How To Buy...

The Perfect Set of Sun Visors For Your Car

    STEP 1:  IDENTIFY THE YEAR, MAKE, AND MODEL OF YOUR CAR.

*THIS CAN BE FOUND BY LOOKING ON YOUR CARS REGISTRATION PAPERWORK OR IF ITS NOT REGISTERED YET, YOU CAN USUALLY OPEN THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR AND LOOK ON THE INSIDE DOORJAM WHERE THE DOOR CLOSES, ABOUT KNEE HIGH LEVEL. THERE WILL BE A WHITE TAG THERE THAT WILL TELL YOU THE YEAR AND MANUFACTURER OF THE CAR.

EXAMPLE: ONE OF MY CARS IS A 1992 (YEAR)  HONDA (MAKE)  CIVIC (MODEL)

   STEP 2:  FIGURE OUT THE COLOR OF THE SUN VISORS YOU WANT.

 *THE COLOR YOUR GOING TO BUY DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THE SAME COLOR YOU CURRENTLY HAVE. YOUR WELCOME TO CHOOSE ANY COLOR YOU WANT.

EXAMPLE: IF YOUR RESTORING AN OLD CAR WITH DIFFERENT COLOR INTERIOR THEN IT ORIGINALLY HAD, OR IF YOUR CUSTOMIZING YOUR CARS INTERIOR WITH A NEW COLOR PATTERN.

   STEP 3:  SET YOUR BUDGET

  *YOUR BUDGET WILL OBVIOUSLY PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN AQUIRING YOUR SUN VISORS. IF YOUR RESTORING AN OLDER COLLECTIBLE CAR OR TRUCK OR IF YOUR AN AUTOBODY SHOP/MECHANIC YOUR GOING TO WANT TO GET A SET OF BRAND NEW VISORS FROM THE MANUFACTURER IF AVAILABLE. ALSO THE OLDER VINTAGE AND ANTIQUE SUN VISORS CAN COST ALOT MORE THEN A NORMAL PAIR BECAUSE OF THIER SCARCITY.

  EXAMPLE: A NEW SET OF SUN VISORS FROM THE MANUFACTURER CAN AND WILL COST YOU ANYWHERE FROM $100 TO $400 OR MORE FOR A FULL SET OF SUN VISORS WITH INSTALLATION HARDWARE AND CLIPS. A GENTLY USED SET OF SUN VISORS WILL BE MORE AFFORDABLE, RANGING FROM AS LOW AS $10 TO AS HIGH AS $300, AGAIN DEPENDING ON AVAILABILITY, CONDITION, AGE, AND OTHER FACTORS.

   STEP 4:  WHERE CAN I FIND SUNVISORS? 

    *THERES A FEW DIFFERENT PLACES TO GET SUN VISORS, HOWEVER THEY ARE BECOMING INCREASINGLY HARDER AND HARDER TO FIND, IN DECENT CONDITION ANYWAYS.

  EXAMPLE OF PLACES TO LOOK:  EBAY - EBAY IS ONE OF THE PRIMARY PLACES TO LOOK FOR USED SUN VISORS. THE KEY TO FINDING THE CORRECT PAIR ON EBAY IS THE PROPER SEARCH. BY THAT I MEAN TRY USING DIFFERENT WORDS TO SEARCH FOR YOUR VISORS. MY CAR IS A 1992 HONDA CIVIC, SO I WOULD FIRST DO A SEARCH FOR "92 HONDA CIVIC SUN VISORS". THEN I WOULD REVIEW THOSE SEARCH RESULTS TO SEE IF MY YEAR, MAKE, MODEL, AND DESIRED COLOR ARE IN THE LIST OF ADS THAT CAME BACK TO THAT PARTICULAR SEARCH. IF MY VISORS ARE NOT IN THAT SEARCH I WOULD SEARCH AGAIN, THIS TIME A BROADER SEARCH FOR SOMETHING LIKE "CIVIC SUN VISORS" OR SOMETIMES NEWER SELLERS MIGHT MISPELL OR COMBINE WORDS INCORRECTLY, SO I WOULD SEARCH FOR "CIVIC SUNVISORS". NOTICE I COMBINED THE WORDS SUN & VISORS, A COMBINE MISTAKE MADE BY SELLERS. TRY OUT DIFFERENT COMBINATIONS OF SEARCH KEYWORDS TILL YOU FIND YOUR SET OF SUN VISORS.

IF YOU DONT WANT TO BID, OR YOU DONT LIKE THE QUALITY OF THE SUN VISORS YOU FIND RANDOM EBAY SELLERS WHO DONT SPECILIZE IN SELLING SUN VISORS, I WOULD THEN TRY THIS EBAY STORE BELOW:

eBay Sun Visor Store                       

IF YOU DO A SEARCH ON GOOGLE FOR:   SUN VISOR STORE    THEN YOU WILL COME ACROSS A SITE DEDICATED TO JUST SELLING GOOD QUALITY SUN VISORS, NOT A MIX OF ALL DIFFERENT PRODUCTS LIKE OTHER AUTO PARTS STORE.

ANOTHER GOOD PLACE TO LOOK FOR SUN VISORS IS YOUR LOCAL JUNK YARDS. BRING YOUR TOOLS, SOME PLASTIC BAGS TO PUT THEM IN, AND MASKING TAPE, SO YOU CAN TAPE UP YOUR BAGS AND WRITE ON THE TAPE THE EXACT YEAR, MAKE, AND MODEL OF THE VISORS.

YOU CAN ALSO TRY BRICK & MORTAR STORES LIKE NAPA AUTO PARTS, PEP BOYS, AUTO ZONE, AND EVEN WAL MART. USUALLY THOUGH THEY ONLY CARRY GENERIC "ONE SIZE FITS ALL" SUN VISORS THAT ARE OF POOR QUALITY OR DONT FIT RIGHT IN YOUR CAR.

   STEP 5: WHAT AM I LOOKING FOR IN A GOOD SET OF SUN VISORS?

  *CHECKLIST FOR A PAIR OF GOOD QUALITY SUN VISORS:

• ARE BOTH CLIPS INCLUDED AND THE INSTALLATION SCREWS?
• DO THE VISORS HAVE ANY CIGARETTE BURNS, GREASE, DIRT, OR SMUDGE MARKS? ANY RIPS OR TEARS?
• IF THERES AN ELASTIC BAND THAT HOLDS YOUR MAP, IS IT STRETCHED OUT OR TIGHT AGAINST THE VISOR? *THESE ARE VERY HARD TO FIND NOT STRETCHED OUT SO YOU MIGHT WANT TO BE SOMEWHAT FLEXIBLE ON THIS RULE, YOU CAN ALWAYS CUT THAT MAP BAND OFF.
• IS THE FABRIC OR VINYL THAT ENCASES THE VISORS TIGHT ON THE VISORS OR IS THERE ANY SPOTS WHERE ITS LOOSE AND LOOKS LIKE IT MIGHT COME UNRAVELED OR POSE A PROBLEM IN THE FUTURE?
• IF THERES MIRRORS AND LIGHTS, MAKE SURE THE MIRRORS HAVE NO SCRATCHES, AND THAT THE LIGHTS ARE FULLY OPERATIONAL.
• IS THERE A MAP SLIDE OUT PIECE? IF THERE IS IS IT IN GOOD CONDITION AND DOES IT SLIDE IN AND OUT FREELY?
• ARE THE SIDES OF THE VISORS LOOSE? DO THEY FLOP AROUND AT ALL OR ARE THEY TIGHT AND STRONG? *THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM, THE VISORS ARE USUALLY ONLY MADE UP OF CARDBOARD, AND THE FIRST THING TO GO IS THE SIDES, FROM PULLING THEM DOWN AND PUSHING THEM BACK UP FREQUENTLY.
• ASK THE SELLER WHAT THEY WOULD GIVE THE SUN VISORS ON A SCALE OF 1-10. THIS IS SUBJECTIVE, AND SELLERS ARE USUALLY GOING TO SAY WHATEVER THEY HAVE TO SAY TO MAKE THE SALE, SO KEEP THAT IN MIND. I RECOMMEND NOT PURCHASING ANY SET OF VISORS UNDER A 7, OR IF THEY USE THE A+ TO F SCALE, NOTHING BELOW A B/B+.

   STEP 6:  ASK ALOT OF QUESTIONS, AND ASK FOR MORE PICTURES!

  SELLLING AUTO PARTS ON EBAY OR ON THE WEB IN GENERAL IS A VERY COMPETITIVE BUISNESS, AND SELLERS ARE EAGER TO MAKE THE SALE, USUALLY ALOT MORE EAGER THEN A TYPICAL BRICK & MORTAR BUISNESS SUCH AS NAPA, AUTO ZONE, PEP BOYS, OR WALMART. DONT BE AFRAID TO ASK THE SELLERS THE QUESTIONS I STATED ABOVE. IF YOU ASK ALL THOSE QUESTIONS AND GET AN ANSWER TO EACH ONE, YOU SHOULD HAVE NO PROBLEM GETTING A GOOD QUALITY PAIR OF SUN VISORS. DONT BE AFRAID TO ASK FOR MORE PICTURES, OF THE FRONT, BACK, AND A PIC WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE MIRRORS ALSO.

   STEP 7:  CHECK THE SELLERS FEEDBACK HISTORY OR WEBSITES REPUTATION

  IF YOUR SEARCHING FOR YOUR VISORS ON EBAY, GO THROUGH THE SELLERS LAST 25 FEEDBACK POSTINGS, AND IF POSSIBLE, GO IN AND LOOK AT THE AD AND SEE WHAT THE VISORS LOOKED LIKE. SEE IF THE SELLER HAS A CONSITENT HISTORY OF SELLING GOOD TO HIGH QUALITY SUN VISORS. IF YOU SEE THAT ALOT OF THE ADS STATE " GOOD VISORS YOU JUST NEED TO CLEAN THEM UP A BIT", THEN YOU MIGHT WANT TO MOVE ON TO SOMEONE WITH BETTER VISORS. IF THEY'RE FEEDBACK LOOKS GOOD AND THEY'VE SOLD AT LEAST 10 PAIRS OF VISORS THAT ARE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION, THEN THINK ABOUT MAKING YOUR PURCHASE WITH THAT SELLER. IF YOUR LOOKING TO BUY THEM OUTSIDE OF EBAY ON A WEBSITE, THEN CHECK TO MAKE SURE THE WEBSITE IS IN GOOD STANDING WITH THE BETTER BUISNESS BUREAU AND HAS NO COMPLAINTS. TRY DOING A SEARCH ON JUST THAT WEBSITE, MAYBE THROUGH GOOGLE, AND SEE IF THEY HAVE GOOD OVERALL STANDING.

I HOPE THIS GUIDE HAS BEEN OF SOME USE TO THOSE SEARCHING FOR A GOOD SET OF SUN VISORS.

EBAY NAME:  SUNVISORS

CHECK OUT MY EBAY STORE: SUNVISORSTORE

I HAVE A WEBSITE BY THE SAME NAME.

THANK YOU FOR READING MY GUIDE!