Hey everyone

Was thinking about trying to redo my sunvisors and was wondering about the cardboard in the visor. Does anyone know where to get it? Does anyone have any kind of alternative. It would be nice to try a type of harder plastic.

thanks

I bought mine in an art supply store that my next door neighbor was manager of. I showed the old stuff to her and she said "yes we have that in stock"
If I remember correctly it was about a dollar for a 24" X 30" sheet. There was just enough headliner material leftover from the sunroof opening to cover the visors, so my total cost was Cdn.$1.00 or currently US$0.845.

My problem was after I had my sun visors recovered I wasn't able to find anyone who could replicate the factory stitching, so I went with headliner adhesive like newer GM vehicles.

Old Visor and Patterns made from removed cloth

Finished Drivers side up

Finished Drivers side down

Finished Passengers side down


There are two attachment studs on the back of the mirror. I placed the mirror on the visor through the mounting holes. Then I put a thin brass (so it wouldn't rust and stain the cloth) washer over the stud. The stud has a head on it so I used an appropriate sized circlip to lock the mirror in place.

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Norway I do visors for thoughs in need. there is a link in my sig to my work. Let me know if you want me to do a set for you

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I bought my posterboard at AC Moore and it worked out great.

You can make your own if you can sew this can be hand sewn,, you need to take one of the old ones apart ..its the round part that slips around the metal rod that is hard to duplicate you can salvage the old part with fiberglass..if you can not find a suitable replacement material you rebuild the old one using cardboard and fiberglass..
HOWEVER ?? the best fix is to take the old one to a norse vahalla for warrior cars after thier death when valkaries lift them to the equivalent of an USA salvage or car junkyard ..eyeball your stock Fiero visor and compare to the visors in the salvage cars,, and chose one that requires little adaption ,,some GM cars will bolt right up..and if the color is what you want ..does not have to be a perfect color match..
you can cut a new visor base from plastic does not have to be thick ,you pad it !! you attach the material to your choice rod female tubing
in your choice of salvage yard visor at least 2 of the holes should line up..adapting a visor is easy compared to some problems you may face..Its easy to shorten a visor

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quote Originally posted by Norway: Hey everyone Was thinking about trying to redo my sunvisors and was wondering about the cardboard in the visor. Does anyone know where to get it? Does anyone have any kind of alternative. It would be nice to try a type of harder plastic. thanks

I redid mine. I used some headliner material that I had left over. I reused the core, but replaced the cardboard and cloth. I used the old cardboard as a template for the poster board that I picked up at Staples. After cutting out the the new poster board and folding it like the original, I used fabric glue to attach the headliner material. Then I trimmed the material so that it was the same shape as the poster board, but about 1/2 inch larger all around. Then I folded the excess fabric over, gluing it to the poster board with more fabric adhesive. Then I used something sharp to put a hole through the fabric and poster board where the screw goes to attach to the core. I then folded the new assembly around the original core and used contact cement to glue the assembly shut. You could also sew it if you have access to a sewing machine (and have the skill). If you use contact cement, put it on the 1/2" of material that you fold over the poster board and be careful to not get any on the outside of the poster board/fabric assembly as it is impossible to remove.

Be careful with the plastic ends of the core that go into the overhead console. I broke one and had to get a replacement at a junk yard.

Bob

I'm using cross stich plastic from Walmart to redo mine. Might use headliner fabric or regular cloth to cover it don't know for sure yet, still need to finish repairing the headliner first.

Nick

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Theres someone selling recovered sunvisors on Ebay for $55. for $55, it's almost not worth the effort.