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Posted by: dlo914 Nov 13 2005, 04:42 PM

Got started on this project when MarkB brought up the whole idea. So then yesterday i scoured the local pick-a-part for donor visors. What i came up w/ were visors out of a Nissan Pulsar. Yes you heard right, a Pulsar! But the installation came out quite nice, but it's not quite a direct bolt on replacement. Here's a few pictures:

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Posted by: dlo914 Nov 13 2005, 04:43 PM

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Posted by: dlo914 Nov 13 2005, 04:47 PM

next project: install this gauge cluster out of an early VW Golf.

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Posted by: Dave_Darling Nov 13 2005, 07:13 PM

"Not quite a bolt-on..." Care to elaborate?

--DD

Posted by: markb Nov 13 2005, 07:33 PM

QUOTE (Dave_Darling @ Nov 13 2005, 06:13 PM)
"Not quite a bolt-on..." Care to elaborate?

--DD

Yes, please. Thanks for looking in to this.

Posted by: Andyrew Nov 13 2005, 08:23 PM

Looks like they fit better than the factory to me...

ie you can pull it up on the pass side without hitting the mirror... (I always hate that...)

What year pulsar?

Posted by: dlo914 Nov 14 2005, 12:47 AM

QUOTE (Dave_Darling @ Nov 13 2005, 05:13 PM)
"Not quite a bolt-on..." Care to elaborate?

--DD

well in order to mount the visors onto the car. (this might make Porsche Purists squeemish) i had to drill 6 holes for the visor mounts 4 of the holes were about 1/8" less in diameter for the two screws on each mount and the 2 remaining holes were 1/2" in diameter. Both were for the extended portion of the peg that the visor rotated upon. picture below:

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Posted by: dlo914 Nov 14 2005, 12:48 AM

QUOTE (Andyrew @ Nov 13 2005, 06:23 PM)
Looks like they fit better than the factory to me...

ie you can pull it up on the pass side without hitting the mirror... (I always hate that...)

What year pulsar?

actually the visors dont hit the rearview mirror at all, but then again this is the mirror i mod to fit onto 914's. for this mirror i wasnt required to attach the peg that extends out to hold the visors. you can clearly see the visors clear the rearview mirror in the first picture:

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Posted by: markb Nov 14 2005, 01:07 AM

Can you post a pic of the visor unattatched to the car? I'd like to see what the spring portion looks like. Thanks again for following up on this.

Posted by: Engman Nov 14 2005, 07:55 AM

Excellent!

What year Pulsar?

These are one of the really hard to find things!

M

Posted by: dlo914 Nov 14 2005, 12:29 PM

not sure about the year, but did a random search on the kelly blue book. came up w/ a 1990 Nissan Pulsar XE. Here's a picture it looked just like this one at the pick-a-part:

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