H Suhling Posted January 4, 2009 Report Posted January 4, 2009 I installed my newly painted sun visor last weekend. Here are a couple of pictures. Harvey Quote
Bob_Koch Posted January 5, 2009 Report Posted January 5, 2009 Harvey, I like the sunvisor. But I like the shots you took even better. Great Pics of a great truck! Quote
Dennis_MN Posted January 5, 2009 Report Posted January 5, 2009 I vote for shot number three for the 2010 Calendar Project. I recognize Illinois and a Dodge Dennis Quote
Frank Elder Posted January 5, 2009 Report Posted January 5, 2009 Beautiful calender shots, but the truck is nicer:D Quote
Dale Uhrich Posted January 5, 2009 Report Posted January 5, 2009 any close pictures of how it attaches? Quote
pflaming Posted January 5, 2009 Report Posted January 5, 2009 The visor looks like it belongs. I also like the sideboards. Quote
Willis Pingel Posted January 5, 2009 Report Posted January 5, 2009 Harvey, I vote pic #1 for Sept. 2010 calender. Love your truck and the back ground shots but where's the snow? Bill in Wi Quote
H Suhling Posted January 5, 2009 Author Report Posted January 5, 2009 Dale No, but will get some. When I got the visor I thought that they were a one size fits all but they are not. I downloaded the instructions from Norm's website and followed it. However after seeing a correct model # mounted it is easy to see the difference in the way they are mounted. The correct model # follows the curve of the rain gutter and thus the contour of the roof. With mine the hinges kind of stick up like ears although not as bad after I modified the mounting brackets before painting. Harvey Quote
Phil Martin Posted January 5, 2009 Report Posted January 5, 2009 Where did you take those pictures? Quote
Brendan D25 Posted January 6, 2009 Report Posted January 6, 2009 Harvey, nice truck and great photography. Did you paint the underside of the visor with flat paint? On my D25 the sunvisor is shiny underneath and when I am driving toward the sun I get a lot of glare from the bonnet and underside of the visor. I noticed that some visors I looked at were a flat green underneath regardless of the colour of the car. One of my "to do" jobs is to remove it and give it a buff with maybe 1200 sandpaper to kill the shine. Brendan. Quote
H Suhling Posted January 6, 2009 Author Report Posted January 6, 2009 any close pictures of how it attaches? Dale Here are a couple of shots of how I mounted it. To keep the back of visor from sticking so high in the air I cut the foot off the top bracket and bent a new one. The thing I like best about this visor is it has two center hold down brackets. Harvey Quote
H Suhling Posted January 6, 2009 Author Report Posted January 6, 2009 Where did you take those pictures? Phil The pictures were taken in a creek on the west side of Calhoun county. Harvey Quote
H Suhling Posted January 6, 2009 Author Report Posted January 6, 2009 Harvey, nice truck and great photography. Did you paint the underside of the visor with flat paint? On my D25 the sunvisor is shiny underneath and when I am driving toward the sun I get a lot of glare from the bonnet and underside of the visor. I noticed that some visors I looked at were a flat green underneath regardless of the colour of the car. One of my "to do" jobs is to remove it and give it a buff with maybe 1200 sandpaper to kill the shine. Brendan. Brendan In the instructions from Fulton it says to leave the underside the dull green to reduce glare. Mine was kind of ratty looking so I painted it the same color as the top but used a flat clear coat. I'm hoping for the best. Harvey Quote
51 Fargo Posted January 6, 2009 Report Posted January 6, 2009 I hate to be the one to bring bad news BUT the brackets on the visor are to go on the inside of the door frame opening not to the roof here are some pics as to how they are mounted . you can move both sides of the visor to make it wider to fit the truck Unless you have a visor with a 7 Inch center section then it will be to narrow the Visor must have a 9 inch middle section to fit these trucks . Sorry if I stepped on anyones toes.. The truck is very nice Quote
H Suhling Posted January 6, 2009 Author Report Posted January 6, 2009 51 Fargo You are correct which is why I said I don't think the one I have is the correct one for my truck. The feet of the brackets of mine don't turn back 90 degrees to fit inside the door frame. They go straight down. And since the price was right as it was given to me I thought I would do with what I had. Harvey Quote
grey beard Posted January 6, 2009 Report Posted January 6, 2009 Harvey, Nice truck - nice photos. Congratulations. When you open your hood and prop it in the full upright position, does your rear hood edge hit the visor? Had a similar visor on my own truck. Downloaded the instructions for the visor and spent several days with the unit. Finally determined I had the right visor for a Pilothouse, and tried several differenrt mounrting combinations - moved it up and down on the door jamb, etc. but could not get it far enough back away from the hood to keep it from hitting. Yes, Mr. Fargo, you are right about mounting the retainint screws in the door jamb and not on the roof. This visor must have been on the truck for many years because the rear edges of the hood were actually flared up from hitting it so often, and of course where they hit the front visor edge was skinned up permanently. The aluminum skin was even chewed up. Finally figured I didn't want the thing if I could not solve the conflict, and gave the whole assembly to my son who has a 1948 Dodge COE. Now there's one hood that will never hit the visor! Quote
Dale Uhrich Posted January 6, 2009 Report Posted January 6, 2009 my visor, not installed yet, only has one bend at the bottom to go behind the drip rail. it doesn't have the second bend to go against the cab. the two bent tags each have two mounting holes in them, but i don't see how you would have much room for screw heads. I did have a picture at one time of someone on this forum who mounted a visor by screwing it through the outside if the drip rail on a blue truck. i however can't find it and don't remember who it was. would anyone have a set of the double bend fulton mounts shown in this thread?? Quote
Dale Uhrich Posted January 6, 2009 Report Posted January 6, 2009 my mounts look like the ones in 9c of the posted instructions Quote
51 Fargo Posted January 6, 2009 Report Posted January 6, 2009 51 FargoYou are correct which is why I said I don't think the one I have is the correct one for my truck. The feet of the brackets of mine don't turn back 90 degrees to fit inside the door frame. They go straight down. And since the price was right as it was given to me I thought I would do with what I had. Harvey Harvey It is very hard to find a visor to fit the trucks , the one you see on my truck now is the second one for it the first one was not wide enough but it does fit my 50 plymouth so I did luck out that way . I also now do have the problem of the hood hitting the visor when I try to fully open the hood . I guess you have to just deal with it when you have a visor on these trucks. I tried everything to not have the hood hit the visor but nothin worked . I myself think the truck has a whole new look with the visor. Yours looks great:) Quote
H Suhling Posted January 7, 2009 Author Report Posted January 7, 2009 I lucked out on the hood problem. I have about 2" of clearance between the hood and the visor. Harvey Quote
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