Sunvisor repair

[jeffturbo]

This is how I did the passenger side sunvisor on my Zodiac. The rubbish sunvisor, I cut up and as you can see the foam was very messy. also removed the mirror section 

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I stripped down an old metro sunvisor I had to find out how that was produced, its only the covering plastic, foam and cardboard, so I copied it

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 , From here I got some cardboard and cut it to length also using some old headlining material I had lying about I covered the Cardboard

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Next I sprayed the cardboard and frame with adhesive spray and covered it, fixing it down onto the frame. I next cut the sunvisor material to over size 

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I don't know why 2 pictures are continually being inserted of the same picture, this is a bit difficult to post up as i'm constantly having to edit

[jeffturbo]

Material cut to size, folded over and glued into place. also glued the material to the foam

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Next trimmed the corners of the frame and turned it over, I glued the other side to the foam 

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Next I just trimmed any over hang to fit and glued into place. I'm now letting the whole thing dry as that should also iron out any creases in the material.  

[jeffturbo]

I will be using this as the drivers side sunvisor as I have to practice cutting hole for the mirror to fit. The sunvisor doesn't look new but it's a great improvement on the original as it was unusable. The original mirror is glass but the metro one is perspex and much lighter so I will be using something like that. Please be aware the shadow in the pictures is the flap on my phone, didn't realize that till I looked at the pictures

[Joe]

Well done that man! I recon you should go into business......

[jeffturbo]

Feb 27, 2020 21:01:15 GMT 1 Joe said:

Well done that man! I recon you should go into business......

Thanks but it's not that good, as it's the first attempt its ok, but the second one will be better. At least they're more robust now and I can use them, the next step is attempting repair with the material 'inside out' so it just folds over the frame with the top only showing a fold join

[jeffturbo]

Also to add, the creases disappeared when the glue dried. Its rock solid now and much more sturdy

[jeffturbo]

Second attempt, and i will now cut up the drivers side one as this is the best I can get it. Headlining fabric is must easier to work with but this covering being plastic is much more difficult.