Well, they say that necessity is the mother of all invention. That is what brings us here. As I sat in traffic last weekend, I tried to use the sun visor, to shade my eyes a bit. I have always found them to be a bit useless, these sun visors they gave us. Aside form the nice slot for your work ID, or gate card, they really are just there to look nice. They don't really block the sun, and if you turn them down far enough, you can't actually see thru them, to see the traffic signal ahead, which is what I am told the holes were for.

So, I decided to fill in the pockets that are on either side of the mirror housing. I decided to use Carbon Fiber, to give it a nice sporting feel, and I plan on one day getting around to the door bezels, and B-Pillar trim pieces.

THe attached pictures are the fruits of my labor, let me know what you guys and gals think. I think they turned out quite nice. :D

 

good idea

 

i had the same problem when in traffic, but i went a different route...

good idea though!!!

 

Can you post a pic of what they look like when they're down?

 

I think you ruined a great wait perfect design from mazda.I always use those visors and I have never been in a car that has better visor's.Im dead serious on this
sorry if I sound like a dick only way I would ditch or mod them would be to do what cgrx8 did that looks factory.

 

<< think you ruined a great wait perfect design from mazda.I always use those visors and I have never been in a car that has better visor's.>>

I would have agreed...if my fookin visor didn't break out of nowhere. I simply pulled it down to block the sun and suddenly it just cracked and I have to duct tape it to the roof like a ghetto hoodrat.

 

warranty,dealer fix and be easy when pulling it down

 

nice mod..where did you get the CF?

 

it looks just like it does when they are down without them, the CF is applied to the side without the mirror. It just does not let the light through.

To each his own, I am 6'-1", and when the visor is flipped down to perpindicular to the floor, all of the little holes let light in, that I dont care for. If i flip it further, it becomes useless, because it aligns with the rake of the fornt window. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, you aren't being a dick, I asked what people thought, and you told me, thanks for being honest.

As for putting a screen in the visor, I am not into that, no TV or nav in my car, I have no need, or desire to do such a thing.

And for looking factory, I dont know of a single factory car, that has flip down visors with monitors in them. If I am wrong, I would like to know what car it is.

I got the CF sheet from here:
http://www.acp-composites.com/ACP-CAT.HTM
It is flexible to an extent, it will not wrap around anything, but can be easily cut with a sharp pair of scissors.

 

ls430 that I personally know of

 

is that the new Lexus, I did not know that MFR's were putting monitors in visors, pretty cool.