Sun Visor

Hi Cruiser Crazy and Welcome

It's a personal thing whether you do it or not. They do the job!
I actually have 2 60 series and a 100 series in the driveway and I have been contemplating putiing a visor on one of the 60's but I am 48 going on 49 and people are already calling me old so the image the visor will give off for me is nothing. But then my 60 series has 4 inch lift, Mickey Thompson MTZ's. She will go most places but diff lock will be the next purchase as the visor wont help me climb hills unless I am driving into a sunset.

If you dont have tinting I would put it on.
Have a Great Day!
Morto

They have gone very much out of fashion here Cruiser Crazy, what with tinted windows and stick on strips of window tint that go across the top of windscreen.

In some circumstances they are good idea and shouldn't blow off but should be at such an angle and have sufficent gap at rear
to let air through and not cause much wind resistance.

I personally wouldn't use them , or things like bullbars, aerials and driving lights for that matter which can catch on overgrown bush tracks that are common here in Victoria.

By the way hows the Evoluon in Eindhoven going - last time I was there as a research engineer for philips it was in for a serious makeover.

I think sun visors were all the go about the 1960 -1970's but you don't see them on too many cars now.
Not too sure why though.
Some say they created a bit more wind resistance, so maybe affected the economy, although there were mesh sun visors to counteract that theory.
I guess it's a matter of personal preference, and how the big blue sky affects you when you are driving.
Some people use the plastic strips across the top of the windscreen to cut down the glare a bit.

Dave

My old 80 series cruiser had one on when I bought it. I thought it looked a bit dorky, but it was one of the most practical items when driving during the day. The extra amount of shade it added to the dash area was impressive and it actually seemed to smooth the airflow over the vehicle roofline. I had an ARB roofrack that never made the slightest noise, but when my mate borrowed it (same vehicle, no visor) it had a lot of wind noise above 80km/hr.

If you don't mind the looks, I think its a worthwhile thing to put on - especially as you you already own it.

Cheers

Captain

I just bought one for the troopy . We only live three quarters of a mile from the sun anyway so i figure it cannot hurt . I also painted the roof with reflective roof paint and i can have the troopy in the sun all day and just hop straight in and its not too hot .

I have 2 GU Patrols, and have (mesh) visors on both of 'em...
The "approach angle" of these is such that I believe there is little (if any) increase in wind resistance.. made no discernible difference to fuel use anyway...

Wouldn't be without 'em! (YMMV)

Quite a few years (at least 20) ago I saw some tests on fuel consumption with and without a visors (including the mesh types). There wasn't much difference between mesh and non mesh. Both increased fuel use quite heavily. I can't give any details/data to support this, only going on memory of quite an old article I read "somewhere". The results were significant enough however for me to have made an impression on me and conclude that I would never use one.

I had one once on a vehicle. Did a job, but I wouldn't put one on again because:

Adds to wind resistance.
A point for corrosion where mounted.
Catches on branches.
Block vision when you need to look up at obstacles.

But maybe the most important.... I look daggy enough without one!

Enjoy Oz

bro-in-law had on on his MQ years ago. We caught a bird with it... it got it's head stuck in the gap at the top.. we were doing about 80 at the time, so although still alive when we stopped it wasn't very well, so we had to put it out of it's misery with a rock.