Time to replace Sunvisors ? - ZR-1 Net Registry Forums

GOLDCYLON · 11-26-2011

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

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.

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.

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.

GOLDCYLON · 11-26-2011

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.

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.

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

mike100 · 11-27-2011

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 · 11-27-2011

Quote:

Originally Posted by 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.

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

VetteMed · 11-27-2011

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 · 11-27-2011

Mine have taken on the Bassett hound look!

GOLDCYLON · 11-27-2011

Quote:

Originally Posted by XfireZ51

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 · 11-29-2011

Quote:

Originally Posted by GOLDCYLON

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 · 12-04-2011

Quote:

Originally Posted by XfireZ51

Mine have taken on the Bassett hound look!

Woof!

11-26-2011	#1
GOLDCYLON Join Date: May 2007 Location: Peoria, AZ Posts: 9,160	Time to replace Sunvisors ? 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 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. 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. 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. __________________ GOLDCYLON - 91 ZR-1 #2014 GOLDCYLON - 90 ZR-1 #2794, 4L60e (Formerly Schrade's) GOLDCYLON - 11 CTS-V Arizona State Director 91 WHITE/BLACK #2014. 380 P&P&PCed,Ported Heads, Jeal Long tubes, Corsa Exhaust/FIKSE FM-5s /LED TLs, LED Headlights, Front Wilwood 6 piston narrowlite calipers and rear Wilwood caliper street shop mod,CNCed Coolant Pipes,TPI Cvr,Filter cover,Stainless Bolts, DRM/DOM PROM /ZFDOC mod build #102,DRLs,BMAD with stainless Debris Screen,Coplan Air Blaster, Pioneer APP Radio 4,Brey-Krause HB,Sub Bar,Fire extinguisher seat mount,DRM Coilovers,LEDs everywhere,Compass mirror (orange),V1 DIC hidden display, Homelink sun visor, Carbon Fiber top x3 and APSIS Carbon Fiber interior, APSIS CF Steering Wheel/NAPA Leather, Banski trailing arms, Guldstrand front suspension,urethane bushings from Prothane (total suspension) ZFDoc drive shaft safety loop, raptor shift light (orange),AO engineering louver front plate, Console seat cushion, 96CE seats with black custom Sheepskins, ss billet catch can,Viper remote entry/alarm,Cragar Rear Louvers,LED side louver lights, Dewitts Radiator with SPAL fans and a Woods 160 T-Stat 90 RED/BLACK #2794. 4L60e Automatic Stage V by RPM Transmission, TCI Dedicated TCM, OBX Stainless Headers, Corsa Exhaust, SAN Secondaries and Haibeck PROM, Exotic Muscle Coil overs, LED Interior Lights, LED Tail Lights, LED Headlights, 94 Sport seats with black custom Sheepskins , Cragar rear louvers, GS Front calipers, Banski Trailing arms, APSIS Carbon Fiber steering wheel, Front and Rear Baer Eradispeeds, DRLs, Guldstrand front suspension,urethane bushings from Prothane (total suspension), Dewitt's Raditor with Dual SPAL fans and a Haibeck 170 T-Stat 11 RED/GREY CTS-V Last edited by GOLDCYLON; 12-04-2011 at 03:40 AM.

11-26-2011	#2
GOLDCYLON Join Date: May 2007 Location: Peoria, AZ Posts: 9,160	Re: Time to replace Sunvisors ? 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. 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. 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 __________________ GOLDCYLON - 91 ZR-1 #2014 GOLDCYLON - 90 ZR-1 #2794, 4L60e (Formerly Schrade's) GOLDCYLON - 11 CTS-V Arizona State Director 91 WHITE/BLACK #2014. 380 P&P&PCed,Ported Heads, Jeal Long tubes, Corsa Exhaust/FIKSE FM-5s /LED TLs, LED Headlights, Front Wilwood 6 piston narrowlite calipers and rear Wilwood caliper street shop mod,CNCed Coolant Pipes,TPI Cvr,Filter cover,Stainless Bolts, DRM/DOM PROM /ZFDOC mod build #102,DRLs,BMAD with stainless Debris Screen,Coplan Air Blaster, Pioneer APP Radio 4,Brey-Krause HB,Sub Bar,Fire extinguisher seat mount,DRM Coilovers,LEDs everywhere,Compass mirror (orange),V1 DIC hidden display, Homelink sun visor, Carbon Fiber top x3 and APSIS Carbon Fiber interior, APSIS CF Steering Wheel/NAPA Leather, Banski trailing arms, Guldstrand front suspension,urethane bushings from Prothane (total suspension) ZFDoc drive shaft safety loop, raptor shift light (orange),AO engineering louver front plate, Console seat cushion, 96CE seats with black custom Sheepskins, ss billet catch can,Viper remote entry/alarm,Cragar Rear Louvers,LED side louver lights, Dewitts Radiator with SPAL fans and a Woods 160 T-Stat 90 RED/BLACK #2794. 4L60e Automatic Stage V by RPM Transmission, TCI Dedicated TCM, OBX Stainless Headers, Corsa Exhaust, SAN Secondaries and Haibeck PROM, Exotic Muscle Coil overs, LED Interior Lights, LED Tail Lights, LED Headlights, 94 Sport seats with black custom Sheepskins , Cragar rear louvers, GS Front calipers, Banski Trailing arms, APSIS Carbon Fiber steering wheel, Front and Rear Baer Eradispeeds, DRLs, Guldstrand front suspension,urethane bushings from Prothane (total suspension), Dewitt's Raditor with Dual SPAL fans and a Haibeck 170 T-Stat 11 RED/GREY CTS-V Last edited by GOLDCYLON; 12-04-2011 at 03:41 AM.

11-27-2011	#3
mike100 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: San Marcos CA Posts: 1,802	Re: Time to replace Sunvisors ? 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.

11-27-2011	#5
VetteMed Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 1,828	Re: Time to replace Sunvisors ? 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 __________________ 2004 Z06/Z16 LeMans Commemorative Edition 1991 ZR-1 #302 White/Gray (sold) 1991 ZR-1 #1147 Red/Saddle (sold)

11-27-2011	#6
XfireZ51 Join Date: May 2007 Location: Chicagoland, IL Posts: 9,711	Re: Time to replace Sunvisors ? Mine have taken on the Bassett hound look!