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Old Jan 12, 2009 | 04:17 AM
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Took my visors out last year, and hated that I had two triangle shaped holes in the top of my interior. Then when I installed the cage, the head unit got removed, and then put back on, and i noticed a sage. The pillars were the only thing holding it up in the front, so I decided to make some plates to bolt in and cover the holes. Took me about 30 minutes from start to finish, and turned out good I think. Dimensions for the pieces are in the pictures.
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Old Jan 12, 2009 | 03:53 PM
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thats nice! good work!
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Old Jan 12, 2009 | 04:11 PM
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Thanks brother
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Old Jan 12, 2009 | 04:36 PM
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i did the same thing. Made mine out of wood and stapled gray vinyl to them. I only drilled one hole though for appearance purposes
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Old Jan 12, 2009 | 05:10 PM
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i used junk visors & cut the arms off, then filled the holes with epoxy, smoothed it all up and painted them with a black wrinkle paint. looks kinda like they belong there and not a lot people notice i have no sunvisors while riding in the car
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Old Jan 12, 2009 | 05:18 PM
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Looks real good.
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Old Jan 12, 2009 | 05:31 PM
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Hell if some has some pictures i would shur like to see um.
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Old Jan 12, 2009 | 06:02 PM
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Good thinking! I'm missing my passenger side one, might go ahead and remove the drivers side and patch it like you did. It looks real good man!
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Old Jan 12, 2009 | 09:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Nsty98LS1
i used junk visors & cut the arms off, then filled the holes with epoxy, smoothed it all up and painted them with a black wrinkle paint. looks kinda like they belong there and not a lot people notice i have no sunvisors while riding in the car
sweetness!!!
thats a good idea.

thread starter has a nice idea going. more light weight than the stock piece.
LOL.
id use black screws though.
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Old Jan 12, 2009 | 09:20 PM
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Originally Posted by TJ
sweetness!!!
thats a good idea.

thread starter has a nice idea going. more light weight than the stock piece.
LOL.
id use black screws though.
HAHA, i was waiting for that to come up. I spent 30 minutes making them, and about 2 hours smoking, and drinking thinking about wether or not to paint the screws black also.
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Old Jan 12, 2009 | 10:26 PM
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i wouldnt paint the screws. most good hardware stores or some type of specialty bolt place will have black oxide screws.
sometimes youll find them at autozone.
if its really bothering you now that i mentioned it.
haha.
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Old Jan 12, 2009 | 10:28 PM
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what are they made of ?
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Old Jan 12, 2009 | 10:44 PM
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Originally Posted by 1mean96ss
what are they made of ?
Well i made mine out of my head shields They were going in the trash, so i made them useful.
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Originally Posted by BlackWS666
Well i made mine out of my head shields They were going in the trash, so i made them useful.
its all about recycling..
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Old Jan 13, 2009 | 09:23 AM
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i'll grab a pic of mine today
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pics of mine

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Old Jan 18, 2009 | 04:20 PM
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when i recover my headliner im going to just patch the hole up and cover over it..
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Old Jan 18, 2009 | 08:48 PM
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Originally Posted by 3800RS
pics of mine

Those look really nice. Would match to a stock interior way better than mine. But my interior is not stock
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Old Jan 18, 2009 | 11:10 PM
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thanks
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that looks cool. very nice of you to post of the measurements!
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