When thinking about protection for your car from the damaging sun, it's easy to jump straight to a glossy wax or expensive ceramic coating, even while an important answer is right in front of your eyes. Taking front centre stage, the dashboard in your car is under constant direct exposure to harsh UV rays, always at risk of discolouration or worse – forming unsightly cracks and tears as the multiple layers expand and contract from the heat.

Adding a dashmat to a new car is a great way to preserve the showroom-new feel, all the while improving driver comfort from dramatically reduced glare. For older cars, especially those already showing signs of wear, a new dashmat can hide any blemishes, preventing future damage, and significantly improving the visual appeal of your interior.

For over 30 years, Sunland have been developing and manufacturing dashmats to suit the majority of cars on Australian roads, designed to last in Australian conditions. Constant research and careful choices in materials, design processes and an exhaustive attention to detail has lead to a solid, well-deserved reputation for perfect fitting dashmats that outlast the life of the car. So confident with their work, Sunland famously offer a lifetime warranty against manufacturing defects.

Sunland dashmats are specially engineered to suit each vehicles dashboard, starting with a heat-moulded PVC backing that exactly conforms to the shape of the dashboard - no mean feat considering the complex contours and added features that manufacturers incorporate into what used to be a basic shape made from vinyl, leather or plastic. This backing is covered in a proprietary woven blend of modacrylic fibres, a modern copolymer otherwise known as protex, chosen for its thermal stability, resilience against UV damage and resistance to mildew. While durable and tear resistant, the weave is also soft to touch, readily takes to dyeing, has high breathability and is noted for its moisture-wicking ability. The dashmat is finished with a durable embroidered hem, securing the layers together for life.

Not just a cosmetic improvement, Sunland dashmats help keep your interior cooler by insulating the dash - preventing the air inside from cooking like an oven. The end result is that your air conditioning blows colder air, easier - just the way you want it on a hot day.

Sunland have not only been producing dashmats for thirty years - they have been innovating. Continual development and refinement in materials and processes have lead to a perfect fitting product that they can confidently warrant against defects for life.

Harsh sunlight is bad enough on the outside, but can be made worse with the ultra-glossy modern interiors in today's cars. The plush fibres of a Sunland dashmat absorb  the suns rays, preventing blinding flashes and minimising eye fatigue. Race car drivers have the luxury of flocked dashes, but now you too can realise these benefits with a plush dashmat protecting your vision.

Innovation doesn't stop at simply specifiying a high quality heat-formed PVC backbone, clad in a UV resistant modacrylic fibre - protex - but also involves throwing the kitchen sink at it. Every dash mat is precision punched and cut to the exact shape, before being trimmed in a durable embroidered edge. The design phase for each car carefully considers full function of all features - air vents, speakers, sensors and more.

Time is often unkind to cars, and made much worse with heat and UV exposure. Whether your car is trimmed in vinyl, leather, or hewn from a solid lump of plastic, the repeated expanding and contracting with daily heat eventually leads to discolouration and unsightly splits. A Sunland dashmat can cover up damage in an older car, or better yet, keep a new car in showroom condition.

Long periods of specialisation can lead to stagnation, but this is not the case at Sunland. For over thirty years, Sunland have been producing - and improving - dashmats, made locally in Australia, taking care to produce the perfect fitting mats, from ideally specified materials, to both last and perform in the unique Australian climate. Their broad catalogue covers most cars on Australian roads, from 60's models to current.

Every modern car includes a plethora of airbags as standard, but not every accessory was designed with the worst case scenario in mind. Sunland dashmats have been designed from the beginning to be airbag compatible - a specially hinging flap or cleverly concealed breakaway segment has been integrated to completely give way to the airbag, keeping the car just as safe as when it left the factory floor.

Rapid evolution of technology in cars means hasty adoption throughout global markets - but few cars can handle the Australian climate. HUD's are a futuristic addition to improve safety and keep your eyes on the road - until they overheat. A Sunland dashmat is literally the first line of defence, providing an insulating layer to keep the sun's heat away.