I don't know whether to call you a "genius" or a "bastard" for this post for a great idea or for diminishing the pool of replacement visors... :) Can't we just work out some kind of a deal with the folks in other countries that have their steering on the right hand side of the van? Keeping my tongue insert well into cheek... Steven 91 Westy On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 6:30 AM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I have pictures to send to those interested, but basically you take a clip > and an x-acto hobby saw and you saw the top (the part with the clip, sure, > you can used a broken clip for this) so you have a base with a flat top and > no clip. You take another one and saw off the clip as low as you can. You > glue the two together into a unit that looks like the original only about > 1/4 inch taller. You sand the sides so that no excess glue show, and > install as usual. > > Some may comment that it would be easier just to make a base out of some > plastic material that raises the unit, but if you get into it you will see > that there is a molded plastic tang on the bottom that fits into a square > locator hole where the clip goes. Unless you are prepared to recreate and > attach this tiny tang, you are better off with the procedure described > above. > > It just works great. Time will tell if the epoxy has trouble sticking to > the plastic of the clip. I will report in due time. > > Jim > |
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