I actually wrote the long post above; now the world knows why I'm not a tech writer!
I redid mine a couple of evenings ago; it's actually perhaps a 15-minute job or so. A tip: Repositioning a piece of leather shim that's already in there is harder than removing it and putting in a new one that you'll then trim after inserting. Also, new plastic clip sockets on the header (for the plastic tab from the visor) are a lot tighter than old ones, especially if the old ones are broken. That replacement in itself is about two minutes if you're slow.

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Craig Bethune

'97 SL500, 40th anniversary edition

'04 Olds Bravada (SWMBO's)
'06 Lexus ES330
'89 560SL (sold)


SL--Anything else is just a Mercedes.
(Kudos to whoever said it first)