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Well, after 10 years on the shed wall, the old sun visor is looking like being re-fitted for the nationals...

Can anyone advise what type of self tapper should be used for fixing it to the roof - fine, deep thread? - and what sort of gasket to make...

Cheers,

Matt

brown bear ive not put one one ek ,,, but done some on trucks over my time ,,,,,and i would only use a deep thread to realy bite in as there is alot of wind pressure ..... and make sure there just long enough as they will come threw the roof lineing,,, and thin rubber like a car tyre tube,,, cut it with sharpe scissors,,, after you mark it it white textor or chalk to give you a neat shape,,,,, sislastic is not a good gasket on paint,,,,,and rubber will provide some movment between the body and visor ,,, you want a siseable screw diameter as well ,lot of pressure

Hi BB - I haven't fitted one but did remove my Lowline one.....
These were only mounted at each end bracket by three self taps - they weren't particularly long but this is a visor with less drag.
As for the roof mount - Karsten has hit on all the nasties.
I would either go with butyl-mastic (it's what is used in windscreens) or Sikaflex - I have used Sika products in many applications - it's paint-able yet isn't acetic like silicone - tow things I have learned to keep away from cars - butmen body deadener on bare metal and silicone sealant........

I don't know if the centre mount for the visor was intended to go into a lateral roof support............ I haven't pulled the front section of my headlining yet (will when the front window comes out for the next part of my refurb) so can't tell you what's in there.....................

frats,
Rosco

You may have already sorted the problem but what I have done is bought some 2.5mm x 50mm wide neoprene rubber strip from Clark rubber & cut to shape - advantage with the neo rubber is you can drill holes which you can't do with ordinary rubber & used 'nutserts' for the roof/pillar & use a 3 or 4mm hex head screw to fit.
Nutserts are very similar to pop rivets (but have internal thread to screw into) & pulled up with a special tool, which is the same as the original fitting, may also known as a rivet nut.
The tool works on the same principle as pop rivet gun & can be bought at around $70 - the place I go to hire the gun - but places like Blackwoods or similar should have them.

http://www.prifast.co.uk/nutserts.htm - shows what they look like

When I stripped my EK for the respray a few years back, I found that the visor was secured with 3 small stainless steel bolts on each support bracket. Each bolt had a rubber washer and a brass nut which was smaller than the holes in the roof. To me, this seemed like a weird setup but I think the idea was that if a heavy object hit the visor, it would just pop-out and not damage the roofline or mounting holes. When I put the visor back on, I replaced the original rubber washer with metal ones the make the whole thing a tighter fit (but now it can't pull out) and I used some tube rubber cut to size between the roof and the brackets! The EJ visor just uses stainless steel screws which is alot less stuffing around - so that's the option I'd recommend!

Blue Ute,
Yup, nutserts are the go. I used 1/4" ones a cpla years ago when fitting a visor to Bev's FC.
Matt, if you like, I have the nutserts AND the tool if you'd like to borrow them.
You can mark and drill the holes tho,

cheers
Woodzy

Drilling holes in rubber/neoprene................buy a set of hole punches - Supercheap or $2 store............ they work a treat and will last indefinitely if you punch over soft wood (pine etc.)

frats,
Rosco

You can drill neoprene, but not rubber