Likely so on the overkill portion. Especially if there is little to no additional support to be given to hopefully prevent or delay breakage and it’s solely there to prevent the visor from falling.
I forget they are even there until someone bumps this thread.
While I tend to agree, in this case it's 2 small pieces of plastic that could be sent as a letter.
@Dyolfknip74
Why not? I've gotten similiar stuff sent as a letter from the US as recent as 2020. Has something changed with letter mail? I had some small shims sent from Kentucky that were plastic and about same thickness. Came in a normal letter sized envelope. Pretty sure cost was less than $5 US.
Thanks so much for this detailed description for this fix! I was so grateful you took the time to take the photos and post this to save me from buying a new one. I was able to do exactly as described and my visor is better than new. Now to do the passenger side.It seems the sun visors are breaking like Chinese toys after Christmas. I found a thread in the Issues, warranty, repairs section of the forums. Mine failed about a couple months ago. I deferred taking it in to a dealer until it was early December. The service lane writer told me they'd need to take it apart to see what was wrong and maybe order a part. He said I'd have to leave it. I left the dealer annoyed. Later, I realized it just went out of warranty for this kind of stuff.
Later, I looked up the part on the internet seller's sites. This visor is nearly $400 online with discounts. Given that the OEM design sucks, I wasn't going to buy another just like it. I wanted to make it better if I could repair it.
I finally took it apart a week or two ago. Here's a picture of the detached retaining ring, allowing the tapered shank of the visor to drop out.
