Mounting a Visor in a foam Mark VI Helmet

[cha0skn1ght]

Can anyone give me some pointers? My current thought is to cut the visor to the right shape and form it with a heat gun so it doesn't stretch the helmet out to be too wide. I think mounting it with nut/bolt and hot glue reinforcement may work, but I'm unsure as I have never made a foam helmet.
I tried searching for it in the forums, but nothing jumped out at me. Most everyone doing a foam build has a pepped helmet.

 

[Mstruvmgc]

well your idea would work
I did kinda the same thing, i used my heat gun to shape my visor and then when i had it set where i wanted i just used some hook and loop (velcro) to secure it in. so far it is holding just fine. Hope that helps

 

[cha0skn1ght]

well your idea would work
I did kinda the same thing, i used my heat gun to shape my visor and then when i had it set where i wanted i just used some hook and loop (velcro) to secure it in. so far it is holding just fine. Hope that helps

That sounds like a good idea too.

 

[Mstruvmgc]

That sounds like a good idea too.

Yeah here is how i did it with some pics to show ya. Hope you dont mind

All i did was heat form the visor to the helmet then i used velcro to attach it So far it holds really well.

I put the velcro on either side of the visor, here is just one side shown.


Then i fitted the visor in the helmet so i could figure out where to put the velcro in the helmet and then attached it. Here are some pics to show that.

Left side


Right side


And then showing both


Hope that helps you and anyone else needing to know how i did it

 

[cha0skn1ght]

That looks like a better way to attach than what I was thinking of. Thanks for the pics! I have a question about the padding. I took my padding out from my motorcycle helmet and put it in my Mk VI helmet but when I put it on it made it very wide. Since the foam is flexible, it just kind of... flexed lol. Is there a good way to prevent this? Or is there a way to keep the helmet on securely without said flexing? It seems like the padding has a higher resistance to pressure than the foam does, so when I put it on, instead of the padding giving, the helmet does :confused

 

[Mstruvmgc]

Hmmmm the only thing i can think to do is use less padding. Try some thinner stuff rather than using the motorcycle helmet padding. Maybe try like a Skateboard helmet padding or something??
Go to a craft store maybe and find some really squishy foam you can use maybe. Or if all else fails, use more EVA foam that you built the helmet out of.