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A picture can be worth a thousand words. So you can be the judge- but I would say they are black, and if anything, it looks like my old visors were faded to a shade lighter. The warning label is not an exact match, however. But that strikes me as a minor detail. PS- looks like my post may have caused a run on the seller's stock such that the seller has only 1 pair left. So if you are on the fence, you might want to make your decision soon!
I bought mine several years ago and they seem to come and go out of stock all the time.
Completed the replacement of both visors last night. The passenger side was melted and appeared that someone tried to yank it off. That's why I had such a terrible time getting that one off. The driver's side was a piece of cake. All's good now. Today it's the shifter adjustment so I'll be ready for a spring ride when the snow is gone. Thanks for the video and narritive, I appreciate it!!
Hey! I just bought a 2000 C5 as my first corvette. Already seen a lot of good information on here. However, I don’t see the link for the new visors. Mine are floppy and annoying. I’m sure I just overlooked it. Any help would be appreciated!
Originally Posted by wdcraig
I had tolerated the original "floppy" visors on my '01 convertible for over a year (they were that way when I bought the car) and I finally got around to replacing them today. The driver's side visor would hit my hat every time I got into the car and would not flip up all the way up. The passenger side was even worse- the mirror had broken away from the visor, the inner card had separated from the hinge, the fabric had separated and it had the same "dog ear" of the driver's side visor- making it not only unsightly, but un-useable.
Before selecting the replacement visors I did quite a bit of research and discovered that there are several different versions out there, some better than others in terms of quality of: fit, construction, color and materials. These visors from various sources typically run $150 and up for a pair. I found a pair that were exactly as advertised sold by "buyavette_inc" on eBay for $149.95 (shipped).
These replacement visors were of very good quality (likely superior to the originals), a good color match and installed just like the old ones. The installation proved to be fairly straight forward, after watching a YouTube and finding a helpful schematic on this forum- it took me about a half an hour to replace both visors. Good as new (maybe even better than new)!
Just thought I would share in the event your car could use new visors.
Old visor, passenger side I had to build up the lid with a spacer so the light would turn off and put a clamp on the hinge as a stopgap :
Removing the visors is not a bad approach for some- I rarely flip mine down, because I have always have my dark sunglasses in the car- but sometimes when the sun is low on the horizon the visor is the most effective way to keep the glare out of ones eyes- and that can be a safety issue. Also, because my car is a convertible, I find the visors when flipped up deflect some of the wind.
My copilot uses her visor all the time- when she finds herself without sunglasses, but most frequently to check her hair and make up! The passenger visor on my car was clearly the most used of the two. The newer visors have LED lights- which in addition to the better construction offers an improvement in the original design. Also, some folks (myself included) are sticklers for maintaining originality whenever possible. So for us, there was no option but to replace the old worn out visors.
