The warning labels on both sides of the non-leather sun visors is obnoxious, to say the least. Has anyone safely removed them without harming the finish?

 

Here u go


https://www.6speedonline.com/forums/...ion-too-2.html

 

isopropil alcohol may dissolve synthetic leatherette too, I would beafraid to overdo that.

 

yep - 15 minutes under an iso alc soaked as described here: http://www.renntech.org/forums/index...-on-sunvisors/

then very gently and carefully (so as not to tear them) as described, then then the adhesive removal - a worthy upgrade.

And they are sturdy - I came no where close to damaging mine.

My mods to the process:

1 - remove the entire assembly - just seems more correct and my visor did not want to let go anyway. Carefully! remove the black plastic covers around the arm at the roofliner with a trim tool - they are thin and fragile and cover an identically sized mount, so the trick is to get the trim tool between the cover and the mount and not between the mount and the roofliner. There are four tabs holding on the cover - front/back/sides - use the trim tool in a corner and gently pry. Then a torx-25 screw will be revealed.

2 - 91% alcohol and don't even think about less than 15 minutes.

3 - careful pulling as noted - go slowly and DON'T let the edges stick/rip and stay on or they will be hard to remove - it all needs to come off in one piece as described. It's like a piece of rubber - like a balloon.

4 - No paper towels for clean up - use a rugged shop cloth or similar with some teeth to it. The adhesive is strong and fights back. A paper towel is not tough enough.

5 - Goo-Gone is useless. I resorted to WD40 and some strong vinyl interior cleaner. These visors are probably the toughest part of the car - they'll be around when man is long extinct. Maybe the 3M stuff would work, or maybe that lighter fluid someone suggested is a better idea. Start with the least harsh and work your way up just to be safe.

6 - The Sand/Beige side was a lot of work getting it clean - and, as most comment, there's a shiny rectangle left, but not so bad - leagues better than the warning label. And a little vinyl dressing seems to have "blended" it a bit so that it is barely noticeable.

7 - the mirror side was cake - label came off after 15 sec, some WD40 followed by the vinyl interior cleaner and not a sign of it left - like it was never there.

Looks great now - I mean so much better.


Seriously, if you hate the labels just go for it - not that bad after-all.

More info...http://forums.rennlist.com/rennforum...ighlight=visor

 

You can buy stickers to cover them warning labels. Search eBay for them.

 

Yeah, do the vinyl stickers like Ed mentions. They are super thin and are hardly noticeable when in place. Much better then looking at the warning.

 

Thanks, all. It worked perfectly. No more unsightly warning labels!!!

 

Good summary - I've done this on both a 996 and a 997, vinyl and leather. I did use the 3M adhesive remover instead of Goo Gone and it worked great. Also, I removed the visors from the stalk each time I did this - just takes a steady, hard, straight pull to remove - I'm always fearful of breaking those little plastic tabs.