I want to change the sunvisors on my '96 Z28. I see that new cars have polyurethane or some sort of elastic hard foam covered with vinyl and the seams are heat sealed. I don't know why GM engineers could not change the thin fabric covered cardboard cheapies they have been using since the 3rd. gens. The fabric is very fragile, stretches, becomes unglued, stains easily and the elastic straps look bad and stretch, becoming worthless. I had the same problem on my '90 RS and now on my '96.

I want to swap them for some newer ones, maybe one of you guys know what fits? I was thinking that probably from a new Impala, (the Malibu ones seem too short), what about a Tahoe or from another brand of car as long as the stem fits in the OEM 3 screw base? maybe you know about aftermarket abs plastic ones? I don't care if they have mirors or not, as long as they are black or grey and can fit properly, I just want to change to something that looksbetter and is more durableand easy to clean than the worn and ugly stock ones.

Thanks for the info!

 

C'mon guys! no ideas?

 

All i did with my 96' sunvisors was cut that stretched out elastic strap off right at the seams, though the actual sunvisor is still the cheap cardboard.....i'm sure that if the sunvisor in a different vehicle has the same mounting attachment, it could work. Might just be a trial and error project.....Good luck, let me know what you figure out.

 

Yeah, If I get this one 99' I'm looking at I'm going to have to replace the sunvisors. Ecklers has stock ones but are very expensive. Let me know if you find a cheap alternative.

 

I was also thinking that you could make your own. Buy a good piece of plastic, use the cardboard as a template to cut out the plastic, and have itcovered inleather. I'm thinking it will look like the original, so you can still use the same hardware. I don't really care for vanity mirrors, and all this shouldn't cost more than the cheap replacements on Ecklers for $150 a pair.

 

o just leave it lol...