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Sun Visor End Flap Repair
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Written by Daves89 - AACA Reatta Forum
Friday, 07 May 2010
 
Last fall I broke the end flap on my sun visor. I went out to the local u pick to see how they were put together. I soon realized that they were not repairable by dis-assembly.

I called a Reatta forum member, Manikmakanik, to order one from him. He recommended giving a repair a try that he had heard about from our good friend Jim Finn, another member of the Reatta forum. The following is what I did to make the repair.

What you will need:
  • Plastic milk jug or similar plastic material
    (I used a heavier plastic from a car wash detergent bottle)
     
  • Scissors to cut the plastic
     
  • Needle nose pliers to move the plastic around in the visor
     
  • Phillips screwdriver to remove the visor
Repair instructions:
  1. Take the visor out of the car by removing the 3 screws that mount it to the ceiling.
     
  2. Unsnap the wire harness.
     
  3. Use the sicissors to cut a bannana slice from the milk carton about 5" long.
     
  4. Round the ends of the plastic slice to avoid having a sharp edge.
     
  5. Feed the plastic thru the small hole in the visor that the mounting bracket comes out of.
     
  6. Work it around to go over where the break is.
     
  7. When you are satisfied with how the plastic fits, pull the plastic back, cut off about 1/2" and reinsert.
    (This way there will be no plastic sticking out of the visor.)
     
  8. Remount the visor and the repair is done.
Time spent less then 20 minutes.
Cosmetically the visor looks very good.
 

Last Updated Friday, 07 May 2010
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