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Posted by: Dario Feb 9 2019, 04:01 PM

Does anyone know what is the material inside the sun visor.
There is the vinyl skin, metal frame and ?????
Was it a foam or sand?
Does anyone know who can restore them, mine look find but sound like they are full of sand!

Posted by: mepstein Feb 9 2019, 04:24 PM

its ~1/2 sheet foam. After 40-50 years it starts to crumble. The challenge in "restoring" them is the seams were heat seemed, not sewn. There is a company that does reproductions that are good and a couple people who restore the cores to like new.

Posted by: rgalla9146 Feb 9 2019, 05:43 PM

It's foam inside.
I know that some have had success building a jig that has parallel surfaces to provide
a sort of form... like a sandwich.
Then expanding foam was injected into the pivot shaft openings.....Voila !
New 'soft' rigid form in the original envelope.
I suggest experimenting on your less 'pristine' examples

Posted by: Dario Feb 10 2019, 05:26 PM

QUOTE(rgalla9146 @ Feb 9 2019, 03:43 PM)

Posted by: bbrock Feb 11 2019, 03:42 PM

I'm in the same boat. Haven't found a perfect solution, but found this interesting: https://www.impactbumpers.com/forum/index.php?/topic/10996-sun-visor-restoration-diy/ 914Rubber offers a visor core rebuild service but the vinyl is sewn on so don't match the originals perfectly.

I'm really interested in the spray foam approach. The only thing I could find with Google was someone mentioning they tried it with mixed results. I think if I tried it, I'd look at minimal expanding window foam which I believe sets up a little more flexible than the common stuff.

Posted by: IDEFIX63 Nov 18 2019, 09:50 AM

Hi

I have just finished mines... it's not a perfect job but better than a crispy 45years old one...

https://servimg.com/view/19843045/39
https://servimg.com/view/19843045/38
https://servimg.com/view/19843045/40

Posted by: Mikey914 Nov 18 2019, 11:27 AM

Nice job,
As you can see it's a lot of work


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