Flopppy-eared sun visors
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Melting Slicks
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From: Gurley (Keel Mtn, Sweet Home) Alabama
Flopppy-eared sun visors
'96 model convert, and the ends of both visors have given up.
Those that have encountered this problem, what resolution did you undertake? Any fix?, short of purchasing new? Upholstery shops can rebuild?
TIA
Those that have encountered this problem, what resolution did you undertake? Any fix?, short of purchasing new? Upholstery shops can rebuild?
TIA
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From: El Paso Texas
There was a thread on here not long ago about someone who rebuilt their own sun visors and cured the floppy eared problem, but I'll be damned if I can remember who it was. I'll dig.....My car has the same issue.
Le Mans Master
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From: Edmonton, Alberta
To the OP, try this link
http://mysite.verizon.net/brianjbalo...unvisorfix.pdf
Melting Slicks
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From: West Chester PA
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Friend took his off, cut the material at end, pulled it back and and cut off the floopy ears. Had the guy that does sewing/alterations at the local dry cleaners trim the extra material and make a seam and sew it up. Total cost $10. Looks like they came that way from factory.
On my list of things to do.
On my list of things to do.
Race Director
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From: El Paso Texas
Floppy ears and digging, suits you to a T
To the OP, try this link
http://mysite.verizon.net/brianjbalo...unvisorfix.pdf
To the OP, try this link
http://mysite.verizon.net/brianjbalo...unvisorfix.pdf
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Here is a quick fix: cut 6" or so of coat hanger or other stiff wire. Sharpen one end to a point. Then carefully slide it through the material, along the seam until it's completely inside the visor. It's not perfect, but certainly did the trick for me.
Pro
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From: Gilroy Ca.
My fix.
Take a sharp pencil and carefully make a hole in the clothe in the end of the floppy part. Cut a heavy duty plastic wire tie to the correct length. Slide it in the hole in the fabric. If your wire tie is not heavy duty, put two in the hole. Work the hole back together with your thumb nail. If necessary, put a drop of super glue on the hole.
You decide if you want to put the wire tie on top of your visor or below. I went on top. Good luck.
You decide if you want to put the wire tie on top of your visor or below. I went on top. Good luck.
Drifting
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I just installed two new sun visors in a friend's '88 as part of a re-carpeting job. They have a map strap on the driver's side and lighted mirror on the passenger side. Got them from Corvette Central for $110. Takes about 10 minutes to remove the old ones and install the new. The new ones use better quality materials and don't have the floppy ears.
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These all sound good. My passenger side is "semi-floppy" due to my wife always grabbing it by the floppy end. My side is still perfectly stiff. I already bug my wife about too many other things on the Vette, so I'll just let her completely ruin her side before I apply one of these fixes. 
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