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Old Mar 15, 2016 | 10:11 AM
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is there a difference between hard top and t top sun visors? if so what is the difference? thanks in advance.
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Old Mar 15, 2016 | 10:45 AM
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Re: visors?

The T-Top and convertable type are curved a little. The hard top are flat.
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Old Mar 15, 2016 | 11:15 AM
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Re: visors?

Originally Posted by Bob88GTA
The T-Top and convertable type are curved a little. The hard top are flat.
Will they work or will they look stupid? Having a hard finding a cheap t top pair of visor's, but have some hardtop ones available.
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Old Mar 15, 2016 | 11:23 AM
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Re: visors?

If you want new, Classic Industries has them for $89. If you want old, put your request on the Parts wanted section.

PS: Flat won't conform to the roof. They will stick straight out at you a little instead of rolling upward.
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Old Mar 15, 2016 | 12:43 PM
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Re: visors?

I used hard top sunvisors for a while until I redid the original ones. It looked fine :
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Old Mar 15, 2016 | 01:17 PM
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Re: visors?

thanks solar, think that's what I will do, previous owner tossed the visors and headliner cuz the headliner was sagging . Now i'm trying to track **** down.
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Old Mar 15, 2016 | 02:27 PM
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Re: visors?

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thanks solar, think that's what I will do, previous owner tossed the visors and headliner cuz the headliner was sagging . Now i'm trying to track **** down.

Hopefully, you still have the visor brackets....hardtops and t-top/convertible visors use different brackets. I found this out when I installed visors in my car. The PO had replaced the headliner, but never bothered to install either the brackets, or the visors. Ended up getting a pair with brackets from Hawk's for Christmas.
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Old Mar 15, 2016 | 02:39 PM
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Re: visors?

Originally Posted by Galaxie500XL
Hopefully, you still have the visor brackets....hardtops and t-top/convertible visors use different brackets. I found this out when I installed visors in my car. The PO had replaced the headliner, but never bothered to install either the brackets, or the visors. Ended up getting a pair with brackets from Hawk's for Christmas.
No I don't have **** po threw everything out, thanks for the heads up
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Old Mar 15, 2016 | 03:11 PM
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Re: visors?

The T-top/convertible brackets are closer to a 90 degree angle, and the hardtop brackets have more of a "lean" built into them. The hardtop brackets will fit the car, but the visors will droop downwards, and not sit parallel to the headliner.


Keep in mind, they will work, they just look kinda funny. I didn't realize there was a difference until my visors came in, and they accidently sent me one of each kind of bracket. They sent me the proper one a few days later, and all was well.
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Old Mar 15, 2016 | 10:50 PM
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Re: visors?

T-top visors are also half the width of hardtop visors.
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