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imperfekt
01-18-2014, 06:59 PM
Hello! Anybody know of any Miata-sized windshield visors? Kinda like the g-wing for hardtops only I would like to find something for the windshield of my project...

...don't make me get out the fiberglass and make my own -.- lol


I like thissssssss --

http://s1.cdn.autoevolution.com/images/news/custom-ford-hot-rod-woody-wagon-up-for-grabs-29879_1.jpg

Malibu Q
01-19-2014, 08:12 AM
Id make a Corflute corrugated plastic one first, then have a metalworker roll one up. You'll require some folded metal to make the end brackets too. These things normally fit into the rain rails on vintage cars, with the chrome end wrapping into the door jamb to affix it.. The Mx-5's don't have a rain rail, maybe you can cut away some of the windscreen edge rubber and stick the end in there. Good luck. Hope you're putting matching ones on the headlights. :D Love the way you're building your Pit Crew, particularly the autumn palette.

Thumper13
01-19-2014, 11:55 AM
I can get one that says Peterbuilt on it,you might have to do some modifications though.

imperfekt
01-19-2014, 02:50 PM
neat, yeah I have visors on my lights those were easy to find :)

I was thinking of either finding something Miata-sized or cutting/sectioning an existing one to the appropriate length...

I could always try to make a prototype from styrofoam and overlay it with fiberglass...

Malibu Q
01-28-2014, 09:21 AM
Should I have said 'fall colorway' instead of 'autumn palette' in American English?

I don't know if visors are popular on late model cars in America, in Australia you rarely see them on cars from the mid eighties on. It may be difficult finding a used visor that fits the style of A-Pillar that the Miata has.

You could make the visor out of foam and glass and make it a much more interesting shape than you could from metal. If that's a skill you're good at, go for it.

If you haven't got access to corflute, use cardboard for the initial mock ups.

However you make the visor, make the end clamps from polished alloy. I'd make them first.

Phatmiata
01-28-2014, 10:05 AM
that would be a tough find as the miata windshield is very small, pretty sure you will have to fab this up.

I think the AutoBlaze windshield header thingy would good on a pitcrew miata, and some of the old pitcrew single wipers (the silver ones) if you are looking for some retro vintage stuff for the exterior.

Rogue
01-28-2014, 10:53 AM
10774

Looks like it may could be narrowed and sectioned to fit. :dunno:

https://www.chevsofthe40s.com/detail/31573/Chevrolet_Visor_Exterior_For_Bel_Air_Hardtops.html

Phatmiata
01-28-2014, 11:20 AM
what if you took a Project-G Hardtop Spoiler and moved it up to the front of the car? :shrug:

HELLIONMX5
01-28-2014, 02:15 PM
Y, just for looks?

imperfekt
01-28-2014, 06:22 PM
@malibu, autumn palette is what i would say... i think most americans would say fall color scheme or fall-themed. i tend to say things like a canadian.... idk why -

@phat, idk what the autoblaze windshield visor looks like, unless it's like, the chrome a-pillar trim? i think the g-wing is held on by two-sided tape and would come flying off unless i made up some spiffy brackets...

@hellionmx5, yes.

i need to find some time to get working on this project pretty soon.....

HELLIONMX5
01-28-2014, 08:32 PM
wouldn't that have some drag effect? might even rip off easily. just saying.

why not just photoshop?

imperfekt
01-28-2014, 10:55 PM
yes drag but I don't own a racecar... and visors don't typically rip off idk why mine will :)

you can't photoshop what people see when they walk by your car or see it cruising around

Rogue
01-28-2014, 11:24 PM
How about a Morris Minor Visor?
10777

Malibu Q
01-29-2014, 12:31 AM
I think the AutoBlaze windshield header thingy would good on a pit crew

Does anybody have a picture or explanation of this? I have no idea what it is.

Edit: It's a windscreen frame chromed cover.

imperfekt
01-29-2014, 01:05 AM
How about a Morris Minor Visor?
10777

marvelous! any idear on how large it is? :\

imperfekt
01-29-2014, 01:16 AM
@malibu - i think it might be easier if it attached along the a-pillar/windshield frame like this one that apparently rivets onto the roof, instead of designing some brackets that go in under the door jamb weatherstripping...

http://i458.photobucket.com/albums/qq308/WestValleyCruisersPTCruiserArchives/OLD%20SCHOOL%20CRUISERS/cruiser_04-07-07.jpg

*scratches head*

i don't know :\

Rogue
01-29-2014, 01:21 AM
marvelous! any idear on how large it is? :\

No, but a Minor has a fairly small windscreen.

ZOOMX5
01-30-2014, 12:16 AM
Mazdaspeed A-Spec visor...

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-j4LtYrTDCKY/TprfxCwHApI/AAAAAAAAAkI/FW_0b8isSXw/s1600/MS-NA_aero-kit-typeI-klein.jpg

imperfekt
01-30-2014, 01:26 AM
Mazdaspeed A-Spec visor...


very nice, perhaps it could be mounted upside down so it sticks forward like a visor... I wonder how it mounts- maybe I could just snag the mounts and go from there?

wannafbody
01-30-2014, 09:37 AM
Would a cheap ebay hardtop spoiler work? Might need some modifiying.

imperfekt
01-30-2014, 03:44 PM
I think the hardest part will be the brackets

Malibu Q
03-05-2014, 01:45 AM
http://i458.photobucket.com/albums/qq308/WestValleyCruisersPTCruiserArchives/OLD%20SCHOOL%20CRUISERS/cruiser_04-07-07.jpg

I like this. I like the way it doesn't cover the A-Pillar. The design we discussed before would have covered the pillar and not looked as good.
I've had a think about how to do this and here is an idea on how to bolt it on.
This is a rough sectional view of the pillar.
http://c4.staticflickr.com/8/7317/12943305695_cc1a8e65f9_o.png
If you cut the outer moulding through you should be able to peel it out of the way enough that you can dig a hole in the sealer behind the screen. You will probably have to remove the inner mouldings and work from the inside as well.
http://c3.staticflickr.com/3/2812/12943713104_86c10e6444_o.png
Enough will have to be removed so that you can insert an L-shaped piece of stainless behind the screen and glue it in with more sealer. In my pic of the L-shaped bracket I have included a nut. I would weld a nut on to the stainless bracket, near the top, which the visor would bolt onto.
http://c4.staticflickr.com/8/7432/12943713114_b06369e54a_o.png
I would use Sikaflex 227 urethane adhesive sealer, as I'm in Australia. I don't know what brands are sold in USofA.
Hope this helps.

imperfekt
03-05-2014, 03:22 AM
yes. your design is quite brilliant. I was thinking of similar attachment above the windshield underneath the weatherstripping where the top meets the windshield frame... and your brackets under the glass on the sides is a great idea too.

I'd like to say I have an update on this project but it's been freezing lately! darn polar vortexes... when I get to visit my car ill make measurements and get some prototype action happening