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PostPosted: Sat Sep 25, 2021 12:54 pm    Post subject: New jbugs (TMI) sun visors are too short? Reply with quote

After finally finding a nice reproduction set of sun visors for my ‘64 Variant on Jbugs, I tried installing them. To my disappointment, then seem too short to reach the clips. At first glance they look like perfect replicas of the originals, but upon closer inspection, I realized they end up being much shorter because the base (swinging arm) is much stubbier.

Here are my questions:
1) Is my Variant (German import) actually different than a Squareback?
2) Can I adjust the arm to make it longer?
3) Or maybe do later year models have stubbier arms?

Hard to believe that they could be mass producing them if they didn’t fit for anyone. I don’t want to jury rig new clips to make it fit. Any advice? These things were expensive Confused

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PostPosted: Sat Sep 25, 2021 2:38 pm    Post subject: Re: New jbugs (TMI) sun visors are too short? Reply with quote

I had this on mine. You can pull the pin out a certain amount so it will clip into the slot. Once in, they have worked perfectly. Can't find my post but I did discuss it on here somewhere !
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Found it - Try here :- https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?p=9501634&highlight=#9501634
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PostPosted: Sat Sep 25, 2021 2:53 pm    Post subject: Re: New jbugs (TMI) sun visors are too short? Reply with quote

That was it! You just have to pull the rod a bit to extend it. This is why I love thesamba. Thanks very much. You made my day!
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 26, 2021 3:35 pm    Post subject: Re: New jbugs (TMI) sun visors are too short? Reply with quote

For me that would unacceptable. I would not want to modify an brand new body part.
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 26, 2021 4:00 pm    Post subject: Re: New jbugs (TMI) sun visors are too short? Reply with quote

I hear ya, but it's not a modification. It was designed to be adjustable. The metal rod just pulls out if you apply a bit of force and twist. They don't include it in the instructions, but Qldelsie's reference to an old topic revealed that it's a commonly known thing about TMI's visor's.
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 26, 2021 6:03 pm    Post subject: Re: New jbugs (TMI) sun visors are too short? Reply with quote

IIRC, someone wrote that it is done for shipping purposes, so the visor will fit in a slightly smaller box etc etc. Not sure I believe it, but it could make sense. Also may be because that visor is for all a/c models and years, and the distances between clip and hinge may vary slightly between models, so this adjustable pin means supplying all models is possible with a single visor.
??? Maybe Laughing
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 27, 2021 7:35 am    Post subject: Re: New jbugs (TMI) sun visors are too short? Reply with quote

Qldelsie wrote:
IIRC, someone wrote that it is done for shipping purposes


yes, it is in the links above and in the other threads. It's like people are scared to click on a link or something lol
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 09, 2022 2:04 pm    Post subject: Re: New jbugs (TMI) sun visors are too short? Reply with quote

Thanks all. This helped me out today. I'm so glad there was a solution and easy fix. Very Happy
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 09, 2022 3:22 pm    Post subject: Re: New jbugs (TMI) sun visors are too short? Reply with quote

Yep, fess up time...
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=745905
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 27, 2022 10:34 am    Post subject: Re: New jbugs (TMI) sun visors are too short? Reply with quote

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