I took mine to my tailor.  $11 and 30 minutes later he was done.  If my wife did it, it would've cost much more.  Divorces ain't cheap.

Jeff

On 2012-07-08, at 1:59 PM, David Beierl wrote:

> At 02:30 PM 7/8/2012, Craig Cowan wrote:
>> Is the elastic self replaceable?
>> Or must a shop perform this surgery?
> 
> Anyone who knows how to sew can do it.  There's a threading tool that
> you milk through the channel.  Use strong elastic - my wife did ours
> and it was only about half as strong as it wanted to be.  It's got a
> lot of weight to support and heavy fabric to bunch up.  Even weak,
> though, it worked tolerably once the visors were folded over under
> it.  I don't have one here to look at, but I might be inclined to
> consider using thin marine shock cord if it will fit.  Might have to
> use a different kind of fishing wire for that.  Sorry I'm being
> vague, I've never looked at the details of them (or have forgotten).
> 
> Yours,
> David
>