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Old Oct 5, 2005 | 04:15 PM
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Looking to remove the airbag labels on both visors, about 1/2 came off easy but the rest is a ****. Any tricks?
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Old Oct 5, 2005 | 04:17 PM
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Looking to remove the airbag labels on both visors, about 1/2 came off easy but the rest is a ****. Any tricks?
Patience
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Old Oct 5, 2005 | 04:21 PM
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They are wired into the black box. Taking them off will void your warranty.
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Old Oct 5, 2005 | 04:28 PM
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Patience
I was afraid of that
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Old Oct 5, 2005 | 06:29 PM
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The only thing stupid here==taking them off!
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Old Oct 5, 2005 | 06:45 PM
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What year is your car? I know that they got increasingly harder to remove as the years went on. I didn't even bother. I didn't want to ruin the sun visors.

I don't get it either. The GM engineers can't properly fix something like the steering column lock problem, but they can figure out how to stick the airbag stickers to the sun visors better, so it's nearly impossible to remove them.
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Old Oct 5, 2005 | 06:48 PM
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What year is your car? I know that they got increasingly harder to remove as the years went on. I didn't even bother. I didn't want to ruin the sun visors.

I don't get it either. The GM engineers can't properly fix something like the steering column lock problem, but they can figure out how to stick the airbag stickers to the sun visors better, so it's nearly impossible to remove them.
2003, I'm almost there, just need a few more hrs.
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Old Oct 5, 2005 | 06:49 PM
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The only thing stupid here==taking them off!
Just looking for a nice clean look, took them off all my other cars.
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Old Oct 5, 2005 | 07:59 PM
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Here is one way to do it....

http://www.fixedroofcoupe.com/howto/airbag/airbag.pdf
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Old Oct 5, 2005 | 08:27 PM
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I knew somebody would step up.....
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Old Oct 5, 2005 | 09:34 PM
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Originally Posted by qball
2003, I'm almost there, just need a few more hrs.
You're a braver man than I am. I had heard that the 2003 > visors weren't worth messing with because the decals are adhered too well to the visors.

http://www.fixedroofcoupe.com/howto/airbag/airbag.pdf

Great tip!

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2003, I'm almost there, just need a few more hrs.
You're a braver man than I am. I had heard that the 2003 > visors weren't worth messing with because the decals are adhered too well to the visors.

http://www.fixedroofcoupe.com/howto/airbag/airbag.pdf

Great tip!
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Old Oct 5, 2005 | 10:44 PM
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i used a portable steamer came off in 3 minutes
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Old Oct 5, 2005 | 10:52 PM
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Mine pealed part way off. Used a product called "Goof off" on a Q tip to slowly wipe away the residue. Much cleaner look inside the car in my opinion. I don't need a constant reminder not to strap my kids to the air bags.
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Old Oct 8, 2005 | 01:23 AM
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On my 2002, a hair dryer and slow peeling got them off with no problem in about 5 minutes for both.
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Old Oct 8, 2005 | 01:27 AM
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Are there stickers on the sun visors...........damn, never noticed.
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