sun visors

[dave a]

i am curious on how they attach the sun visor to the A pillar. before i painted the car there were two holes there. but they didn't seem to have a thread in them,so how does the bolts attach to the a pillar

[(AUST)Mod]

Self tappers

[Trev]

When I took mine off they had plastic spreading things that grip when you put a screw in them, now I have put in nutserts, much better .
Don't use self tappers!

[bootlegger]

It depends how big the holes are. If they are small say 2mm across they would have had self tapers. If they are large say 8-10mm they had a rubber with a captive nut. On Sams ute I ended up buying the square shaped plastic inserts that are used on plastic bars and wheel arch trims. I had to file the holes square. It worked well (thanks for the tip Russell).

[dave a]

looking at old posts and thought i'd finalise this one by saying i ended buying them on ebay. they cost me $10 for four and they came from england.

[oldnek]

You can still buy the rubber grommets with the nuts inside. I took one in to a nut and bolt place and they matched it. THink it was $42 for a box of 50. The bolts are 5/16 or 3/8 heads from memory. As said in the post earlier if the holes were smaller they were a stainless flat blade self tapper.

http://www.rawlplug.co.uk/index.php?opt ... 3&Itemid=0

or go to the bottom of this page:
http://www.bonaero.com/Nuts.htm

Tim, there called rub nuts and should only be used in low torque application, mainly for motorbike fairings and screens. I wouldn't trust them to secure a visor.
Just my opinion

[oldnek]

As Trev, mentioned must better to used Nutserts. Easy to fit and can take high loadings.

[Mick]

You can still buy the rubber grommets with the nuts inside. I took one in to a nut and bolt place and they matched it. THink it was $42 for a box of 50. The bolts are 5/16 or 3/8 heads from memory. As said in the post earlier if the holes were smaller they were a stainless flat blade self tapper.

http://www.rawlplug.co.uk/index.php?opt ... 3&Itemid=0

or go to the bottom of this page:
http://www.bonaero.com/Nuts.htm

Tim, there called rub nuts and should only be used in low torque application, mainly for motorbike fairings and screens. I wouldn't trust them to secure a visor.
Just my opinion

you said rub nuts

[thropzed]

I bought the Nutsert tool and fitted my visor and roof racks. Beautiful finish with button head hex nuts!
Cheers Theo Z.............................
OH! also my smiths heater, cargo boards and speaker surronds

[dave a]

those nutserts ' are they put in with a set of plier type things . if so i've used them on my HJ when fitting out my boot. the mate next door had them. i might ask if he's got any more,he's a engineer . handy!

[Trev]

They are put in with a thing similar to to a pop rivet gun.