E34 sun visor fitment (not E28)

[tashakes]

A few weeks ago I picked up some sun visors from a E34 (thought it was a E28) as I read in the forums that it was a direct fitment. As it turns out, the pivot sides work perfectly but the clips fall short a little bit.  Today I fabricated some adapters so they clip correctly. Pics below pretty much tell the story. A cutting board from the kitchen was sacrificed for this but some thinner plastic would probably be better.  And I would not have gotten my ass kicked by the wife. Here are the results.  All in all not too bad.  And I suck at fabricating.  I’m getting a black headliner soon so all the items will be painted black and should disappear.  

Edited February 24, 2019 by tashakes
Screw up on donor platform.

[John_in_VA]

Are you certain those are E28 visors?  Only the M5 had the slide cover for the vanity mirror/light, without any text on it.  The vertical seam seen on the left visor in the 5th & last photos is also not present.

 

 

Edited February 24, 2019 by John_in_VA
added pix

[tashakes]

uh Oh. I stand corrected.  These are off a E34 525i. I thought I got them off a E28.  Well. I made them work.  I am going to hide the adapters I under new headliner and make them thinner.  That should work as well.  Thanks John.  

Edited February 25, 2019 by tashakes
Complete screw up on model platform.

[Healey3000]

There was an e34 528?  In the US, I thought there was the 525i, 535i and later the V8 powered 530i and 540i.

 

The 528 showed up again in the e39, didn't it?

[Teelinger]

@tashakes I've got the same problem with a set of e21 visors I recently bought. I'll try your solution as a temporary fix. 

 

Thanks, James

 

[tashakes]

1 hour ago, Healey3000 said:

There was an e34 528?  In the US, I thought there was the 525i, 535i and later the V8 powered 530i and 540i.

 

The 528 showed up again in the e39, didn't it?

Yes must have been a 525i. I was still caught up on the e28. 

[John_in_VA]

23 minutes ago, Teelinger said:

 

I was able to get enough length to make them work by pulling the visor out of the hinge end a bit.

[joysterm]

37 minutes ago, Teelinger said:

@tashakes I've got the same problem with a set of e21 visors I recently bought. I'll try your solution as a temporary fix. 

 

Thanks, James

 

James, Looking at the pic you may want to check the setscrew on the mounting post. I am not positive but you may get enough adjustment to allow the visor to extend as it were,  to line up with the stock clips. 

[Teelinger]

@John_in_VA thanks for the tip. I'll try that first!

 

James

[tashakes]

5 minutes ago, joysterm said:

James, Looking at the pic you may want to check the setscrew on the mounting post. I am not positive but you may get enough adjustment to allow the visor to extend as it were,  to line up with the stock clips. 

I tried that on the E34 525i (see, i got it right this time!) when I installed them but they needed to be pulled too much and the tab on the metal hinge would not catch the visor spring anymore. 

[joysterm]

2 minutes ago, tashakes said:

I tried that on the E34 525i (see, i got it right this time!) when I installed them but they needed to be pulled too much and the tab on the metal hinge would not catch the visor spring anymore. 

Not familiar with the e34 version