For the money, I think the stock sun visors on the Series 2
cars are the crappiest thing on the car…Vinyl over foam,
with a metal frame…
The foam eventually collapses, and the vinyl splits, and the
stuffing falls out…It’s a rat feast.
Anyway, since I have nothing to lose , I’m trying an
experiment.
I’ve removed the vinyl and stuffing (what’s left of it),
from the metal frame.
Cleaned all the rust off the internal frame parts, and cut 4
pieces of 1/8’’ plywood, in the original shape…
I have now epoxied the wood to the frame, making a sandwich,
approximately 1/2’’ thick…
This will be covered with padding and new vinyl, after
priming the wood …
If it doesn’t work, then I can still spend the stupid money
on new visors, but , having done similar projects on other
cars, I think it will…
Edward–
It’s not a car, it’s a career! '70 OTS 4.2L
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In reply to a message from Mr. Barry sent Tue 7 Jun 2016:
I do like the wool covered ones to match the headliner on my
68 FHC but if I were going to go away from stock I might think
about something like what they put on the Eagle Low Drag in
this Top Gear link…
David
68 E-type FHC–
D Barnes
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In reply to a message from D Barnes sent Tue 7 Jun 2016:
Interesting. I just had to re-do the sun visors on my MGC
GT which have the same construction. I took mine to an
upholstery guy who put the same stuff in their that he uses
to make door cards and then covered them with foam and
vinyl I provided to match my interior panels. He put a nice
stitched edge around them. $50 the pair
Steve–
'68 2+2, '87 Benz SL, '60 Mini, '68 MGC
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In reply to a message from PKN sent Tue 7 Jun 2016:
The Boss (SWMBO) did mine while I was replacing the
headliner.–
The original message included these comments:
Interesting. I just had to re-do the sun visors on my MGC
GT which have the same construction. I took mine to an
upholstery guy who put the same stuff in their that he uses
to make door cards and then covered them with foam and
vinyl I provided to match my interior panels. He put a nice
stitched edge around them. $50 the pair
–
John Walker, 1969 E-Type Coupe
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In reply to a message from Mr. Barry sent Tue 7 Jun 2016:
I can not disagree about the construction but one thing to keep in
mind that was an approved design to meet the requirements of DOT
or NHTSA. Anything durable in that area would have flunked. Even
the mirror on the tension rod had to go and be replaced by the
break away version mounted on the windscreen. As to the blue
plastic as in the Eagle those are a copy of the type Jaguar used
in the XK coupes. They look great and work as well as they collect
scratches. So best of luck and drive safe but please consider that
a hard device that close to your head might not serve you well in
a crash.–
The original message included these comments:
For the money, I think the stock sun visors on the Series 2
cars are the crappiest thing on the car…Vinyl over foam,
with a metal frame…
The foam eventually collapses, and the vinyl splits, and the
stuffing falls out…It’s a rat feast.
–
George Camp
Columbia SC, United States
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In reply to a message from Mr. Barry sent Tue 7 Jun 2016:
Hi Ed, My visors in my '75 were disintegrated as far as the
foam…final solution after one failure with spray
insulation foam was buying some nice leatherette fabric and
cushion stuffing which comes on a roll.Took one old visor to
an upholstery shop with fabric and foam. $30 later two nice
visors that look and feel much nicer then the original
vinyl.
Joe B. '69 FHC '75XJ6C–
The original message included these comments:
For the money, I think the stock sun visors on the Series 2
cars are the crappiest thing on the car…Vinyl over foam,
with a metal frame…
In reply to a message from Mr. Barry sent Tue 7 Jun 2016:
Go to xkedata.com. look up jag # UD1S21316 and see what a proper
sun visor looks like.
John–
The original message included these comments:
cars are the crappiest thing on the car…Vinyl over foam,
with a metal frame…
I’ve removed the vinyl and stuffing (what’s left of it),
from the metal frame.
Cleaned all the rust off the internal frame parts, and cut 4
In reply to a message from Mr. Barry sent Tue 7 Jun 2016:
I have added a photo of the pre-covered visors, with wood
attached, (prior to primer), to my photo page…
Edward–
It’s not a car, it’s a career! '70 OTS 4.2L
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In reply to a message from George Camp sent Wed 8 Jun 2016:
I was thinking some smoked Lexan or generic polycarbonate
visors would look good and function well. I didn’t suggest
them earlier for just that reason.–
The original message included these comments:
break away version mounted on the windscreen. As to the blue
plastic as in the Eagle those are a copy of the type Jaguar used
in the XK coupes. They look great and work as well as they collect
scratches. So best of luck and drive safe but please consider that
a hard device that close to your head might not serve you well in
a crash.
–
John Walker, 1969 E-Type Coupe
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In reply to a message from wallstman1 sent Wed 8 Jun 2016:
I had lexan visors on my FFR Cobra, but in bright sun, they
didn’t work nearly as well as something completely opague…
Dropped the blanks off today at upholstery shop…
I noticed that my photo never did appear…I will wait until
I get the finished product back to try again.
Regarding (God forbid) crash worthiness…If your head hits
top of windshield, I doubt if soft vinyl will make much
difference. A lot of folks here have removed the visors
completely anyway.
Thanks everyone for input.
Edward–
It’s not a car, it’s a career! '70 OTS 4.2L
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