I am thinking of using a black metal U-shaped clip on the shade and a magnet in the header. I just want to keep the sunshades from spinning forward and back.

 

I'd rather have a clip built into the triangle mount that gives this functionality.

 

You could always just get new visors, or repair the hinges and bushings on your current visors...

 

When they are new they don't rotate around when driving?

 

Mine are 25 years old and they don't do that haha! They don't stay perfectly flat against the black plastic header trim panel though, so I got a clean set of used ones and I'm going to have them recovered before I install them. I'll also install a set of nos bushings I have on them when I recover them. They definitely won't move or do anything weird.

 

 

The visor support is spring loaded so the won't swing around front to back. The flip up/down is controlled by screw tension. Tighten the screw a little and the tension should increase. If adjusting the screw makes no difference, sometimes the pin the sunvisor rotates on comes just loose enough from the 90* elbow, that the splines dont grab and the visor flops down on its own. The easy fix for that is to removie the visor, and tap the splined pin back into the elbow. If the pin still rotates, pull it out of the elbow and glue it back in with JBWeld. Don't overtighten the tension screw either, since too much tension puts stress on the splines and elbow, and causes them to fail.

Another fun note... T-top and hardtop sunvisor supports are different. And I seem to remember convertible types might be a third design.

 

I may be incorrect, but it is my understanding that convertible sun visors are the T-top versions. They don't have their own design.

 

You are correct. There are only two designs of sunvisors. There is the hardtop design and the TTop/convertible design. But a fun fact is depending on the year and trim level of the car, some had no mirrors on them and then for the cars that did have mirrors on them, there were two different mirror designs that were utilized.

 

Also, when you disassemble the hinge, most likely the plastic bushing will be cracked or disintegrated so I'd be prepared for that as well.

 

I wasn't referring to the visors, but the "supports". I wasn't sure, so I mentioned the possibility so that whoever can verify for themselves. I had the big books out tonight, so I just double checked... There are three part numbers listed, Hardtop, Ttop/Convertible, and the third is "bright". So yeah, vert and ttop supports appear to be the same.

I never would have thought the supports would be different, until I tried to use a set from a ttop car in a hardtop... IIRC the angles are off, so if the wrong "supports" are used, the visor drags on the headliner.

 

Thanks all. I will give it a go!