Dealing with sun glare

[Rob1959]

I had a Sun Zapper, but it made little difference for me. I had to spray paint it matt black and that worked. Unfortunately, the plastic is not very UV stable and it was only a year or so before the clip became brittle and the unit fell off the visor.

That's unfortunate, you obviously got a dud.
We have them in 2 cars and they are fine after nearly 2 years. They are cheap and can be a solution for some people I'm sure.
Cheers, Rob.

[bluey]

Thanks for that, I'd prefer to buy it locally.

I'm over buying locally - poor products, poor range, poor organisation, poor service.

Tried to buy a wiper arm remover locally. Took about 4 months and multiple trips to the tool shop - waiting, forgot to order, computer changed the part number, eventually got it. Would have cost $12 more to buy from interstate online, but would have got it in a week.

Tried to buy a welder accessory from local BOC. (German manufacturer said I had to get it from local dealer.) Have gotten other bits online (ex USA or Canda) for less than local price landed within 2 wks. National manager said it would take 2-3 weeks. Well that also took 4 months from BOC stock in NZ and I had to whinge to get it for the original quoted price (ordered before dollar dropped more).

Just been looking to replace a locally sourced date stamp - Chinese rubbish from Officeworks ink pad died after a couple of years. Original Trodat German 20 years old and fully functional but dates out of date. Getting a new one free ship ex-UK for $8. Locals quoting online $12+shipping.

Looking for dishwasher rack wheels a few years ago. Local price $12each x8=$96!. Ex-UK landed IIRC <$30 for the full set of 8.

[Ryeman]

We have a greater choice of vehicles than the US but few sell in sustainable numbers to support a reliable spare parts network and thus cars are quickly becoming disposable white goods.


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[bluey]

hard plastic like that would breach ADRs as the sunvisor is supposed to be padded IIRC

So probably the cheapest most effective, ADR compliant solution is to have little sunvisors on the sunnies. A bit of PVC tape across the top would do! Or get the flip-down sunnie attachments and chop them a bit shorter and make them opaque.