2002 sunvisors in 98 Burb

[hquick]

Put together a bit of a 'how to' I put together a while back.

Firstly....I had to shorten the shaft which mounts the visor to the mounting bracket.
This meant grinding the 'folded over' top off the shaft.

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Next I cut the 'hole bosses' down so the mounting brackets would sit flush on the ceiling.

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Next, I trimmed about 10mm off the plastic on the mounting shaft so the plastic coating sat a fraction below the edge of the hole in the mounting bracket.

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Then, I cut an 8mm thread on the shaft.

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Next step was to install a nut and then cut the excess threaded shaft off flush with the nut.

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I tapped a 12mm thread into the mounting holes in the plastic mounting brackets so as I could insert a 'step' for the mounting screws to rest on.

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I drilled a 8mm hole through the centre of a 12mm bolt and then cut slices off it.
I super glued and threaded these 'slices' into the 12mm tapped holes in the mounting brackets.

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So...that's the visors prepared.
Next....mounting them to the ceiling of the Burb.

 

[hquick]

OK...after checking the position of the new visors in relation to the recess in the ceiling of the Burb....I figured I could use the original mounting hole for the smaller 'clip' bracket.
I pushed the OEM clip out of the way and drilled the hole out to 9.5mm and installed a 6mm nutsert (if you don't have one of these tools...get one!).

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I next clipped the visor into the bracket and held it against the ceiling. I marked the holes through the bracket on the other end.
I then removed the bracket from the visor and marked the ceiling properly.

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I cut the centre out of the hole with a sharp knife and stuck my finger in there to make sure there were no wires hiding in there.

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Next I drilled one hole in the ceiling with a small pilot bit.
I then cut around that hole and drilled it out to 9.5mm and inserted a 6mm nutsert.

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I mounted the visor up and drilled the next two holes 'through' the bracket so as to get the exact position and correct angle. Then I inserted the next two nutserts.

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The ceiling has 2 inner skins in some sections (2 of the 3 holes) so you need to drill through both. Be careful not to go too far. If you can see daylight through the holes....you've gone too far! Lol!

Next I fed the wiring through under the ceiling trim, plugged the mirror in and mounted the visor up.

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I just need to make a cover plate to go over the old holes. I'm thinking either polished stainless or aluminium OR grey plastic.

 

[hquick]

Pretty much done!

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[Mike]

Thanks for the writeup, my brain still cant handle that last pic with no steering wheel haha

 

[chevy_man]

So, I have to ask...why? Seems like a lot of trouble for little to no gain.

And more interior shots, looks like some different styling than what we have here.

 

[tattooed4life]

Nice write up, last pic had me stumped also until I looked at your location.

 

[hquick]

As for why....."why not?". Lol!
Mainly because it's different to ANY other Burb in Australia.
I like all the 'gadgets' Lol!
You'd actually be surprised how many times I've used the visors fully extended in all directions.

 

[RSTahoe99]

Nice write up Howard, this site really allows a nice setup for the Threads with tons of pics! Nice! Love the play by play too

 

[NacIK]

Not something I would do to mine but still cool idea.

 

[silverado13]

i agree something just looks odd about your interior......oh its on the wrong side