RE: Sunvisors - FIXED!

[Larry Mittell <lmittel@ibm.net>]

Wow, you really went right for the throat with that solution, glen! No
point in finessing the problem when you can smash it flat with a
sledgehammer! 

The only downside this fix has, as far as I can tell, is the additional
frontal area presented by the pointy ends of those lag bolts projecting
above the roof line. Adds to the aerodynamic drag, you know.  However,
they'll do a  nice job of scribing the road with your path for posterity,
should you invert your ur-q. Another plus is that you won't burden valuable
brain cells with the chore of deciding what angle to adjust the visors to
when the ur-q is upright.

Wait a minute! Locknuts for lag bolts? Sounds like a fun thing to ask the
Home Depot kid about! 


At 10:12 AM 5/28/98 -0400, you wrote:
>
>I had this same problem with the 85 ur-q and found a sure fix. I drilled
2x 1/2" holes through each sunvisor and on up though the roof and installed
a couple of 4" x 1/2" lag bolts and locknuts to secure each. They won't
flop down again even on the BIGGEST bumps!
>
>:)
>
>-glen
>
>>
>>I am not currently on the list but I would appreciate some advice as I
>>was unable to find anything in the archives.  Does anyone have a fix for
>>drooping sunvisors.  The sunvisors on both my '87 and '89 lower
>>themselves about half way and will not stay in the stored position.  If
>>anyone has the fix, please e-mail me directly at baxter@ppcc.cccoes.edu.
>>Thanks for your help.
>>
>>Dale