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How... what works? I've got an '01 with the @#&! stickers on BOTH visors. I don't want to damage the "felt" type material under the stickers and I dont want to leave a glue residue. I've heard of different guesses, but I looking for tried & true methods.



Any help????
 
Mine are actually a decal that has been pressed onto the visor. I imagine they used some sort of heat press. Removal is not an option.



Serously though, those stickers are laminated (glossy right?), and that means you cannot spray on a chemical and let it soak through to disolve the adhesive. That being the case removal will only pull up the fabric and make it look worse.
 
Yea... they have vinyl visors on the Bimmer. Are the warning labels just a sticker that you can slowly peel off and later wash off the glue?
 
Just a thought, how about gently heating the area with a hair dryer and then seeing if the adhesive softens enough to remove them without damage. Most of the glue should remain on the sticker. One of the guys I used to work with tried this with great success, no residue at all.



I must admit I'm a bit stumped as to what you could use to remove any residue if you weren't as fortunate though.
 
The expensive solution would be to check with your dealer to see if replacement visors come with the stickers attached. Often the stickers are included, but only applied at installation.
 
Not sure what would happen if you were to remove them and be in an accident, airbags and all that.



Then there is the concern of re-selling a vehicle that was missing federally mandated warning labels.



Just some food for thought, folks.



Ketch

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<em class='bbc'>Originally posted by Ron Ketcham [/i]
<strong class='bbc'>Re: It is the law that they be displayed

Not sure what would happen if you were to remove them and be in an accident, airbags and all that.

Then there is the concern of re-selling a vehicle that was missing federally mandated warning labels.

Just some food for thought, folks.

Ketch
:eek: [/b]</blockquote>I am not a lawyer (IANAL, for you slashdotters), but my understanding is that the law requires that the <strong class='bbc'>manufacturer[/b] display the label prominently. What you do with it after that is up to you, and I'd be surprised if you can find a state or federal statute that penalizes an individual owner for "modifying" his car this way. I haven't had any luck finding anything on Google . . .

If reselling in this label-less condition is a concern (imo, I don't think it would be), either obtain replacement stickers from a dealer, or simply include airbag warning information as part of the bill of sale (note that the original "equipment", the label, has been removed, and that the buyer is aware of it and the warnings it entailed).

I'm suddenly feeling an urge to cut off some mattress tags :D

Tort
 
You're right Tort (ironic... "tort"--- not a lawyer).



I believe you're correct with your analogy about the matress tags!



The replacement visors come with the stickers... probably due to legal reasons... we need "tort" reform:D .



I think I'll buy an extra set and experiment on the non OEM components... I'll report back with results/techniques/etc.
 
On the Toyota Tacoma newsgroup that I read, this question comes up periodically. Several people say that they have just "pulled them off" with no damage to the fabric underneath. When someone posts this, someone else will always come back with "Really, you just pulled them off and it didn't rip or pill the fabric???", to which the original poster replies "Yes, I can't even tell that they were ever there!" OK, this is only an approximation of what is actually said, but the fact is that people have just pulled the airbag stickers off of fabric in their Tacomas, and swear that you would never know anything was there. I've almost done this a couple of times, but always chickened out. Like the previous posters here, I just can't believe that a sticker that's imbedded in the fabric will just "pull off", and not leave the visor ripped to shreds!



Well, now that this thread has me thinking of this again, maybe I'll try pulling the corer of one off...
 
I had used lacquer thinner to remove those fugly labels on my VW. There is absolutely no evidence they were ever there.



The VW visors are colored vinyl. The decals appear to be applied with heat. There was no way you were going to "peel them off".
 
It's a common prectice with Porsches to use denatured alcohol available at the hardware store for $2.



I think the airbags will still work without the stickers.

;)
 
I'm reviving this ancient thread because I just ran into this issue myself. I've had numerous cars in the past few years that came with the big ugly airbag warning labels on visors covered in fabric. On these new cars, I pulled the labels off and they came off cleanly.



I just bought an 8-year-old Lexus SC400 in spotless condition, and I pulled the labels off today. They didn't damage the fabric, but they did leave some adhesive residue behind. I can see a faint outline of the labels, and I can feel the adhesive on the fabric.



Does anybody have any ideas on what I can use that will soften the adhesive without damaging the fabric? The fabric is good quality, I imagine it's an acrylic fabric of some sort, but if I stain or melt it when trying to clean it, the visors will be toast and I shudder to think what Lexus would want for a new set, with the lighted mirrors, and the garage door opener in the driver's visor.



And I agree with earlier posts here, I considered those labels like the tags on mattresses and furniture, which say, "not to be removed, except by the consumer." I peeled them off and stuck them to a piece of paper, and put them in the car's file. If and when I sell it, the labels will go to the buyer.



Thanks in advance for any input you experts can offer!
 
gnorts said:
Does anybody have any ideas on what I can use that will soften the adhesive without damaging the fabric? The fabric is good quality, I imagine it's an acrylic fabric of some sort, but if I stain or melt it when trying to clean it, the visors will be toast and I shudder to think what Lexus would want for a new set, with the lighted mirrors, and the garage door opener in the driver's visor.



And I agree with earlier posts here, I considered those labels like the tags on mattresses and furniture, which say, "not to be removed, except by the consumer." I peeled them off and stuck them to a piece of paper, and put them in the car's file. If and when I sell it, the labels will go to the buyer.



Thanks in advance for any input you experts can offer!
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gnorts,



I was able to remove the adhesive with some carpet cleaner, a terry cloth and lots of elbow grease. I don't know if its illegal to do so (and i've noticed newer visors have the warnings "in" the fabric now) but that is what I used to get the adhesive off. No damage to the fabric that I can detect, but we shall see over time. As always, do this with your own risk!
 
Mine are the "felt" kind and I used a hair dryer to soften the stickers before peeling them off. It did leave an outline in the texture of the visor; probably glue residue. Somewhere someone had suggested using a razor to shave the residue, and I carefully tried it but it looked like it would have just left a different kind of impression than what I already had, so I left it alone.



When you stare at the visor, you notice it. But it's not bad, and it's WAY better than the fluorescent yellow stickers that were there originally.
 
I've pulled them off a few customer's cars at their request. Just heat them up, pull them off and use a fabric cleaner on any remaining residue.
 
BW said:
Yea... they have vinyl visors on the Bimmer. Are the warning labels just a sticker that you can slowly peel off and later wash off the glue?
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not so... I've got a 330i, and my visors are fabric covered. the sticker is some sort of strange stretchy vinyl, but it comes off rather easily if you pick at it with your fingernail. It comes off in big sheets if you don't pull too hard and tear it. I still have a bit of ghost though, since I haven't bothered to really clean them since I removed the stickers.
 
Scottwax said:
I've pulled them off a few customer's cars at their request. Just heat them up, pull them off and use a fabric cleaner on any remaining residue.
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Scottwax, what type/brand of fabric cleaner have you used with success?
 
Spent the morning moving some cars from my customers house to a hotel where a charity car show he sponsors is being held tomorrow.

In front on me is his Ferrari Enzo, in front of that (if you can see the white and blue spec) is the MC12, I am following behind/trying to keep up in a 612 Scaglietti.

I drove the 612 last year plus a lot of other cool cars, this year I got to take the Ferrari 512 BB which was a blast along with his Ford GT, Diablo and Maranello.

Pics of the event will be up in a few days, lot of cool cars coming from all over!

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