cadwiz_01Z

Like a lot of older Vettes with weatherstrip problems, my car had deteriorated sun-visors. I looked around the usual places and didn't really find anything that really caught my attention. Most of the used ones weren't in very good shape, and most of the new ones were higher priced than I liked to see.
So, I stripped the originals down to the hardware and started over. I used the old parts to trace out new parts. After a lot of cutting, glueing, and swearing, I have the driver's side ready to stitch together.





I took the fabric to a local embroidery shop and got some stitching done. I think they are going to turn out pretty good.

mcm95403

Cool.

Time to start offering them as kits......

LaVidaLoca

Nice job!!

I did about the same when I had new seat covers made for my 85. I cut some masonite to make the visor shorter and eliminated the floppy piece on the outside end. Then had the visors covered in the same material as the seats and center console door so everything matched.

I also found a sports shop that did embroidery. They had the ability to scan so I took them a file with Corvette in the official GM font rather than use a generic font. Had them stitch the head rest of the seat covers. Looked really nice.

Vette Jockey

Frizlefrak

Dayum....you do good work. Improvising is what our hobby is all about.

socalman

Did you embroider the 'corvette', have it done or cut it out from something else?

Do 89's not come with vanity mirrors?

Good job btw

kimmer

Jim Nichols

Good work. I had mine for a 91 redone in black leather this summer. Local guy did them for $50.00.

cadwiz_01Z

Thanks, I wanted to get the same font as on the rear of the car, but they already had this font programmed and wanted an exorbitant amount to program for different fonts.

Thank you sir.

Thanks to you too. Had a local shop do the embroidery. The passenger side has the mirror. I figured that would be a little more difficult to try for my first attempt, so I started with the driver side.

That is a great price! I'm not sure I could have got mine for that. I had to totally rebuild from scratch. The factory stiffener and mount rod was all I could re-use.

On a side note, does anyone have a pic that shows which way the bend in the mounting rod goes? I'm not positive which mounting rod goes on which side.

cadwiz_01Z

Thanks, but no thanks.

cadwiz_01Z

****UPDATE****

Beautiful hand stitching.





Ready to rock-n-roll.



High-maintenance passenger beauty illuminator/reflector.



Overall, I'm pretty pleased with how they turned out. Sure beats the heck out of $150-$200 for a half-way decent set.

myyellowc4

Awesome, very nice "pick me up" for the vette interior.

I think I will call the local embroidery shop and have a set done in Black Leather to match my seats.

Thanks for the post with great pics!

wnafly

Excellent job.

cadwiz_01Z

Thanks fellas.

Frizlefrak

Been waiting for an update on this thread. They came out great!

livetohunt54

Hey Cadwiz How much would you charge for a drivers side one in black,I dont have the old one the year is 1984 coupe

kenv

overdrawn

Nice work, How do you get the visor off? Does it slide off?

RetiredSFC 97

Good job, they look nice! I have to do that as well, I have one floppy ear!

cadwiz_01Z

I take the offer as a compliment, but I'm gonna have to pass. You are going to have to get a fixable visor to begin with. I would be more than willing to offer any advise and/or emotional support as needed.

If you fold it down it will slide off the end. The visor has a flat spring that aligns with a notch on the support bar. When you fold it down, the spring releases from the notch allowing it to slide off.

Thanks. Mine not only had floppy ear, they had jungle rot on the top.