They're probably 'bout as useful as tits on a boar hog. In looking at all my chopped custom cars pics, about half have them, about half don't. My shoebox is chopped 4 inches, and I'm currently working on a new interior. Just trying to figure out whether I should worry about 'em, or ditch 'em. What do you guys think? Rich
Being a retired upholster, they are one of the more difficult things to cover and make look good. So my vote would be no also! By your avatar you already wear sun glasses.
Upholster a visor, ouch that sounds like bad taste. We plan to run the visor back on our shoebox after the 1 1/2 " chop. But certainly won't tip it down that just looks sad. Okay it looks like my reading skills are not up to much. It clearly says interior visor in the header.Duh....
I think some of you guys thought I was referring to putting a Fulton visor on a custom. I'm not. I changed the title to say "Interior Sun Visors". Putting a Fulton on a chopped custom? Ewwwww. Rich
If you have them already in your possession,you should try them.I guess thats the best way to figure it out does they look good or not on your ride.I like to see too how they look like on shoebox with 4"chop. I dont have them and it could be good to see how they look before i spend money for them.
Try a plexi-glass style visor. You will have to custom make it. When the sun is in your eye`s, you will need it immediately. Might be easyier than trying to find your sunglasses.
heres the thread I did they are super easy to recover http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/reupholster-interior-sunvisors-cheap.799987/ I never did trim the size of them which was an oversight but I think they need to be there to look complete (and I have tilted them down slightly to block the sun at times) Tilted all the way down , they would hit the steering wheel and dash, LOL jeff
Rich , you drive Buckshot all over the place. it aint got no visors. pull cap down, sunglasses and go.
If it were MY chopped shoebox , I would install the visors. IMHO , they finish off the look , and if you're driving into the sun , they are there to fold down. When you don't need them , they're up out of the way , lookin' good.
I would keep them and consider chopping them down, too. Also, do you use sun visors on your daily driver? If the answer is yes, you already know what you should do in your chopped custom.
I've had my chopped coupe for over 20 years and never needed inside visors. Wear sun glasses if you need to block out the sun.
Drove my 48 Chevy Coupe with 3-1/2" chop a couple of years without sun visors. Then took the time to put them in and use them all the time. Visors were swap meet items from 70's Chrysler product. Covered them with left over material from original upholstery job from 5 years prior. If you are going to drive the car much you will use them just like you do in your everyday driver. Really don't get cars without things like windshield wipers, outside mirrors, etc. I drive my cars a lot and not just to the local cruise. John
If you need wipers, because you are going to drive it, you need visors. If it's a trailer queen, leave all that stuff off.
I do lots of interiors and I always do visors because a headliner with out visors is like a face without eyebrows. I do however on some chops narrow the visors to keep them looking proportionate to the windshield size.
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