{"id":1842,"date":"2016-10-20T06:00:41","date_gmt":"2016-10-20T10:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mechanicalmalarkey.com\/?p=1842"},"modified":"2016-10-20T06:00:41","modified_gmt":"2016-10-20T10:00:41","slug":"how-to-1997-honda-civic-sun-visor-replacement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mechanicalmalarkey.com\/index.php\/2016\/10\/20\/how-to-1997-honda-civic-sun-visor-replacement\/","title":{"rendered":"How-To: 1997 Honda Civic Sun Visor Replacement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When I bought my car, the sun visors weren&#8217;t in good shape. The driver&#8217;s one had lots of holes in the fabric, and the vanity mirror cover wouldn&#8217;t stay closed, so I had to tie it up with some rope.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1847\" src=\"https:\/\/mechanicalmalarkey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/2016_10_20_01.jpg\" alt=\"2016_10_20_01\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" \/><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>I picked up a decent replacement at the salvage yard. To remove the old one, just remove the two screws. A flat-blade screwdriver can work, though the screws also have Torx holes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1848\" src=\"https:\/\/mechanicalmalarkey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/2016_10_20_02.jpg\" alt=\"2016_10_20_02\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Then it should just pull straight down. Install the new one just the opposite way.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1849\" src=\"https:\/\/mechanicalmalarkey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/2016_10_20_03.jpg\" alt=\"2016_10_20_03\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The clip that holds the sun visor in the front position was broken on mine, so I picked one up at the salvage yard as well. Just turn 90-degrees clockwise and pull down to remove.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1850\" src=\"https:\/\/mechanicalmalarkey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/2016_10_20_04.jpg\" alt=\"2016_10_20_04\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You may need to use a wrench or pliers to get it to loosen at first.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>New blog posts every Monday and Thursday, plus pictures throughout the week on <a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/mechanicalmalarkey\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/mech_malarkey\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/mechanicalmalarkey\">Instagram<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>-Dan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I bought my car, the sun visors weren&#8217;t in good shape. The driver&#8217;s one had lots of holes in the fabric, and the vanity mirror cover wouldn&#8217;t stay closed, so I had to tie it up with some rope.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,14],"tags":[31,43],"class_list":["post-1842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-how-to","category-my-car","tag-diy","tag-interior-trim"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mechanicalmalarkey.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mechanicalmalarkey.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mechanicalmalarkey.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mechanicalmalarkey.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mechanicalmalarkey.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1842"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mechanicalmalarkey.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1842\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mechanicalmalarkey.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mechanicalmalarkey.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mechanicalmalarkey.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}