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Old 08-28-10, 06:17 PM
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I just received the visors from Nigel, I was wondering how everyone installs them. I noticed in the instructions it looks like there is some screws and clips that is used as part of the installation, however I received none of those. I noticed that there is an adhesive on the visor...so do I just stick it the outside of my window?
Old 08-28-10, 06:48 PM
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nvm...found the screws.
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were your instructions in english? i brought some jdm visors home with me a couple weeks ago from japan (because nigel said he was out of them) and my directions were all in japanese but i got a fairly decent translation on how to put them on. i am very pleased with the results and after taking my time with the first one it was pretty easy and prolly only took me an hour to do the other 3. they add a nice touch in my opinion.
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no they were in japan...how did you install the screws? i just used the two way tape and stuck them on. it wasn't until after i found the screws taped on the inside of the bubble wrap.
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Mine had 3M and they just stuck right on.... I wash my car 2-3 times a week and had them over a year and they still function and look great..
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yeah i just stuck mine on too...washed the car today and still sticking strong. I think i'm just going to leave it like that.

you really must love your car to wash it 3 times a week.
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The little clips are easy to install. I think they help hold the visors away from the car. Once you get one on, the others will be easy. With the instructions being in Japanese, I just looked at the pictures and put them on.
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Pics of these visors?
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the little clips just go up under the rubber on the outside of the window trim and you just have to line them up perfectly by first putting the visor up to the window and eye balling it then you can push them a few cm's one way or the other for the direct fit. the 2 longer clips are for the front window visor (the long slant back to the top of the car). the screws just slip in through the holes in the visor and back through the clips then into the little washers provided and snap in. not sure how much the clips actually do to hold the visor in place but i feel a lot better with them there. good to hear that the tape is good through car washes though, now if they could not not rip them off when drying off my car i will rest easy

i guess there is a meet in MD this coming weekend so if no pics up by then i will take some and put them up here.
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don't forget to wipe the area where the double sided tape would stick onto the car with the provided wipes if any...

or just use some rubbing alcohol.
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do your visors say celsior in the back upper corner of the front visors? i feel like i should replace the ls430 emblem with a celsior emblem now that the visors say it
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