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Sunvisors #466512 25/10/2007 03:05 25/10/2007 03:05
G Greg20vTurbo Unregistered
Greg20vTurbo Unregistered G	This has probably been bought up before, but why oh why did they use lollipop sticks for the sunvisors? Im sure they work a treat if you are 6'7" or taller, but for most of us they might as well not be there!!

Re: Sunvisors [Re: ] #466515 25/10/2007 03:06 25/10/2007 03:06
Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 32,122 Cumbria stan Dr. Frankenstan
stan Dr. Frankenstan Forum Demigod Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 32,122 Cumbria	Originally Posted By: Greg20vTurbo Im sure they work a treat if you are 6'7" That'll be why mine work just dandy! $\:P$ $\:D$

Re: Sunvisors [Re: stan] #466523 25/10/2007 03:10 25/10/2007 03:10
G glyn_infarina Unregistered
glyn_infarina Unregistered G	Yep, I'm a shortarse too and I'm already trying to think of a solution that doesn't look horrific. Think I'm likely to fail! Don't want to be driving round with my shades on all the time, not at my age...

Re: Sunvisors [Re: ] #466526 25/10/2007 03:11 25/10/2007 03:11
V Vickster Unregistered
Vickster Unregistered V	I have to lean right back in seat and I'm 5'9+ ... utterly useless contraption

Re: Sunvisors [Re: ] #466535 25/10/2007 03:16 25/10/2007 03:16
O owl10 Unregistered
owl10 Unregistered O	mine work well enough for me too see and for my girlfriend to be blinded by the sun. for her sake its probably better she cant see with my driving record of late..........

Re: Sunvisors [Re: ] #466569 25/10/2007 03:46 25/10/2007 03:46
Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 32,122 Cumbria stan Dr. Frankenstan
stan Dr. Frankenstan Forum Demigod Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 32,122 Cumbria	Originally Posted By: Vickster ... utterly useless contraption Don't be so hard on yourself, we still love you $\:D$

Re: Sunvisors [Re: ] #466570 25/10/2007 03:47 25/10/2007 03:47
K Kevcrab Unregistered
Kevcrab Unregistered K	They are useless Just wear you shades all the time , I do , who cares if you look like a twat $\:D$

Re: Sunvisors [Re: ] #466578 25/10/2007 03:51 25/10/2007 03:51
N nrenz123 Unregistered
nrenz123 Unregistered N	Originally Posted By: Kevcrab They are useless Just wear you shades all the time , I do , who cares is you look like a twat $\:D$ they are not useless... they are ergonomic $;\)$

Re: Sunvisors [Re: ] #466579 25/10/2007 03:51 25/10/2007 03:51
G Greg20vTurbo Unregistered
Greg20vTurbo Unregistered G	I know i need to find a solution before i end with a big Max Power vinyl sticker across the top the the windscreen, especially now the sun is lower in the sky....

Re: Sunvisors [Re: ] #466580 25/10/2007 03:52 25/10/2007 03:52
Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 32,122 Cumbria stan Dr. Frankenstan
stan Dr. Frankenstan Forum Demigod Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 32,122 Cumbria	booster cushion? $\:P$

Re: Sunvisors [Re: stan] #466637 25/10/2007 04:52 25/10/2007 04:52
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,648 Ireland !!!! D darmtb club member 1890
darmtb club member 1890 My life on the forum D Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,648 Ireland !!!!	I had this problem with the GF, as she 5"2 and was getting blinded and hated it! Solution : Punto MK 1 sunvisor, is apart from a small gap at the A-pillar corner( where sunlight might get thru, no problem fitting-wise) is a perfect fit on the Coupé's sunvisor arm and clip. The only thing is that they are Grey in colour, I painted it black with shoe dye and she has a sunvisor that works! To fit, just unclip the visor ( while still bolted to the roof! )and swing it 90 degree's and pull it off it's arm, same way to take it off the Punto, paint and push it on the Coupé's arm. It's twice the depth of the Coupé's sunvisor, so it won't fit into the sunvisor slot in the roof, but I still use the orginal on the driver's side ;)!! "Mighty MO"

Re: Sunvisors [Re: darmtb] #466643 25/10/2007 04:59 25/10/2007 04:59
E eldinho Unregistered
eldinho Unregistered E	stuff changing my car for the girlfriend! $\:\)$ my girlfriend hates my car, too noisy too bumpy blah blah blah, especially when she spilt loads of coke all over herself because i was still getting used to the paddle clutch $\:P$

Re: Sunvisors [Re: darmtb] #466644 25/10/2007 05:00 25/10/2007 05:00
Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 23,303 North Wales Theresa Former Presidentessa Club member 58
Theresa Former Presidentessa Club member 58 Forum Fossil Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 23,303 North Wales	Well, I don't find they are any more of a problem than most other cars At least when the visor's down, you can still see the road. In a lot of cars these days, when you pull the sun visor down, you can't even see the road $\:o$ I think it was a 147 that I noticed this in the other day and was very annoying $\:\($

Re: Sunvisors [Re: Theresa] #466655 25/10/2007 05:46 25/10/2007 05:46
G Greg20vTurbo Unregistered
Greg20vTurbo Unregistered G	Originally Posted By: Theresa At least when the visor's down, you can still see the road. In a lot of cars these days, when you pull the sun visor down, you can't even see the road $\:o$ At least you have the option of moving it further forward or back to get rid of the sun, unlike the coop. My girlfriends Peugeot has ironing boards for the sunvisors - not very styish at all but very effective!! In fact im actually thinking of attaching the girlfirend to the sunvisor with double sided sticky tape to fix this probelm(sun glare and moaning girlfriend).

Re: Sunvisors [Re: ] #466675 25/10/2007 12:18 25/10/2007 12:18
C CountCoupe Unregistered
CountCoupe Unregistered C	Surely the mark of an exotic sports car is to have day to day items fitted such as sun visors but for them to be a bit pointless. The last thing you want is some great big HGV visor blocking your view!

Re: Sunvisors [Re: ] #466685 25/10/2007 12:55 25/10/2007 12:55
J Jurgen Unregistered
Jurgen Unregistered J	And don't forget it's an Italian car, they wear stylish shades 24 hours a day anyway $\:D$

Re: Sunvisors [Re: ] #466691 25/10/2007 13:33 25/10/2007 13:33
S shaggy Unregistered
shaggy Unregistered S	I've seen small coupe style sunvisors on another car but they are in two sections hinged together so you can fold it out if you need a larger visor.I thinks it's an MX5 that has them, might be adaptable to a coop.

Re: Sunvisors [Re: ] #466701 25/10/2007 13:48 25/10/2007 13:48
P proccy Unregistered
proccy Unregistered P	Originally Posted By: shaggy I've seen small coupe style sunvisors on another car but they are in two sections hinged together so you can fold it out if you need a larger visor.I thinks it's an MX5 that has them, might be adaptable to a coop. yeah, the mgf and tf have them where a crappy bit of plastic folds down and clicks into place - almost as useless as the coops' but far uglier....

Re: Sunvisors [Re: ] #466704 25/10/2007 13:55 25/10/2007 13:55
C circolo Unregistered
circolo Unregistered C	I'm not sure that it's a design fault really. If you had a deeper sunvisor on the Coupe, it would be too deep across the screen, and block a lot of your view, wouldn't it? I remember on one of my previous cars, (I think the Fiat 131 or 132), and you had these plastic visors, which you'd slide/pull out of the front of the headlining, and across the top of the screen. They were deep shaded (red if I remember) perspex plates, which you could still see through, but were just shaded to stop the Sun from blinding you. They were a good idea. Don't know whey Fiat didn't continue on with that really... $\:\)$

Re: Sunvisors [Re: ] #466710 25/10/2007 14:04 25/10/2007 14:04
R Raulus Unregistered
Raulus Unregistered R	They work fine for me $\:P$

Re: Sunvisors [Re: ] #466711 25/10/2007 14:05 25/10/2007 14:05
Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 32,122 Cumbria stan Dr. Frankenstan
stan Dr. Frankenstan Forum Demigod Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 32,122 Cumbria	Face it, the coupé was designed only to be driven by tall hunky men like me $\:P$ $\:D$

Re: Sunvisors [Re: stan] #466715 25/10/2007 14:14 25/10/2007 14:14
M MattW Unregistered
MattW Unregistered M	Originally Posted By: stan Face it, the coupé was designed only to be driven by tall hunky men like me $\:P$ $\:D$ It's the turbo version youre referring to there $\:P$ I've never had problems with a tinted strip across the top of the window.

Re: Sunvisors [Re: ] #466731 25/10/2007 14:32 25/10/2007 14:32
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 252 Oldham, Manchester stuart81 Making a profit
stuart81 Making a profit Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 252 Oldham, Manchester	I have no problems either

Re: Sunvisors [Re: ] #466769 25/10/2007 15:13 25/10/2007 15:13
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,789 In the driving seat! Guzbod My life on the forum
Guzbod My life on the forum Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,789 In the driving seat!	I've never had problems with a tinted strip across the top of the window.[/quote] In the olden days they used to have green sunstrips across the car with bloke's name and his girlfriend's name. Bit like Door Matt

Re: Sunvisors [Re: ] #466906 25/10/2007 17:17 25/10/2007 17:17
K k9huff Unregistered
k9huff Unregistered K	Originally Posted By: proccy yeah, the mgf and tf have them where a crappy bit of plastic folds down and clicks into place - almost as useless as the coops' but far uglier.... Also the most fragile assembly on the entire car, it's quite rare to find one that still has the little folding bit intact.

Re: Sunvisors [Re: ] #466960 25/10/2007 17:51 25/10/2007 17:51
S StradoZ Unregistered
StradoZ Unregistered S	I'm 6' and they are perfect for me, I guess it also depends how laid back you have your seat. Any bigger and they'd have to be up against the windscreen to not block my whole view. For some reason I've taken to driving with it down against the windscreen most of the time, think I like the widescreen view $\:\)$

Re: Sunvisors [Re: ] #466964 25/10/2007 17:58 25/10/2007 17:58
Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 23,303 North Wales Theresa Former Presidentessa Club member 58
Theresa Former Presidentessa Club member 58 Forum Fossil Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 23,303 North Wales	Originally Posted By: StradoZ For some reason I've taken to driving with it down against the windscreen most of the time, think I like the widescreen view $\:\)$ $\:D$ I always drive with my sun visor down too $\:D$

Re: Sunvisors [Re: Theresa] #467237 25/10/2007 23:22 25/10/2007 23:22
P pebbles Unregistered
pebbles Unregistered P	get a tinted strip works realy well for me .

Re: Sunvisors [Re: ] #468344 27/10/2007 15:03 27/10/2007 15:03
Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 28 bicester oxford cooperinio Discoverer
cooperinio Discoverer Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 28 bicester oxford	I fixed a piece of polished mahogany boarding using the medium of gripfill cable ties and blue washing line rope. the only drawback was when driving frivolously over a bump the afore mentioned accessory walloped me in the face ARF ARF

Re: Sunvisors [Re: darmtb] #468638 28/10/2007 02:50 28/10/2007 02:50
Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 771 North Wales Solouko Enjoying the ride
Solouko Enjoying the ride Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 771 North Wales	Originally Posted By: darmtb I had this problem with the GF, as she 5"2 and was getting blinded and hated it! Solution : Punto MK 1 sunvisor, is apart from a small gap at the A-pillar corner( where sunlight might get thru, no problem fitting-wise) is a perfect fit on the Coupé's sunvisor arm and clip. The only thing is that they are Grey in colour, I painted it black with shoe dye and she has a sunvisor that works! To fit, just unclip the visor ( while still bolted to the roof! )and swing it 90 degree's and pull it off it's arm, same way to take it off the Punto, paint and push it on the Coupé's arm. It's twice the depth of the Coupé's sunvisor, so it won't fit into the sunvisor slot in the roof, but I still use the orginal on the driver's side ;)!! OMG!!! a solution, now I can be able to see. I think on Monday I'll phone up some scrappies and see if they have a set. This could well be the best modd ever for a coupe! Have you got any photos of it by any chance?

Re: Sunvisors [Re: Solouko] #468660 28/10/2007 03:50 28/10/2007 03:50
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,648 Ireland !!!! D darmtb club member 1890
darmtb club member 1890 My life on the forum D Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,648 Ireland !!!!	I'll try and post up a couple of pics tomorrow, where in N.Wales are you? "Mighty MO"

Re: Sunvisors [Re: darmtb] #468662 28/10/2007 03:52 28/10/2007 03:52
Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 771 North Wales Solouko Enjoying the ride
Solouko Enjoying the ride Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 771 North Wales	Thanks that'd be great, i've already sent out some feelers for getting some. I'm near rhyl btw, kinmel bay infact. which wseems to be the epicentre of coupe activity, in the last week I've seen 3 other different coupes.

Re: Sunvisors [Re: Solouko] #468719 28/10/2007 05:55 28/10/2007 05:55
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 13,200 england C came2dance I AM a Coop
came2dance I AM a Coop C Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 13,200 england	don't forget - this is an italian sports car. They are meant to look good 1st, functionality comes 2nd. $\:\)$ and in Italy they don't care whats coming as long as they look good www.chrisdoyle-photography.co.uk

Re: Sunvisors [Re: came2dance] #468775 28/10/2007 15:33 28/10/2007 15:33
Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 771 North Wales Solouko Enjoying the ride
Solouko Enjoying the ride Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 771 North Wales	Yeah, well in the coupe I *always* look good unfortunately, even though I'd look very continental in a pair of designer sunglasses, and subsequently more stylish, they don't make them in prescription. and my eyes go funny when I ware contacts.

Re: Sunvisors [Re: Solouko] #468831 28/10/2007 17:16 28/10/2007 17:16
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,648 Ireland !!!! D darmtb club member 1890
darmtb club member 1890 My life on the forum D Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,648 Ireland !!!!	Here's the pictures of the Punto sunvisor. Passenger's side Driver's side Unclipped View from passenger's seat Raised "Mighty MO"

Re: Sunvisors [Re: darmtb] #468849 28/10/2007 18:01 28/10/2007 18:01
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,789 In the driving seat! Guzbod My life on the forum
Guzbod My life on the forum Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,789 In the driving seat!	Is this for passengers of a nervous disposition?

Re: Sunvisors [Re: Guzbod] #468865 28/10/2007 18:36 28/10/2007 18:36
Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 771 North Wales Solouko Enjoying the ride
Solouko Enjoying the ride Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 771 North Wales	I think it's great. and it's not as if it's permanent, just something for those winter months with the sun low in the sky. Defiantly off a mk 1 punto then? what reg would that be?

Re: Sunvisors [Re: Solouko] #469068 29/10/2007 00:24 29/10/2007 00:24
Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 23,303 North Wales Theresa Former Presidentessa Club member 58
Theresa Former Presidentessa Club member 58 Forum Fossil Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 23,303 North Wales	Originally Posted By: Solouko Defiantly off a mk 1 punto then? what reg would that be? Up to the year 1999/2000. The Mk 2 came in 2000 - W reg.

Re: Sunvisors [Re: Theresa] #469070 29/10/2007 00:25 29/10/2007 00:25
Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 771 North Wales Solouko Enjoying the ride
Solouko Enjoying the ride Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 771 North Wales	That's a bouns, means I can get new sun visors that are newer then my coop! $\:D$

Re: Sunvisors [Re: Solouko] #469090 29/10/2007 00:44 29/10/2007 00:44
Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 32,122 Cumbria stan Dr. Frankenstan
stan Dr. Frankenstan Forum Demigod Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 32,122 Cumbria	Originally Posted By: Solouko That's a bouns, means I can get new sun visors that are newer then my coop! $\:D$ I'm just waiting for the first owner that is younger than the coupé $°\($

Re: Sunvisors [Re: Solouko] #469190 29/10/2007 03:29 29/10/2007 03:29
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,648 Ireland !!!! D darmtb club member 1890
darmtb club member 1890 My life on the forum D Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,648 Ireland !!!!	Originally Posted By: Solouko Defiantly off a mk 1 punto then? what reg would that be? 94-99 should be a good few in scrap yards $\:P$ "Mighty MO"

Re: Sunvisors [Re: stan] #469238 29/10/2007 04:35 29/10/2007 04:35
Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 771 North Wales Solouko Enjoying the ride
Solouko Enjoying the ride Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 771 North Wales	Originally Posted By: stan I'm just waiting for the first owner that is younger than the coupé $°\($ *looks at his watch* shouldn't be long now $\:D$

Re: Sunvisors [Re: Solouko] #469249 29/10/2007 04:43 29/10/2007 04:43
Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 32,122 Cumbria stan Dr. Frankenstan
stan Dr. Frankenstan Forum Demigod Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 32,122 Cumbria	$\:D$ Nutter!

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