Sunvisor Removal. How?
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Sunvisor Removal. How?
My sunvisors are the last parts of my interior that are not new or have not be dyed to new. So it's a lazy afternoon and time to dye. But I can't figure out how to get them off that long pin/shaft. Or how to get the mirror off. Any hints/ideas?
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Re: Sunvisor Removal. How? (paul79)
I missed the obvious: the sunvisors just pull off (with a bit of muscle) and the mirror is glued on :bb .
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Re: Sunvisor Removal. How? (paul79)
guess this kinda answers my question too...huh paul!?!
im gonna be dyeing mine soon too and my mirror is really crapy...
i cant find one exactly like the original so if you run across one, let me know...
if not, i think im gonna just come as close as i can get and replace anyway...
cant go without that with a woman ridin' with ya!
im curious how they come out when your done and in any tricks or tips...
im glad your doin this before me so you can make the mistakes for me and i can learn from them! :jester
im sure they will come out great! :yesnod:
im gonna be dyeing mine soon too and my mirror is really crapy...
i cant find one exactly like the original so if you run across one, let me know...
if not, i think im gonna just come as close as i can get and replace anyway...
cant go without that with a woman ridin' with ya!
im curious how they come out when your done and in any tricks or tips...
im glad your doin this before me so you can make the mistakes for me and i can learn from them! :jester
im sure they will come out great! :yesnod:
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Re: Sunvisor Removal. How? (SIGNGUY)
You started me on this project with the IM. Remembered it was a round-to-it. Well, this is the pin. Just pulled the visors off with a little pull.
Here are the old faded. Material is fine.
The dye job is now finished. Just waiting for the adhesive on the back of the mirror to set before installation. Thanks Signguy; I needed that kick-start this morning!
Job now finished. Looks good. You learn a little more each day!
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Here are the old faded. Material is fine.
The dye job is now finished. Just waiting for the adhesive on the back of the mirror to set before installation. Thanks Signguy; I needed that kick-start this morning!
Job now finished. Looks good. You learn a little more each day!
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Re: Sunvisor Removal. How? (paul79)
cool...they look great!
i will be doing a bunch of dyeing when i install my new carpet...
i didnt dye the seat shells last week when i installed the new mounted covers...
i want to do it all at once...
i figure the car will be down for about a week...
Reflectex everywhere under the carpet...
new carpet...
and dyeing just about everything in there that is doeskin! :yesnod:
what kind of dye did you use?
how many cans do you think ill use to do the seat shells and all the other stuff?
i am not going to do the rear roof panels tho cause i will be replacing those soon too...
i will be doing a bunch of dyeing when i install my new carpet...
i didnt dye the seat shells last week when i installed the new mounted covers...
i want to do it all at once...
i figure the car will be down for about a week...
Reflectex everywhere under the carpet...
new carpet...
and dyeing just about everything in there that is doeskin! :yesnod:
what kind of dye did you use?
how many cans do you think ill use to do the seat shells and all the other stuff?
i am not going to do the rear roof panels tho cause i will be replacing those soon too...
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Re: Sunvisor Removal. How? (paul79)
Luckily the day I went to buy my C3 from the dealer I had this issue taken car of.
I sit really high in the car and the visor was in my way. I asked them to take it off before I picked up the car, but they really didn't want to because they thought I would then come back asking them to fix it.
Anyway, as I climbed in to drive off I glared at it and wondered what it would take to pull that thing off the car. As I shut the door, the visor fell off and dropped in my lap. A quick toss of it into the back of the car and I drove off with a smile.
The salesman about fell over laughing at the sight of this.
I sit really high in the car and the visor was in my way. I asked them to take it off before I picked up the car, but they really didn't want to because they thought I would then come back asking them to fix it.
Anyway, as I climbed in to drive off I glared at it and wondered what it would take to pull that thing off the car. As I shut the door, the visor fell off and dropped in my lap. A quick toss of it into the back of the car and I drove off with a smile.
The salesman about fell over laughing at the sight of this.
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Re: Sunvisor Removal. How? (SIGNGUY)
I would think that you will need about six cans, plus the semi-lustre top coat. I have achieved excellent results with the products from Mid-America.
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Re: Sunvisor Removal. How? (paul79)
I would think that you will need about six cans, plus the semi-lustre top coat. I have achieved excellent results with the products from Mid-America.
and what exactly does the semi-lustre top coat do?
thanx paul
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Re: Sunvisor Removal. How? (SIGNGUY)
I would say two cans of the lustre coat. It seals the dye from greasy hand stains and gives a slight lustre look. The dye is very flat/matte in colour. But quite frankly I did not have the lustre coat yesterday and I did make a bit of a streak of 3M adhesive for the mirror on the new dye (one hour old) and it came off with a little bit of varsol. That dye is incredible: no lifting. Today out for my second ride of the season it looks...just fine! I had three people give me the thumbs up within an hour!
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Re: Sunvisor Removal. How? (paul79)
I missed the obvious: the sunvisors just pull off (with a bit of muscle)
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Re: Sunvisor Removal. How? (paul79)
When you say "dye", is it really dying or are you spray painting on color, then top coating? Is the "spray paint" special or with Kryon work with the top coat you suggest?
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Re: Sunvisor Removal. How? (paul79)
Paul,
Thanks again for a great thread. I will be doing my interior soon also and would like to get your comments on the dye. Is there a differend dye for the seat material and the hard shell backs? Or will the same dye work for both? :cool: :cheers:
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Thanks again for a great thread. I will be doing my interior soon also and would like to get your comments on the dye. Is there a differend dye for the seat material and the hard shell backs? Or will the same dye work for both? :cool: :cheers:
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Re: Sunvisor Removal. How? (69stingray)
As you can see from the pic it is called dye. It is sprayed on like paint, however. I really do not know what distinguishes a dye from a paint?? I suspect it soaks in rather than coats, hence the importance of prepping properly to remove any old ArmorAll and the like.
I have used Krylon transparent. Here is a dash overlay with Krylon. It tends to be on the glossy side.
These weatherboots were dyed from black and finished with Krylon also.
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I have used Krylon transparent. Here is a dash overlay with Krylon. It tends to be on the glossy side.
These weatherboots were dyed from black and finished with Krylon also.
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Re: Sunvisor Removal. How? (paul79)
Is the mirror original? Just glued on? I have wondered about the mirror and if a'78 Pace should hve one. If it is just glued on, it becaomes very easy to add on.
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Re: Sunvisor Removal. How? (Ybnormal)
There has been debate in the past as to whether that type of dye can be used on seating surfaces. My seats are from Al Knoch and thus were wet dyed at the factory. My inclination would be to not use it on heavy contact areas such as seat cushions. But I have not tried a project like that and cannot speak from experience.
