2002 - What to do about Visor that doesn't rotate?

[VolleyballJIM]

Just got a 2002 TBird (Followed Thunderbird since 1955 as a 5 year old; so this is a BIG deal to me)...BUT, when I tried to move the visor 90 degrees to cut the sun, NO BUENO . . . Looks like they're locked in place, so if the sun is hitting from the side, I'm out of luck . . . ANYONE got a solution ?

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[Overdrive]

Just got a 2002 TBird (Followed Thunderbird since 1955 as a 5 year old; so this is a BIG deal to me)...BUT, when I tried to move the visor 90 degrees to cut the sun, NO BUENO . . . Looks like they're locked in place, so if the sun is hitting from the side, I'm out of luck . . . ANYONE got a solution ?

 

[Overdrive]

It's designed to only move up and down. It doesn't move to the side. Enjoy your bird.

 

[ChuckH262]

Maybe a cool pair of Ray-Ban sunglasses? Hey, the 55 didn't even have sun visors.

 

[Mach5]

Try to only drive East and West? 😎

 

[stevedaphotoman]

Try to only drive East and West? 😎

LOL You know. I always tell people it's best to buy a house east of where you work.. That way you always have the sun on your back going and coming from work..

 

[Mach5]

Agreed! Once upon a time I had a "westerly" commute - certain times of the year it was absolutely brutal.

 

[Big Al]

The side of the top is low. If you raise your seat a bit? I have done that. Does anyone know if the Lincoln LS mountings would work or are the windshield header interior parts Thunderbird unique?

 

[Angry Bird]

I have an 02 Lincoln LS will look and measure. It's the same car interior. I will get back to you.

Gord

 

[VolleyballJIM]

The side of the top is low. If you raise your seat a bit? I have done that. Does anyone know if the Lincoln LS mountings would work or are the windshield header interior parts Thunderbird unique?

Raising your seat! In a pinch, GREAT idea!

 

[Angry Bird]

I have an 02 Lincoln LS will look and measure. It's the same car interior. I will get back to you.

Gord

Ok, I have had a look and there is no header on the LS I guess because of the fact that the car is not a convertible. That being said I think that if you are handy and can find an LS in the scrap yard you could adapt the L.S. visors using all the LS arms and clips in the 02 since the interior dimensions the same.

These 2 cars were built on the same platform with one foot taken out of the Thunderbird's platform, otherwise they are the same car, built on the same assembly line in Wixom, M.I.

Otherwise the Ray-Ban's are the best and least expensive way to go.

 

[Gus Gutz]

Ok, I have had a look and there is no header on the LS I guess because of the fact that the car is not a convertible. That being said I think that if you are handy and can find an LS in the scrap yard you could adapt the L.S. visors using all the LS arms and clips in the 02 since the interior dimensions the same.

These 2 cars were built on the same platform with one foot taken out of the Thunderbird's platform, otherwise they are the same car, built on the same assembly line in Wixom, M.I.

Otherwise the Ray-Ban's are the best and least expensive way to go.

Were the visors in the LS as cheap as the ones in the bird. Mine look like vinyl covered cardboard. I would have thought that as expensive as these cars were when they were new, they world have used premium materials

 

[Elsie]

Do the visors rotate in any other convertibles? That was one of the first things I noticed when I got my Tbird - the visor wouldn't swing to the side. I just figured it was a convertible thing???

 

[VolleyballJIM]

Do the visors rotate in any other convertibles? That was one of the first things I noticed when I got my Tbird - the visor wouldn't swing to the side. I just figured it was a convertible thing???

My 2001 Mustang swings, so even Ford makes them...

 

[Mach5]

My 01 Sebring conv visors rotated.

 

[Elsie]

Well that is weird. This is the first convertible I've owned so I just figured the non swing visors was a convertible thing.

 

[tlfmd]

Just got a 2002 TBird (Followed Thunderbird since 1955 as a 5 year old; so this is a BIG deal to me)...BUT, when I tried to move the visor 90 degrees to cut the sun, NO BUENO . . . Looks like they're locked in place, so if the sun is hitting from the side, I'm out of luck . . . ANYONE got a solution ?

Interesting, I've had my '05 since Dec 2004. I never noticed that they don't swing.
I have always had a hat with me, and not a ball cap but one with a brim, such as cowboy style but not too broad a brim. An Irish walking cap or a Greek fisherman's cap do work when the top is down.
I would think that a T-bird hat would become available, not the T-bird ball cap that I already have.
BTW, I saw and fell for the T-bird the summer before I started kindergarten.