My 25 year old Vanagon sun visors are a little sad.  The vinyl covers are
still fine but the inside material has been crushed by years of use.  

 

I am contemplating doing something about it.  Because of the way the vinyl
is welded together along the seams, I am concerned about doing permanent
damage to the visors by opening them up fully.  Has anyone tackled this
problem?

 

I have wondered whether I could put a smallish slit along one of the seams
and extract all the crushed foam.  It might be possible to make a jig of two
parallel boards spaced to the correct thickness of the visor and then
carefully inject expanding foam into the interior of the visor until it is
comfortably full.

 

There MAY be a problem with the mechanism that allows the visor to rotate on
its arm, but I wonder if it is worth a try.

 

Does anyone have an alternative?  I HAVE seen the Sun visors with built-in
DVD player and TV but don�t want to go down that path!.

 

Dave

downunder

 

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