Another Jeep thing, sun visor position?

[ThirtyOne]

So it's come to this.

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[Hound Dog Lew]

If yr complaining about a sun visor you better off getting a minivan or station wagon.

Yea because minivans and station wagons don't have sun visors.

 

[Shots]

Uh, is this not known? Is it not common sense? I mean, you wet your toothbrush after putting a dollop of toothpaste on it right? Why wouldn't you do this?

Ah, but do you apply water before the toothpaste, or water after the toothpaste. Turns out that's a common debate similar to the TP hanging over the front or back of the roll. I guess the visors will have to be added to the list. Slightly down, or against the glass.

I like the artwork. You look happy

Well of course I am. Not only am I finally driving a Wrangler, the JL is the best Wrangler they've made yet.

 

[Periokid]

I think the visors are some of the best I have had in a car/truck. I am not very tall and they are awesome.

 

[blessidsoul12]

I have the solution. Apparently I'm not normal, but it's how I've always used my visors (in any vehicle). The trick is to only slightly lower the visor instead of folding it all the way down, or pushing it against the windshield. To explain it lets say 0° is up with the edge facing you and 90° straight down with the edge facing the floor. Instead of going past 90 to as far as it will go against the windshield, I'll only partially lower the visor so it's something like 30°. Anything beyond that just blocks your view. Assuming 30° blocks the sun, you'd have to rotate the visor roughly to 150° to have the same shade without blocking your view. The windshield won't let you go that far so you're stuck with it at 100° or something like that. So instead I just stop as soon as the sun is blocked without ever actually lowering it the whole way down.

PS, I mention "roughly" 150° because pushing the visor forward toward the light source will slightly change the angle needed to shade your eyes. I've attached a cheesy image to help explain.

I see your schematic represents a sting grey JL. Does this concept hold true for other JL colors? Does it hold true in JLs with steering problems?

 

[iPooted83]

I saw a video where a guy had replaced his sun visors with tinted plexiglass. I’m having trouble finding it right now. I’ll keep looking and post if I can find it.

 

[EZMFE]

I saw a video where a guy had replaced his sun visors with tinted plexiglass. I’m having trouble finding it right now. I’ll keep looking and post if I can find it.

Not a vid but here you go:

JL/JLU Axis Side Visor Kit

 

[thecritter]

I have the solution. Apparently I'm not normal, but it's how I've always used my visors (in any vehicle). The trick is to only slightly lower the visor instead of folding it all the way down, or pushing it against the windshield. To explain it lets say 0° is up with the edge facing you and 90° straight down with the edge facing the floor. Instead of going past 90 to as far as it will go against the windshield, I'll only partially lower the visor so it's something like 30°. Anything beyond that just blocks your view. Assuming 30° blocks the sun, you'd have to rotate the visor roughly to 150° to have the same shade without blocking your view. The windshield won't let you go that far so you're stuck with it at 100° or something like that. So instead I just stop as soon as the sun is blocked without ever actually lowering it the whole way down.

PS, I mention "roughly" 150° because pushing the visor forward toward the light source will slightly change the angle needed to shade your eyes. I've attached a cheesy image to help explain.

FYI a surgeon friend told me he does a few "fixes" a year from visor scalps from doing just this... I am tall and still do it just putting it out there

 

[ShadyB]

Uh, is this not known? Is it not common sense? I mean, you wet your toothbrush after putting a dollop of toothpaste on it right? Why wouldn't you do this?

My .02¢

So... yeah I've always been told this is wrong. In the event of an accident, that is where your head will impact first. So do what you want, but just think about the physics portion of a rapid deceleration of say. ... 40 to 0 in one second and where your head may end up prior to the airbag.
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Sorry, I was hoping for some better supporting material but this is my few minute search....

https://www.nhtsa.gov/interpretations/gf003817

https://drmartinschmaltz.com/car-accidents-common-injuries

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f=23&t=8

 

[Shots]

Hmm, interesting. I hadn't considered the visor as a threat, but that's an excellent point.

 

[TimmH]

I have the solution. Apparently I'm not normal, but it's how I've always used my visors (in any vehicle). The trick is to only slightly lower the visor instead of folding it all the way down, or pushing it against the windshield. To explain it lets say 0° is up with the edge facing you and 90° straight down with the edge facing the floor. Instead of going past 90 to as far as it will go against the windshield, I'll only partially lower the visor so it's something like 30°. Anything beyond that just blocks your view. Assuming 30° blocks the sun, you'd have to rotate the visor roughly to 150° to have the same shade without blocking your view. The windshield won't let you go that far so you're stuck with it at 100° or something like that. So instead I just stop as soon as the sun is blocked without ever actually lowering it the whole way down.

PS, I mention "roughly" 150° because pushing the visor forward toward the light source will slightly change the angle needed to shade your eyes. I've attached a cheesy image to help explain.

I do the same thing as you, was a habit from dealing with the morning sun in my Mustang, this allowed me to block the sun but still see the traffic lights in most situations.

 

[Shots]

Well that's interesting too. My first car was a Mustang (I've had 2). I wonder if that's why I adopted that method. You're absolutely right, that you can't see traffic lights without leaning/twisting in your seat if you tilt the visor to the glass in a Mustang.

 

[djme3333]

I fold it down and to the side every morning, extending it just a tad. I have the morning sun directly shining to my side every morning and works perfectly fine.

 

[JIMBOX]

I don't use a toothbrush on my SUN VISOR !

I only use the sun visor when I have to drive facing the sun--

JIMBO

 

[melendez69]

The dang safety sticker... that's my only problem with it. Still working on removing it... what a pain. I'm not having the smashing success others are.. but almost there...

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