFMKf

    You can also buy the full assembly from Amazon which might be easier for you but you still need to make sure the drive system is correctly engaged. https://youtu.be/N5beaqdfrDQ?si=nzEXvBb6RVpaCvnx

    All these options are $30 to a $100 each so you can have a go at all three and still be a lot less than the steelership ;-)

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