Sun visor preparation

First part of a little project to add some sun visor / rain deflectors to the top of the windscreen. Partly for sun - but also an experiment to see if I can use them to divert heavy rain out of my eyes!

This is preparation only - I needed a few brackets made up for the windscreen attachment. The visors themselves off the shelf from ebay at a price less than I could construct from component parts - seller C-T-S Spares.

Cut down some aluminium U channel into brackets and pipe for crush tubes. The lot being tidied up with a vigorous shake in a jam jar along with some scrap chain from another project.

I've seen this vibration method on various youtube/tv shows at an industrial scale. It worked really well, knocking off any corners or rough edges and producing a smooth matt finish, much easier and quicker than trying to file or sand small complex shapes.

Mocked up in the final location on the windscreen frame. In due course, and assuming the visors work, the half hood will need a modification to slip over them.

Next step is dismantling the windscreen to tap some mounting holes. The existing frame holes are of course in the wrong place - left over from an early roof design that never really worked.