Installing a sun visor

Includes sheet metal, rubbers, bumpers, badges and rust repairs.

Moderators: reidy, Blacky

Post Reply
Southern kiwi
Posts: 7
Joined: Wed Nov 20, 2013 10:53 am
State: NOT ENTERED
Location: Invercargill

Installing a sun visor

Post by Southern kiwi »

He guys and girls would like so help on the best way to insall a sun visor, any help regards screws etc would be great help, even some close up photos of a fitted visor would be handy.
cheers jono
Attachments
photo.JPG
photo.JPG (157.83 KiB) Viewed 1807 times
Trev
Posts: 7897
Joined: Thu Apr 15, 2004 6:43 pm
State: NOT ENTERED
Location: Wonthaggi

Re: Installing a sun visor

Post by Trev »

Ripper looking wagon there Jono :thumbsup: .

Sorry no advise on visors, but will be looking at answers for my own reference.
[img]http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f177/trevwood/WOOFTOsmall.jpg[/img]
Woofto Car Club Member No3
User avatar
Harv
Posts: 5654
Joined: Mon Oct 08, 2007 2:00 pm
State: NSW
Location: Sydney, Australia

Re: Installing a sun visor

Post by Harv »

This may help:

Image

Image

Notice that whilst the actual visor is common to all body types, the brackets are unique for sedan, wagon, ute and van. Getting the right brackets is the largest source of angst.

Cheers,
Harv.
327 Chev EK wagon, original EK ute for Number 1 Daughter, an FB sedan meth monster project and a BB/MD grey motored FED.
Southern kiwi
Posts: 7
Joined: Wed Nov 20, 2013 10:53 am
State: NOT ENTERED
Location: Invercargill

Re: Installing a sun visor

Post by Southern kiwi »

cheers for that great help, yes nice wagon brought about a month ago.
history was brought in aus about 8 years ago by perivous owner he spent alot of time and money on a full rebuild on drive gear did a respary etc,
brought over to nz to find it needed alot of work and money to get a cert.
so now its my turn to finish the old girl off, got new carpets going in next week also trim going on outside in next couple weeks.
next yera i plan to do a re fit on the seats and doors once i save some coin.

cheers jono
Bluehaze
Posts: 350
Joined: Tue Jun 22, 2004 3:51 pm
State: NOT ENTERED
Location: Croydon, Vic

Post by Bluehaze »

Hey Johno
As far as attaching the brackets to the body goes, I found the best solution is a "Nutsert" device. If you aren't familiar, it's like a blind rivet gun which installs a rivet-like device, but it's hollow and has a thread in it. They can be alloy, mild steel or stainless. My engine bay has heaps of these critters where I mounted fuel pumps, filters, header tank, relay panels.... I used this on Trevor's wagon when we fitted the visor, and it worked well. It leaves you with a nice threaded hole where you want it. A rubber "O" ring between the bracket and the body is also a good idea.
Bluehaze
Posts: 350
Joined: Tue Jun 22, 2004 3:51 pm
State: NOT ENTERED
Location: Croydon, Vic

Post by Bluehaze »

Ps nice colour wagon there.
Blacky
Posts: 13828
Joined: Tue Jul 20, 2004 8:58 am
State: WA
Location: up in the Perth hills

Re: Installing a sun visor

Post by Blacky »

I used "wellnuts" - a brass thread fitted into a rubber tube, commonly used on motorbikes to fit fairings etc

http://www.google.com.au/imgres?hl=en&b ... 130&ty=100
I started with nothing and still have most of it left.


Foundation member #61 of FB/EK Holden club of W.A.
In the Shed
Posts: 2215
Joined: Wed May 16, 2012 10:18 pm
State: SA
Location: South Australia

Re: Installing a sun visor

Post by In the Shed »

I hope I might be able to offer some help? The brackets on my ute were rather dodgy so I made a pair of outer brackets (scalp brackets) from 0.8mm aluminium. See http://www.fbekholden.com/forum/viewtop ... 11&t=17288 of what the end result was.

I have also included some photos from my father's FB sedan. As we have had the car since Dec 1962 we know the brackets (stainless steel 0.5 mm) are original and not been messed with.
Regards
Stephen
Attachments
Visor bracket 2.jpeg
Visor bracket 2.jpeg (30.39 KiB) Viewed 1687 times
Visor bracket 2.jpeg
Visor bracket 2.jpeg (30.39 KiB) Viewed 1687 times
A day in the shed beats a day at work!
In the Shed
Posts: 2215
Joined: Wed May 16, 2012 10:18 pm
State: SA
Location: South Australia

Re: Installing a sun visor

Post by In the Shed »

The other photo
Attachments
Visor bracket.jpeg
Visor bracket.jpeg (30.36 KiB) Viewed 1685 times
A day in the shed beats a day at work!
Post Reply