Thinner Visor?

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Is there a non-vanity visor available that folds flatter? I bought an off-lease 2004 4Runner Thanksgiving week. All is good except the driver side visor is so thick it I find myself leaning forward to peer out from under it. The small thin secondary visor is adaquate so I'm thinking I'll remove or replace the vanity visor. With the seat adjusted to its lowest position my head is an inch from the headliner and I want to be able to see the windshield all the way to the top. If there is no visor that will fold completely out of the way I will be looking for an oval plastic plate to screw over the visor mounting hole.
 
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There's suppose to be non-lighted vanity mirror visor. Rather the whole visor sliding, it has extensions. Whether it's thinner or not, I don't know. But the one in my Tacoma (with extension) is the same thickness as the 4Runner's and it doesn't have the lighted vanity mirror. There's a thread here that shows the two different visors.
 
If Toyota is checking in here- Go look at how the Ford Explorer does it and copy it- 100% better.

My previous car was a '99 Explorer XLT, and its double visor is way better.

The main visor is bigger and thinner, the secondary one is bigger and can be moved side to side.
 
I had a 94 explorer before my 4runner and honestly, not a single thing about it impressed me. Must be something added on the newer models.
 
I guess you could just remove it if the second one is good enough. BTW, the lighted one is the same thickness as the non lighted one.

How tall are you? It seems odd that the inch or so at the top is really that intrusive to your view.
 
How tall - 6'2". The mounting bracket was attached to the visor stem using a cir-clip so I was able to re-install the bracket sans the visor. I'm thinking I'll try to modify it by stripping it down to its skeleton and fitting a smoke colored polarized plastic sheet into it but I'll wait until I actually miss having the full size visor. Buying a replacement in case I make a hopeless mess of the original; $65.00
 
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