I took mine to my tailor. $11 and 30 minutes later he was done. If my wife did it, it would've cost much more. Divorces ain't cheap. Jeff On 2012-07-08, at 1:59 PM, David Beierl wrote: > At 02:30 PM 7/8/2012, Craig Cowan wrote: >> Is the elastic self replaceable? >> Or must a shop perform this surgery? > > Anyone who knows how to sew can do it. There's a threading tool that > you milk through the channel. Use strong elastic - my wife did ours > and it was only about half as strong as it wanted to be. It's got a > lot of weight to support and heavy fabric to bunch up. Even weak, > though, it worked tolerably once the visors were folded over under > it. I don't have one here to look at, but I might be inclined to > consider using thin marine shock cord if it will fit. Might have to > use a different kind of fishing wire for that. Sorry I'm being > vague, I've never looked at the details of them (or have forgotten). > > Yours, > David > |
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