SEAL - PANORAMIC ROOF

Ughhh theres a sunshade?

You should get a removable sunshade you can attach to the inside of the roof. It's not electric like the Sealion 7. Mine was in a bag in the boot when I picked up my Seal.

https://preview.redd.it/0huolpirenlg1.png?width=1080&format=png&auto=webp&s=2863532fb8fc06917600025e33138c2209448b70 IMO no need. Shielding from over 99% of the UV rays

Thanks for sharing.

Eu tenho um Seal. Coloquei o filme no teto e não ajuda muito. Se viaja no verão sem aquela tela, o ar condicionado sofre e vc fica bronzeado. Quem tá atrás sofre ainda mais, como vc percebeu no test drive. Por isso, raras vezes tiro a tela. E quando tiro, só tiro a parte da frente.

No need. I'm in a tropical hot country. Applied a medium dark ceramic tint and never needed the sunshade. The silver coating in glass plus ceramic tint does the job.

Eu tenho um Song Plus 2026 e também sinto que esquenta um pouco além de um carro com teto convencional (moro em Maceió-AL, aqui é quente no verão). Apliquei uma película de cerâmica com bloqueio de calor. Melhorou um pouco, mas ainda fica mais quente, mesmo com a cortina fechada. É um dos contra, infelizmente...

Muito bom saber, obrigado. Pena não ter uma rede eletrica, principamente pelo valor do veiculo. Eu moro na serra gaucha, então seria um problemas apenas em janeiro e fevereiro.

provavelmente colocando filme no teto você piorou o conforto térmico do carro... o Filme pode aquecer e irradiar calor dentro, ao contrário do vidro+filme especial que vem. Nunca usei tela no meu e nunca tive problemas com calor interno (mas grande porém, moro no sul)

Exatamente! Também tenho um Seal e tinha colocado película G20 no teto. Além de refletir tudo a noite, a película ESQUENTOU o carro ao invés de refrescar. Tirei a película e confirmei o que o colega disse: o vidro esquenta bem menos sem nada. Hoje uso no sol e nunca senti nenhum incômodo. Jamais trocaria o teto panorâmico por um menor com tela retrátil. É maravilhoso. Edit: https://youtu.be/TnEs6c04oME?si=ed9k38TQFyBUyxE0

It comes with a sunshade

A película cerâmica aumentou o calor interno e não diminuiu. Tem testes no YouTube mostrando como o vidro sem película bloqueia 99% do calor (medido com sensor de IR), enquanto a película acumula esse calor. Edit: https://youtu.be/TnEs6c04oME?si=ed9k38TQFyBUyxE0

O meu melhorou. E é muito notório. Um exemplo prático é quando eu usava o carro de tarde. Tirava da garagem, pegava o sol e imediatamente já dava pra sentir o calorzão passando pelo teto, mesmo com a cortina fechada. Com a película, não tenho mais este impacto imediato. Demora pra esquentar... Quado o carro fica uma tarde inteira no sol, não vi mudança. Não achei que ficou mais quente com a película não. Mas é muito mais quente que um carro sem teto solar, sem dúvidas.

Tell you what. There's a lot of marketing around these panoramic roofs and how good or bad they handle direct sunlight, and they do use science to make it bearable, but the truth is that it's physically impossible for it to be equal or better than having a shade or no glass roof at all. The simplest test I've used to debate this topic with people who say "I have one and it doesn't get hot and nobody has ever complained about it" is to just put some transition glasses in the cabin and see whether or not they turn dark. That's it, period. They react to UV light. There's no fooling or thinking or opinions that matter. The fact is that there is more UV light and heat in a cabin with an exposed glass roof than in one with a shade or no glass roof at all. I have a BYD Tang and it has a built-in shade for the sunroof. I have transition glasses. If I sit in the second row with the shade on under direct sunlight, they don't turn dark. If I do the same and open the shade, they do turn just a little bit dark (because it's true that it's not just plain glass in the roof). If I step outside, they turn completely dark. And that's the end of it. So in conclusion, it's a trade off. You get a more open cabin with better views of the sky in exchange for some extra energy used by the HVAC system to keep the cabin cool and a little bit more exposure to UV lights for the passengers and the interior materials. Fun fact, in colder weather, the sunroof actually helps the HVAC system keep the cabin a little bit warmer by letting whatever little amount of heat comes through it from the sunlight.

Eu vi que a próxima versão vai vir com tela, vi um vídeo de um seal chinês, acho que chega pá nós aqui no bananil

In the latest Seal I thought now this is electric and included?

In the Seal U, the sun roof also has an internal fabric cover that can be controlled separately to the sun roof. It certainly made a difference for our two boys in the back of the car in the two weeks we spent in Italy’s 40°C heat (the vented seats in the front were also a blessing!). As the Seal U is arguably a ‘tall’ Seal, i wondered if the Seal had a similar arrangement?

Definitely a real issue. In 35+ degrees the air con effectively doesn't work with a panoramic roof and hot dash. The sun shade that comes with the car is perforated and doesn't do a great job of blocking real sun. Cutting some silver lined insulation foam to size and putting it under the sunshade works. And the umbrella style window shade blockers are pretty good at stopping the sun from turning the dashboard into a molten heat sink.

Maybe Chinese models? Even the 2026 EU models don't have it, only the foldable sunshade.

Australia here. Up to MY24, the Seal's panoramic glass roof did *not* have a built in shade. Instead, there was a heat rejecting silver layer that from videos on Youtube, did a very good job at rejecting heat. As part of the MY25 update, BYD installed a powered shade for the Seal (plus a few other things; sunglass over on the driver's grab handle area, FSD to the Premium, while the Performance got DiSus-C), but the glass roof lost the heat rejecting layer. When I had the car tinted, I also had a UV film installed on the roof. It seems to help - or it could be in my head.

Amazing awnser, man. Thank you for sharing.

First of all congratulations on your new car. I live in Saudi Arabia, and you can imagine how hot the sun and weather can get here, and I didn’t face any problems with the sun roof, it’s well insulated. But I’d consider adding a layer of thermal insulation film just in case to help making the AC works better.

Thank you for your anwser. I will use without thermal film for now. Thanks!

I have one a stick on internal sunshade in my Dolphin. We recently had 40′C days in Melbourne Australia. It works very well. I also use a reflective windscreen shade. Car Sunroof Shades For BYD Seal EK 2022\~2025 2024 Sun Visor Cover Sun protection Anti UV Heat Insulation Protection Accessories [https://a.aliexpress.com/\_m0GZxct](https://a.aliexpress.com/_m0GZxct)

Glad to help, enjoy it

My does. 2025 Australia model. Also, OP, Heat is not an issue, even on very sunny, 35+ deg C days!

In EU you dont get the 3 different models we do either so maybe hasn't been done for your builds?

What do you mean with 3 different models? We do get 3 different trims, a comfort, design and excellence.

Which country are you in? Most Euro Markets on have the Design and Excellence. Normally when 3 such as Asia and Australia the mid spec is the Premium. Long range and larger motor, HUD etc.

Belgium. The comfort has fake leather seats and 18 inch tyres, 18 inch wheels as well. 61.4 kWh batterij, 230hp and RWD. The Design trim adds 19 inch tyres, real leather seats and 82.5kWh batterij with 300hp. Excellence is basically the performance model on other markets and only adds 530hp AWD and HUD over the Design trim. Brochure is in English here: [https://www.bydauto.be/media/0iyh1zgu/seal-2026-en.pdf](https://www.bydauto.be/media/0iyh1zgu/seal-2026-en.pdf)

Interesting! Dont know why your mid spec doesn't have the HUD, but otherwise identical to the Premium mid spec here. Seems also aren't getting the integrated sunshade that the 25 model up have here if you mention not on latest models there.