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Hi All

I'm after some advice on how to proceed.

I purchased a visor for my EK. It has been restored and painted and looks shmick! It needs to be installed now. I assume it needs nuts and bolts to attach the brackets to the roof. Self tappers wouldn't be strong enough???

I also have a dash top that has flaked and needs restoring and re-spraying with clinker grey.

The panel beater/spray painter suggests we take out the windscreen, then we can access under the headliner vinyl to bolt the visor on AND restore the dash top at the same time. Sounds like a plan.

Now I managed to replace the windscreen rubber myself last year...and I am NOT keen to repeat the effort of putting the windscreen back in a second time - it wasn't an easy task. Now I have a visor there too, surely that'll make it even harder to reinstall the windscreen. Won't it get in the way when trying to re-seat the windscreen? My hair is going greyer just thinking about it!!!

Any advice would be appreciated please.

Mate you don't want to bolt it on , would be a nightmare as you say installing the screen and if you ever need to take it off.

I used wellnuts on mine , they are a brass insert in a rubber doover that seals the hole from moisture when tightened , the other option would be nutserts but you will need to either buy or borrow a tool .

The dash can be resprayed with the screen in situ if you are patient

Wellnuts - https://www.ebay.com.au/i/232374114231? ... dispItem=1

Nutserts - http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/1200-Pcs-Riv ... 0506.m3226

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Blacky wrote:
Mate you don't want to bolt it on

The dash can be resprayed with the screen in situ if you are patient

Two great bits of news! Awesome. Sounds much easier now. Thanks for the advice Blacky.
....and I am VERY patient if it comes to not removing that windscreen again anytime soon

Cheers!

G'day Tim I have just done the same ( Sunvisor) so looks like the rubber ones are the go.
How did you get on with the front mudflaps ?

Hi Rapps

The mudflap frames are fantastic. Sam Crupi sent me a full set.

Mudflaps look great too...unfortunately work has been getting in the way of Quality time with the EK They are sitting on the shelf, staring at me every time I rush past.

Yeah the rubber wellnuts look perfect for the visor too. Blacky = champion

Good advice thanks Blacky, that'll come in handy in due course.

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held on with self tappers been on there 21+ years, though what Blacky said i think is what they used originally