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donkeyponkey
05-26-2002, 12:39 PM
My air conditioning takes forever to get cold in the blazing fl sun. Do any of you guys have that problem? I have an 01 celica and ended up buying the lower 02 grille. Maybe something hit my condenser before my grille insert? maybe i have a leak then? should i bring to toyota to test it or is this normal for the celi?
po9i
05-26-2002, 01:00 PM
take it to the dealer to get checked out...mine gets cold in like 2 mins...i have an 00 gt
wickedpete
05-26-2002, 01:59 PM
Mine takes about 2 min also, but I think thats a long time to sit in a hot car. My firends POS '80 something Mits truck gets cold in 20 sec.
CeliRacer
05-26-2002, 02:51 PM
I just got my condenser replaced under warranty for some dents that rocks made to it. Ever since then, when I turn the A/C on, it gets cool after a minute.
po9i
05-26-2002, 03:31 PM
hmm...im not sure now...but when i first turn it on...it feels like im sitting there for a while...while all the hot air is blowing out
donkeyponkey
05-26-2002, 05:32 PM
hmm dilemma, i'll see how fast it gets cold at night. maybe it's just too dang hot in the daytime? or maybe i'll take it in. I'm just weary about takin it in. toyota service sucks!
CeliRacer
05-26-2002, 06:59 PM
do you have tint on your car? the tint actually cools the car down quicker when you do.
po9i
05-26-2002, 09:49 PM
that's true chris...my car doesn't have tint
donkeyponkey
05-27-2002, 08:56 AM
i do have tint
J3adSeed
05-27-2002, 01:22 PM
yeah i can't stand the hot days man. i have tint already, but i am so ready to get limo tint all around and would even like a light tint on the front windshield to help with all the damn heat. its horrible.
05-27-2002, 02:35 PM
i have 15% tint all around and it still takes about 1-2 minutes to cool. i think it's normal. i'm planning to put tint on the front windshield to cool the car even more. then again, it probably doesn't help that my car's black so it attracts and retains hotter than lighter-colored vehicles.
po9i
05-27-2002, 05:34 PM
your car is black??i thought it was carbon blue
J3adSeed
05-27-2002, 09:25 PM
well even if it doesn't help any, its a nice excuse to tint the hell out of my car.
donkeyponkey
05-29-2002, 04:27 PM
i'm gonna take it in to the dealership tomorow.
po9i
05-29-2002, 05:24 PM
today i timed it.. i let the car warm up 2 ticks before i turned the AC on...got cold in a matter of 15 secs
donkeyponkey
05-30-2002, 06:55 AM
it's in the dealership,waiting for a call back.
donkeyponkey
05-30-2002, 08:40 PM
well i got my car back. they say it's running normal temp, it ran 39 degrees F at the vents. oh well. i guess it's just the dang hot FL summers. And I have lived here 23 yrs. oh well, i'm just glad they didn't have to do anything to the engine.
2002GT_Celica
06-03-2002, 10:19 PM
My car is an 02 and it gets cold quick, but that may be because I hardly ever use the air conditioning. I'm a windows open kind of guy. :D
06-04-2002, 10:25 AM
Originally posted by 2002GT_Celica
My car is an 02 and it gets cold quick, but that may be because I hardly ever use the air conditioning. I'm a windows open kind of guy. :D

:werd: i'm so with you there! i barely use the AC, only if it's super dooper looper hot , i'm trying to carry conversation or if i just styled my hair before i'm about to get on the highway. wind-curly hair = messy hair :ugh: other than that my girl is all open :)
AkUmA
06-04-2002, 10:44 AM
Originally posted by 2002GT_Celica
My car is an 02 and it gets cold quick, but that may be because I hardly ever use the air conditioning. I'm a windows open kind of guy. :D

same here, i rarely use the air, but when its raining, or its 90-100+ outside then the air is on, otherwise it steals power.:evil:
donkeyponkey
06-04-2002, 06:37 PM
yeah, i try not to use my ac that much since it does suck alot of power especially in an auto gts.