Time to replace Sunvisors ?

[GOLDCYLON]

Ive been driving my fathers 96CE a lot while my car is being pieced together. So I was getting a little tired of my pops ratty dog earred sun visors. So I decided to replace them for him as an Early Christmas present.

I took a few photos so you can see what is involved. If your a NCRSer please check out of this thread now as these are not 100% correct replacements but they look pretty damn good. These are the $69.99 replacements you can get on Ebay lately.

Step 1.

After rmoving the roof you are faced with a small plastic plate cover which covers the spring threaded sunvisor rod. A T-10 bit is required. Once removing the 2 bolts pull up at angle from the corner of the windshied as this plate has two tuck under tabs

http://i1120.photobucket.com/albums/l498/goldcylon/Sv1.jpg?t=1322982667

Step 2.

Now with the plastic plate out of the way remove the threaded nut that holds the visor to the roof. It comes off real easy. Make a note of how much thread is above the nut. When it comes to the install of the new visor if you overtighten on the reinstall the rod WILL snap.

http://i1120.photobucket.com/albums/l498/goldcylon/Sv2.jpg?t=1322982778

Step 3.

This parts sucks as there is no easy way to do it and its in tight quarters. You need to take two small flat bladed screw drivers and try to pry up each side of this spring retainer cap upwards. The pot metal threads may complain a bit but it will come up and can easliy be reused when you install the new visors.

http://i1120.photobucket.com/albums/l498/goldcylon/Sv3.jpg?t=1322982887

Step 4.

Now with the spring cap removed you can pull the small spring out exposing a bit of ole nasty GM grease but more importantly a naked and free sun visor thread rod. Now go inside the car and remove the closest trim screw surrounding the rod. There is one on the left and one on the right. Pictured here is one on the right.


http://i1120.photobucket.com/albums/l498/goldcylon/Sv4.jpg?t=1322983004

[GOLDCYLON]

Step 5.

With both of the inner windshield trim piece screws out of the way stop here for a moment. Now go back up top side and tap the threaded sunvisor rod from above and the sunvisor will drop down into the cabin. Gently tug and the wiring will pop through the threaded rod hole. Look for the connector as pictured. A small jewelers screw driver will allow you to seperate the connector.

http://i1120.photobucket.com/albums/l498/goldcylon/Sv5.jpg?t=1322982276

Step 6.

Chuck your old sun visor on the driveway. Reconnect the New sunvisor light plug into your harness and reverse the above steps. Really a simple job. Just dont overtighten the threaded sun visor rod on the install. GC

Heres is how they look and as you can see they have sunvisor air bag warning stickers and the black material looks OEM against our black headliners.

http://i1120.photobucket.com/albums/l498/goldcylon/Sv6.jpg?t=1322982393

I left the light off here to avoid flashout. These replacements dont have a switch
to turn off and on anymore to forget. A little white microswitch above the mirror turns on the lights when the door is flipped up and open.

On my car I used the drivers Homelink visor also available on Ebay. It just plugs in the same way as these visors do and you just program it like a garage door opener. Kinda sweet to have some C6 Tech in our old C4s.

Have fun GC
http://i1120.photobucket.com/albums/l498/goldcylon/Sv7.jpg

[mike100]

I could have used a pair of those on my old 95 LT1. Good to know there is something out there- now I won't worry about my orig 91 units as much.

[GOLDCYLON]

I could have used a pair of those on my old 95 LT1. Good to know there is something out there- now I won't worry about my orig 91 units as much.

On my 91 Z they were in sad shape. On my pops 96 they were in worse shape.

[VetteMed]

Good writeup, Daryll. My visors are still in pretty good shape but I do get a puff of dust every time I lower 'em down. I guess at some point I'll need to consider this mod :)

[XfireZ51]

Mine have taken on the Bassett hound look!

[GOLDCYLON]

Mine have taken on the Bassett hound look!

Lol I can relate. Pops were so floppy he had them folded up against the headliner. I dont think the sunvisors ever moved from that point on. ;)

[jcruz]

Lol I can relate. Pops were so floppy he had them folded up against the headliner. I dont think the sunvisors ever moved from that point on. ;)

LOL -- same here. I'll put this on the short list of projects. Thanks!

John

[GOLDCYLON]

Mine have taken on the Bassett hound look!


Woof! :cheers: