Sun visor

[Bigdog]

What's anyone's thoughts regarding the metal sun visors , yes or no, cool not cool etc, thanks

[Bloke]

I quite like them, but it's all down to personal taste.

My Dad's always been a big fan of them and has had them fitted to several of his Land Rover's over the years, including these 2 (both of which happen to be 6 pots).

Tom

[Alan Drover]

I thought about it and lodged one in place to see what It was like before committing myself. It was then I discovered upward vision is very restricted and it would make seeing traffic lights difficult. I abandoned the idea rapidly.

[Kev]

Make sure you stop far enough back to be able to see the traffic lights.😁🇬🇧

[John]

I have one on my 11a and have no vision problems,
but my brakes do allow me to stop far away from road signs and trafic lights
but I'm not very tall and have a thin seat base which must help
I would like another for my 86" but I'm yet to find a one that fits that windscreen

[Noddy]

Helps to stop you getting your knees sunburnt in high summer.

Alec

[NoBeardNoTopKnot]

I like them, only no good for me or my son. Except me, we're gorillas in our family. Useless if you're tall or even much over average. In fact that applies to 88s. Undriveable if you're bigger than most.

[2286]

In blokes pics as reference.

The one on the sw looks better than the one on the truck cab aesthetically in my opinion.

I was told and based on hgv version that they can produce quite a bit of wind noise depending on wind strength and direction.

From a vision point of view being taller and already looking at the top of the screen frame, you may develop a stoop like trying to see out of a bedford tk.

[biloxi]

When needed, I do find a wide-brimmed hat more useful than a fixed sun visor.
.W.

[John]

When needed, I do find a wide-brimmed hat more useful than a fixed sun visor.
.W.

but when wearing your hat do the hanging corks hit you in the face when driving on rough roads

[Oilyrag921]

A lot of Aussie wine is screw cap now so that might have gone out of the window, 

[Wittsend]

Here's my penny's worth.

Sun visors can look cool to some, can set the vehicle off nicely. But not everyone's look.
I fitted one and drove down to Dorset, I felt it acted like an air brake and slowed me down going up the hills (in a 2¼ diesel). Didn't like it, took it off at the camp site and later sold it for what I paid for it. Drive home was noticeably better.
So - each to their own 

We don't get much sun here in the UK.



The baseball cap is a good solution on those days when the sun condescends to show itself 

[biloxi]

When needed, I do find a wide-brimmed hat more useful than a fixed sun visor.
.W.

but when wearing your hat do the hanging corks hit you in the face when driving on rough roads

Not at all. When I drive fast to glide over the potholes and corrugations, with the vents open
the corks end up behind my ears.
.W.

[Domeheadrivet]

I have one and occasionally fit it. It does produce a noticeable amount of drag and are noisy at motorway speeds (80kph for me)... but so are the transfer box and tyres.
They're great as a sun visor but as others say, you have to peer underneath to see the traffic lights.
My one issue here is that I have to carry a piece of paper around from the testing authorities that permit the fitment as an optional extra. Normally such things are listed on the vehicle license document but for some reason they won't add it and say the "letter" is sufficient... this makes me a bit nervous if there was ever an issue.

[diffwhine]

Biloxi - top marks for that response...! I hadn't noticed it before.

When I did my first trans Africa run, I had one of those visors on our 109 S3. I am 5'10" so pretty much average height. I found it very restrictive for my field of vision and coupled with a bonnet mounted spare wheel (another naiive mistake for expeditions), it was very much like driving an armoured vehicle with a tiny windscreen.

The wheel got lashed to the roof rack and the sun visor removed. We scrapped the sunvisor and in return got a pair of sunvisors from an old Land Cruiser which we fitted inside. Far more effectrive and far less intrusive.

I think the external sun visor looks great, but in reality, not very practical. Clearly as Domeheadrivet says, the drag and impact on fuel economy I know as substantial. Nice in theory, not so great in practice in my view