This is an article on how to recover your sun visors. I recently asked Fiero Thomas if he was still recovering sun visor and he is no longer providing that service. So let's get started and take apart the mysterious sun visor and dispel any myths about it. Find a clean, flat place to do the work.

What you will need.

Tools

Phillips head screw driver.
Razor knife
Scissors
Hot glue gun
Sewing machine

Material

Headliner material (available at Jo-Ann's Fabric)
Poster or Construction Card board (Walmart or art store)


Disassembly

Remove the visor from the car and remove the arm and tensioning screw.



Next cut the stitching around the edge and separate the cardboard.





Next remove the hardboard and hinge assembly.



Remove the old material. The old material has some foam backing. On this visor it was dust. Clean it off over a garbage can.



Reference picture: You will notice that they use some type of glue to holds the material to the card board.

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New Cardboard.

You will need a piece of poster or construction board. We recycle/reuse so I use an old poster.

Place the old cardboard on to the new board. Tape it in place so it does not move around while you trace it. After you trace it cut it out. For the inside corners I used a Razor knife so it would not tear the cardboard corner.



You will notice that there are two creases that allow the cardboard to go around the hinge assembly. Transfer the crease marks to the new cardboard on both ends.




Now you have to crease the cardboard. You will want very straight crisp creases. I use a board and large dust pan.



It should look like this when you are done.



When you fold it over, look to see how close the edges line up. They need to be very close or it will show up in the final assemble. You can see the black sticking out the edge. Trimmed all the areas that did not line up.



This is what is should look like when you are done. Make sure that you cut the hole for the tension screw. Also, not shown. Where the cardboard is creased it is stressed on the outside bend so I reinforced it with a strip of duct tape.



Per request added picture of cardboard with measurements.




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[This message has been edited by ILVMYGT (edited 01-24-2015).]

+1 for you!

Very nice write up! I am gonna give this a try. I do not have a sewing machine, so I will do everything up to that point, and then find someone that can sew it up for me.

Nice write-up!

I just did the same thing, except i used two sheets of card stock and laminated them together to get the right thickness. The other difference is that i had to sew by hand. It hurt pushing through the card stock, but nothing a thimble wouldn't fix. Worth while for sure! I spend time at stop lights staring at the visors, like an idiot. The interior is now complete!
Ron

Great writeup! My visors have been sitting on the shelf for a couple years now in desperate need of recovering, looks like I need to give this a try. +1 for you!

I did something similar a while back on my Elky, and this write up is spot on! One additional thing I did was to add a Homelink garage Door module ( purchase off Ebay for about $15). I cut a hole in the inner hardboard to accomodate the module, and then use some 1/8" foam to smooth out the area. I put mine with the buttons facing the top, rather than facing the driver, just so it would not be quite so visable. You can do it either way. If the module you get on ebay is not the right color, it is very easy to change color with SEM or Duplicolor.

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The small holes are for Visors w/ Mirrors. Most can and should ignore them.

Please put a picture of OE cardboard and a ruler or two. Fill the view only with the cardboard and ruler(s).
Why? Many people have bad cardboard, often so bad is in small pieces. Picture w/ ruler is to make a scale printed paper to cut out new cardboard.

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