Absolutely easiest way to remove sunvisor sticker

[LordOfTheFlies]

Ok.

First I have to admit I had to mess up one to figure out how to do the other but now the method was so easy it involved absolutely no elbow grease.

How I messed up:

I got some Goo Gone and figured I would soak the sticker. I simply poured some on it spreading it evenly with my finger and let it dry.

Then I poured some more on and spread again.

I was impatient and tried to peel off the sticker with an exacto knife.

When that wasn't working I grabbed some Acetone and poured some onto a towel and rubbed the sticker.

Little did I know that this lead directly to the black edge of the sticker melting and getting spread all over the damn place.

So I screwed up the drivers side. I ended up getting a toothbrush and rubbing like crazy and basically removed most of the black stuff though I was completely p*ssed at this point and just gave up (I have my garage door cliped to the visor so it blocks it anyways and I never use the vanity mirror).

How I figured out how to do it easily:

This whole time I had soaked the passenger side twice and it was sitting there just dry.

I poured some Acetone directly onto the sticker and unbelievably the ENTIRE STICKER peeled right off with no bleeding at all.

So there you have it: pour some "Goo gone" onto the sticker, let it dry, pour some more, let it dry for like 10 minutes, then pour some Acetone and simply peel the sticker off.

I wish I were more patient the first go around but it's not the end of the world!

[msaeger]

I wonder if a heat gun would have worked ?

Why did you remove it ?

[MiniG]

Did this have any effect on your paint?

[LordOfTheFlies]

Quote: Originally Posted by msaeger

I wonder if a heat gun would have worked ?

Why did you remove it ?

Looks terrible.

[LordOfTheFlies]

Quote: Originally Posted by MiniG

Did this have any effect on your paint?

No effect on the paint. Even on the side I messed up on it wasn't the acetone or the goo gone it was my own st*pidity.

[LordOfTheFlies]

Quote: Originally Posted by Max

Just use a girly hairdryer - works a treat for all stickers on glass and paintwork

Max

I'm thinking a hair dryer gone wrong would have melted the covering material of the visor and/or melted the sticker to the point of no return.

[scooterboy]

I'm still confused - what do the visors have to do with the sunroof???

[LordOfTheFlies]

Quote: Originally Posted by scooterboy

I'm still confused - what do the visors have to do with the sunroof???

Dude I just changed the title before I even read your post!

That's what happens when you post too late at night!

hahahahahahahahahaha. I meant sunvisors!!!! SUNVISORS!!! Hahahahahaha.

[scooterboy]

Ah, ok. At first I thought you meant a decal on the sunroof, but then it was all about the visors.

[LordOfTheFlies]

Quote: Originally Posted by scooterboy

Ah, ok. At first I thought you meant a decal on the sunroof, but then it was all about the visors.

Yeah dude. I'm getting senile. I know it. Turning 28 in a few weeks!

[GBMINI]

LOTF,
I don't need the sunvisor instructions ... but I *LOVE* your giant list of mods

[LordOfTheFlies]

Quote: Originally Posted by iancull

LOTF,
I don't need the sunvisor instructions ... but I *LOVE* your giant list of mods

Thanks. I take pride in my modifiminations and what not.

And I've only had the car since the end of April!

Going down to Helix MiniSports in Philly this weekend to install a 15% pulley, a short shift kit (for the '04 models) and maybe even a rear sway bar.

I'm going to have to trim down my signature as I am already maxed out at 498 characters (the limit is 500).

Bullocks!

Edit: Signature trimmed! And with 17 characters still unused....

[miniman marshall]

Quote: Originally Posted by Max

Just run the hairdryer on "warm" rather than "hot"

Have you tried this or just suggesting something to try??

[msaeger]

I use a heat gun to remove stickers from stuff all the time and haven't had a problem yet. You don't have to heat it for long usually just a couple of seconds.

[MiniG]

D'oh! I was thinking it was a SUNROOF sticker as well. That's why I asked about the paint. I thought "Damn, he is pouring goo gone and acetone on his roof???"

Okay, now I get it.