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2004 Sun visors falling down

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: Need to keep your windshield visor up in place?
First you have two ends to the visor 1) the ouside ends is were the rod attaches and makes a bend or small U shape and 2)the other side is straight and fits into a round holder.
Now the problem is that the staight side that fits into the holder or ( middle of car) is friction fit into that round holder and what keeps it tight in the holder is just a wrap of felt around the rod. What you want to do is wrap electrical tape around that felt piece to make it thicker and it will fit tighter in that holder. The felt just wears out. That is it.

Now there are two ways to get to that end piece.
1- If you pull back on the visors towards the window side and push hard, there should be enough play for the rod to come out of the plastic holder in the mildde of car. Then it is easy to just wrap the end with tape or material or rubber bands. Then push it back into the rounded holder.

Now if you cannot get the rod out of that holder then the second way is a bit more complicated.
2- If you look closely at your plastic frame just above the window, it just snaps out if you pull down on it.
After it comes off you can remove the end piece that holds the U shape rod end, (towards the side of the car or window.) once you remove that the whole
visors comes off, then you can wrap the end nearest the center of the car like I said above, put the straight end back in the holder and then mount the ushape end back in place and then snap the molding piece back in place.
Most of the trim all on the inside of the car are attached by snap in so do not be afraid to pull down on the molding it will snap back up in place. This is actually the same procedure for realigning your hardtop if you cannot get the screws to go into the holder and screw down the top, but you are unsnaping the molding on the hardtop edge to align those locks while the molding I am talking about, is the one that the mirror is attached in for the visor problem. But both moldings just unsnap when you pull down on them and then just push then back into place and hit it with your hand to snap back.
 
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