Has anyone seen the headliner offered by Fox Mustang Restoration yet?? They have charcoal cloth headliners listed along with sunvisors. The sunvisors however are listed for '85 and '86 only though. Is there a difference for '84s??
Has anyone seen the headliner offered by Fox Mustang Restoration yet?? They have charcoal cloth headliners listed along with sunvisors. The sunvisors however are listed for '85 and '86 only though. Is there a difference for '84s??
The factory 84 sunvisors are vinyl along with the headliner and do not have a the extra mounting clip.
What extra mounting clip??
Kendal, can you show me a pic??
The 84 sunvisors only mount by the rod/pivot on the outer end, retained by 4 chrome Phillips screws.
The 86 ones have a center support slip that the inner end of the visor mounts to, when it's in the folded-up, out of the way position. Earlier cars did not come with the inner clips and the visors are different - later ones have a place in the visor body for the clip to retain the visor.
If you search the Redd Baron Mods thread you can find pics of the Taurus double visors I installed. There are some pics of the inner mount clip used with those visors. once you see them, it will make sense.
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Thanks Mike, I have '91 or newer sunvisors in the car now thanks to a p/o. Unless SVO's had airbag warning stickers on them back then.
Who ever put them in put the clips in also and wired up the lights in the visors. One thing that bugs me is the map light doesnt work, and I am not totaly sure what the problem is. I think it is the button switch that the light pushes up against.
The SVO had lighted visors. As for the stickers they come off with a little help of a hot air dryer. By law now, the dealer will put them on if they are missing and come in for service.
Not all SVO's came with lighted visors- my 85½ didn't
Are all 84 headliners vinyl?
On the 85, 85.5 and 86 cars are the headliners vinyl on sunroof cars and cloth on all the others? What about the comp preps?
Are all of the visors on the 85, 85.5 and 86 cars lighted and are all sunroof 85, 85.5, 86 cars non lighted. I assuum all CP cars are non lighted?
Do all cars with lighted visors also have the map light?
Last edited by Raven855; 12-09-2014 at 01:04 PM. Reason: clarify
I believe all 84's are vinyl. My understanding was after 84, cloth was used. If someone has a 85+ car with a vinyl headliner I'm sure they will chime in.
On lighted visors, sounds like some 85 1/2 cars didn't get them. Not sure if they were optional on 85+ cars?
Your assumption on CP cars sounds correct but again, CP owners would have to verify.
Keep in mind the changes may not have transitioned in one day so I wouldn't be shocked to find a late 84 with a cloth headliner or an early 85 with vinyl.
Ok, I have been looking and looking, and I haven't been able to locate the correct color in tier grain. So I'm thinking about getting a light color of the tier grain and dying it the right color.
Any thoughts and/or opinions on this idea??
Might be your only option. If you go that route keep us posted on your progress.
My 85.5 has vinyl.
Sunroof car? My 85.5 was/is cloth. It was falling down when I bought it, but replaced with FMR piece.Originally Posted by Tonys 85.5
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The vinyl headliner is pretty hard to find. It took me a couple of years to track it down. Thanks to another member, I was was able to get what appears to be the last one. My 84 was a late build 5/1/84 but they continued I think until July for the 84 model (something like another 100 cars).
Interesting...... original cars? Surprised to hear vinyl in a 85.5.
So far all the 85-86 headliner cars I have seen had vinyl. The hard tops had cloth.
Me thinks you mean Sunroof cars had vinyl. The non-sunroof cars had cloth....
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Yep, brain fart.
This applies to Comp Prep optioned cars as well.
1986 2R Comp Prep
1986 9L Comp Prep
Yeah my 85.5 is a sunroof car...
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