Has Anyone Installed Tinted Window Visors? Do You Have Pics?

[bmlawless]

I have installed these on other vehicles and they usually either look fine or are not very noticeable. However, thoses cars have usually had black windows. This car has no tint on the front, but I will probably have reflective tint applied to match the factory tint on the rear.

I love being able to crack my windows in the rain and not have water running off the roof into my car. I also like being able to park with the windows cracked in the summer without it being noticeable.

I have a sneaky feeling that they may really stick out and look odd on this vehicle with the light colored paint and the light windows.

Does anyone have photos they could share? For those who don't know, this is what I am talking about:
Modified by bmlawless at 12:53 PM 10/29/2008

[timmack]

ive seen them and i agree with you, they look better on darker cars in my opinion. but i think theyre paintable to match the car? at least some brands are. just a thought.

[KoukiS14]

You need these:

[KoukiS14]

but seriously. .

http://www.bestjapancar.com/nissan31111.htm

[bmlawless]

ive seen them and i agree with you, they look better on darker cars in my opinion. but i think theyre paintable to match the car? at least some brands are. just a thought.

You're right, you can paint them, but I think the blind spot would be huge. I have an a A-pillar gauge pod and the visors on my truck. It's fine for around town, but when you get on windy roads, it really gets in the way on the driver's side.

The one's in the *2nd* pic look alright. I don't like that they glue directly on to the body. I know the examples I gave did too, but they were just for show. The ones on my truck had clips that went in the window channel. You set the visor on the window, rolled it up and *click* there it sits. They haven't moved in five years. Here's my truck with the visors. In pic #1 you can see how they are really low profile and how they mount in the window channel. In pic #2 you can see how they blend in.

[fueler]

I got them and i wish i never installed them

The QX4 and pathfinder are designed to make almost no wind noise. Its nice and quiet in the cabin until you install these, then it sounds like youre in a hurricane whenever youre on the freeway. They make way too much wind noise. Dont install them if you do a lot of freeway driving

[ubpsanity]

The QX4 and pathfinder are designed to make almost no wind noise. Its nice and quiet in the cabin until you install these, then it sounds like youre in a hurricane whenever youre on the freeway. They make way too much wind noise.

I'd have to agree, to a point. Mine are definitely noticeable on the highway, but a friends has them on her 98 pathfinder, and they don't make a noise. Looking at them, it seems the manufacturer made a change. Hers go all the way to the mirror, mine have a large gap, I thought it may have been just the way I installed them, but it's not, as I've measured them. The part numbers are the same, but the visors are different.

I'm glad I have them though, I like the idea of being able to crack the window a bit in the rain. Ahhh rain, that would be nice to have instead of these snowsqualls and zero visibilty.

[fueler]

I thought the difference is from how they are mounted The ones i have (Ventshade) are 3M double sided taped on, leaving a nasty gap between the shade and the metal of the car

Honda OEM ones (for example) go snug under the rubber door seal and do not create that extra crack, they are quiet



The best solution is to go with OEM (if Nissan makes them)

[fueler]

Hers go all the way to the mirror, mine have a large gap, I thought it may have been just the way I installed them, but it's not, as I've measured them. The part numbers are the same, but the visors are different.

Mine go past the mirror and they still make noise

[pathfinder_se_black]

nice ej1 civic

[gwhunt23]

Here's the only in-channel vent visor that I've been able to come across for the QX4 and Pathfinder:

http://www.partsamerica.com/Pr...Set=A

Says it'll work for 97-03 QX4 and 96-04 Pathy. Too expensive for me to try but I figured I'd share cause it's the only one I've seen that's in-channel as Fueler recommends.

[KoukiS14]

I wish we could get the OEM Nissan ones here. . I'm sure they made them for Pathfinders, they made 'em for my 240sx (Silvia).

[fueler]

Here's the only in-channel vent visor that I've been able to come across for the QX4 and Pathfinder:

http://www.partsamerica.com/Pr...Set=A

Says it'll work for 97-03 QX4 and 96-04 Pathy. Too expensive for me to try but I figured I'd share cause it's the only one I've seen that's in-channel as Fueler recommends.

Nice link!! Yes the in-channel is superior. $85 isnt bad considering i paid $45 for mine, and now the paint above the windows on all 4 doors is ruined. Its better to pay for the good stuff the first time or youll be sorry later

[JHC828]

I got mine on eBay for $20. I wanted in-channel but wasn't about to pay that price for them. Car too.