Depending on the amount of time and money you want to spend building a jig, you could always buy a new one: http://www.busdepot.com/details.jsp?partnumber=251857551A For $20, the price sounds right to me. However, that one I linked to is only the driver side. Perhaps you could find a pair on thesamba.com for cheap. Good luck! chris On 8/31/07, David Yates <dyates1@bigpond.net.au> wrote: > > My 25 year old Vanagon sun visors are a little sad. The vinyl covers are > still fine but the inside material has been crushed by years of use. > > > > I am contemplating doing something about it. Because of the way the vinyl > is welded together along the seams, I am concerned about doing permanent > damage to the visors by opening them up fully. Has anyone tackled this > problem? > > > > I have wondered whether I could put a smallish slit along one of the seams > and extract all the crushed foam. It might be possible to make a jig of > two > parallel boards spaced to the correct thickness of the visor and then > carefully inject expanding foam into the interior of the visor until it is > comfortably full. > > > > There MAY be a problem with the mechanism that allows the visor to rotate > on > its arm, but I wonder if it is worth a try. > > > > Does anyone have an alternative? I HAVE seen the Sun visors with built-in > DVD player and TV but don't want to go down that path!. > > > > Dave > > downunder > > > > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.484 / Virus Database: 269.13.0/980 - Release Date: 30/08/2007 > 6:05 PM > >
-- Chris 88 Vanagon GL 02 Golf GLS TDI (SOLD, looking for a Westy, now that I know what I really like to drive) |
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