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Old Jun 25, 2004 | 04:54 AM
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Car: 1991 Pontiac Trans Am
Engine: 305
Transmission: 700r4
Sun visor/vanity mirror replacement problem.

I'm looking to buy new visors for a t-top model. Mine have the vanity mirrors as well. I really want to keep the factory look and reuse the mirrors on the new visors. Every place that sells new visors doesn't say whether or not they have the factory holes for the visors, and most posts I've searched for on here just have the people ripping off and tossing out the mirror. So, I'm looking for some suggestions on what to do. If you've bought new visors, did they have the holes in the backing? If they don't come with the holes, how do I go about attaching my old mirrors to the new visors? I would REALLY prefer to not just glue them on, if that's even possible with the mounting on the back of the mirrors.

Also, does anyone have the part number for the mirrors as I may want to put up brand new ones if possible since they'll be coming down anyway. Thanks for ANY help!
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Old Jun 25, 2004 | 12:37 PM
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From: Long Island NY
Car: Z28
Engine: 350 TPI
Transmission: 700R4
The Visors i got from 1aauto didn't have anything to mount the mirror to and either did the ones i got from the thirdgen resource a few years ago for my old hard top car.
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Old Jun 25, 2004 | 01:40 PM
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Car: 1989 TTA
Engine: 3.8L Turbo V6 - VIN 7
Transmission: 200R4
I think only option is to have your old ones recovered. You can buy just the material, or if you buy a new headliner order enough extra material for the visors and rear speaker covers (as the replacements are held in place with velcor apparently and not like the stock ones).

I got new headliner, sun visors and extra material (unfortunatly they shipped the wrong color so still trying to sort out getting the correct color stuff).... I will re cover my original sun visors as the replacements I got does not have the holes in them either.
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Old Jun 25, 2004 | 04:40 PM
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Car: 1987 Iroc
Engine: 5.7
Transmission: 700R4
I'm pretty sure they don't have provisions for the mirrors. That's good for me since I don't plan on re-using them. Personally, I'm not a fan of the indentations in the headliner.
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Old Jun 26, 2004 | 08:45 PM
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Car: '72 Chevy Nova
Engine: Solid roller 355
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Axle/Gears: 8.5" 10-bolt 3.73 Posi
i got new ones from a junkyard.
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