Visor installation?

[Myles]

Well wether i hot glue mine in or bolt it in, im sure glad Seeker decided to start this thread, cuz a sec ago i had no idea how too, lol, so thanx guys, lol.

 

[MediaGuyPJ]

How do you secure the bolt shank to helmet?

 

[Jango72]

SpideyFett, brilliant idea on replacing the visor, I think I'll try just that.

But I have a question for you Jango72, what did you do about the cosmetics on your mask, don't the Chicago screws show on the outside, did you just paint over them?

The chicago screw isn't on the outside as it's glued and/or epoxied to the inside similar to SpideyFetts method.

 

[MacHuffy]

Whats the best size when using these? 3,4 or 5 MM?

 

[Oden Draconis]

Epoxy glue or putty would work too but be VERY careful with the glue because I dripped some on the visor and now I have to wait another 3 days to get a new visor. ><

 

[Cailieg]

Nice work fixing it in.

 

[tubachris85x]

For those using bolt attachments, how to you fix the system to the helmet itself? I would not want to try screwing anything into my helmet.... a simpleton's explanation would be welcomed.

Have to stick my tvisor in my MS custom soon and well.....

I believe they epoxy the bolt to the inside of the visor area. I think I rememer cruzer drilling holes completly through, but he had an issue where they would pop out through the paint, but he eventually fixed it.

 

[gbeef]

For the visors are are you guys heating and bending to get the curve?

 

[Mike M.]

where do you get the tee-bolt shanks? and how long should they be? the people at my local home depot looked at me like i was nuts when i asked about it.

 

[Jango72]

where do you get the tee-bolt shanks? and how long should they be? the people at my local home depot looked at me like i was nuts when i asked about it.

They say that a picture is worth a thousand words...

You'll find them down the fastener aisle, in the specialty bins. ( the rotating towers with the flip out bins. )

Just ask them for "chicago screws".

 

[Mike M.]

i may have to go to lowes, since bozeman has the second smallest home depot in the country.

 

[Halo 1]

SN,

If you can't find any, LMK. I can pick em up easy from my AO and have em shipped over.

LMK.

Stay safe,

Tim.

 

[Ezy6]

You could either cut out thin strips that overlap the visor and the helmet and hot glue them in. Or depending how thick the visor is you might find similar thickness material and make tabs to be joined to the edges(hot glue). Or get some thin clear plastic sheet and cut out another visor 3mm larger than the original visor and laminate them together. Depending on usage, wear and tear, you could just overlap enough hot glue and edge joint the visor in, holdind it in place til it dries.

 

[escho34]

With the fastner method, how thick are the washers you guys are using? Thanks!

 

[Halo 1]

With the fastner method, how thick are the washers you guys are using? Thanks!

The thickness will depend on how long your Chicago Screws are, your visor thickness and how deep-set are your screws embedded into your helm area.

Stay safe,

Tim.

 

[Wazer95]

lol ac!!

 

[Shinobi Fett]

Hmmm.... I have a conundrum! I went the CHicago screw method, and it worked great.... sort of.... Though I epoxied the bases into the helmet, they popped right off when i put the visor in place! :cry

My bucket it a redone DP vinyl. What then, is the best substance to affix aluminum posts to a Vinyl surface? I had sanded to surface where the contact point is to rough it up a bit, but it didn't seem to help much. I had not however roughed up the aluminum surface of the post. Would that make all the difference? Would a cyanoacrylate (krazy glue) work better?

I guess my question is ultimately, what adhesive will make this thing stick strong enough to hold an elephant? Thanks folks!

 

[Shinobi Fett]

Bump! Any thoughts? :confused

 

[suspect86]

Not only rough up the surface of the helmet, but drill mini holes and bore out a bit of a crater in the helmet. Give the JB Weld everything you can for it to grab a hold of. Simply just sanding the surface won't do the job.

 

[Shinobi Fett]

Thanks for the input suspect. I made a second go of anchoring these suckers in, and it seems to have done the trick! I not only sanded the contact points, but used the dremel to make cross-hatched scoring on both surfaces. after expoying the surface itself, I goobed some epoxy all around the base too, just for good measure. This seems to have done the trick. I didn't have time to snap some pictures, but I will over the next few days I think.