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Old Apr 27, 2010 | 09:38 PM
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Does anyone know how to remove the caution stickers from the visors without messing up the fabric.
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Old Apr 27, 2010 | 09:44 PM
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Peeled mine off slowly, no problems
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Old Apr 27, 2010 | 09:48 PM
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Use a hairdryer to soften up the glue...
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Old Apr 27, 2010 | 09:54 PM
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i picked my car up in Vegas, so it had been sitting in the sun for a while. Hopped in and slowly peeled them off while my dad pulled the other side off
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Old Apr 28, 2010 | 12:54 AM
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Thanks - Since I'm Kiteboarding on the Calif. Coast right now and it isn't getting warm anytime soon - I'll give the hair dryer a try.
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Old Apr 28, 2010 | 06:49 AM
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heat gun carefully, a little 3M adhesive remover to clean up the residue, and then duct tape to fluff it up and even things out.

My car's a garage queen in the north east and hasn't seen the heat that others may have making it more involved. My car was only 1 year old when I did it, and I removed the visors from the car.

Maybe I made it too much of a project - it was my first mod!
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Old Apr 28, 2010 | 07:36 AM
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I'm not gonna lie, I just yank em off. Never had a problem. I do it on every car I buy.
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Old Apr 28, 2010 | 08:33 AM
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Is removing those stickers like taking the tags off pillows and mattresses ?


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Old Apr 28, 2010 | 09:58 AM
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Is removing those stickers like taking the tags off pillows and mattresses ?


Yep, allowed to be done by the consumer only
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Old Apr 28, 2010 | 11:41 AM
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I've just pealed them off on some cars, but others took a little heat. While I don't care for the look of the stickers, the residual glue stuck to the visors is worse...
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Originally Posted by zulatr
heat gun carefully, a little 3M adhesive remover to clean up the residue, and then duct tape to fluff it up and even things out.

My car's a garage queen in the north east and hasn't seen the heat that others may have making it more involved. My car was only 1 year old when I did it, and I removed the visors from the car.

Maybe I made it too much of a project - it was my first mod!
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Old Apr 28, 2010 | 03:23 PM
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I just went out and took them off my new to me 03 Z. I used a hairdryer and a credit card to get them started, then kept applying heat, and they came right off.
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Old Apr 28, 2010 | 11:10 PM
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I left mine on,
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Old Apr 30, 2010 | 12:16 AM
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Originally Posted by zulatr
heat gun carefully, a little 3M adhesive remover to clean up the residue, and then duct tape to fluff it up and even things out.
My car's a garage queen in the north east and hasn't seen the heat that others may have making it more involved. My car was only 1 year old when I did it, and I removed the visors from the car.

Maybe I made it too much of a project - it was my first mod!



This is exactly how i did it
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Old May 2, 2010 | 12:31 PM
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Well since I'm cruzing the California Coast looking for wind and waves to go kitegoarding and don't have a heat gun or even a place to plug it in - I used the cigerette lighter in the Z to slowly heat it up one small part at a time and slowly peeled them off. It's amazing - my car is much faster now, because of all the weight loss from the stickers.
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