What is the easiest way to take off those ugly decals on the sunscreens?
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Oh man didn't think the heat gun would melt the actual visor, it felt like a rubber sticker to the touch. As far as removing it, as far as i know if you put your hand behind the cap facing the windshield you will feel a small opening you can put a flat head screw driver into and pop off the cap revealing the screw holding the visor in place.
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Ok final update!
So I went back to my car, decided to man up a bit and see if I can take the visor off without breaking it.
To remove, I found that even though the little area to remove the visor feels like its in the back (which it is), the cover comes off easier if you start with the side closest to you and moving forward. Second after you remove it our visors are simply clicked in so a little tugging on the visor and it just pops out nice and easy!
Ok, so what you've all been waiting for....the final results!
Sadly, while I like how it looks in person vs the sticker, the area where the sticker was comes up as more shiny (because of the acetone I believe). Secondly in my case you can kind of see the bubbling thanks to the heat gun.
Now, since I know how to remove the visor, I am going to go back and give the GOO Gone another try since I only tried it while the visor was still clipped in. I BELIEVE this should result in a finish we can all be proud of. For now, I saw someone in the W204 forum selling a black visor for $50 shipped so I am going to probably pick that up (though mine is definitely still ok). From what I can tell it only seems to show up in the harsh LED light of my phone (which took the pics). Otherwise it still seems ok (will test this weekend when I take my car out, otherwise I get home too late to test).
Anyway if anyone has any questions let me know. I am going to try the Goo Gone again tomorrow and hope that works a bit better. Again if its really bothering me Im going to use Roswell's method
So I went back to my car, decided to man up a bit and see if I can take the visor off without breaking it.
To remove, I found that even though the little area to remove the visor feels like its in the back (which it is), the cover comes off easier if you start with the side closest to you and moving forward. Second after you remove it our visors are simply clicked in so a little tugging on the visor and it just pops out nice and easy!
Ok, so what you've all been waiting for....the final results!
Sadly, while I like how it looks in person vs the sticker, the area where the sticker was comes up as more shiny (because of the acetone I believe). Secondly in my case you can kind of see the bubbling thanks to the heat gun.
Now, since I know how to remove the visor, I am going to go back and give the GOO Gone another try since I only tried it while the visor was still clipped in. I BELIEVE this should result in a finish we can all be proud of. For now, I saw someone in the W204 forum selling a black visor for $50 shipped so I am going to probably pick that up (though mine is definitely still ok). From what I can tell it only seems to show up in the harsh LED light of my phone (which took the pics). Otherwise it still seems ok (will test this weekend when I take my car out, otherwise I get home too late to test).
Anyway if anyone has any questions let me know. I am going to try the Goo Gone again tomorrow and hope that works a bit better. Again if its really bothering me Im going to use Roswell's method
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Ok so another idea that popped into my mind is that i could make a custom sticker. If I can get 10 or more people interested I can make a custom sticker for about $10 for a pair of basically anything we wanted. If someone has the skills to make something tasteful we can do something like this
or this
or again anything that we could want.
Thoughts on this idea?
or this
or again anything that we could want.
Thoughts on this idea?
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I'm going to pick up two spare sets of sun visors today from a scrap yard over here and try with goo gone on one and paint thinner on the other and see how it turns out. Total cost will be around $50 for the 4.
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Goof Off works better than Goo Gone.
Remove visors from car, Lay visors flat on a peice of cardboard, be sure to elevate the visors off the cardboard with a couple of spray paint can caps so they will not be sitting in a pool of Goof Off as it runs off the visors. Spray a pretty hefty amout of Goof Off over the sticker, do not touch it for about 15 minutes. Sticker should come off pretty easy after sitting 15 minutes, might want to use a plastic spatula from your kitchen to scrape, but do not scrape too hard.
Remove visors from car, Lay visors flat on a peice of cardboard, be sure to elevate the visors off the cardboard with a couple of spray paint can caps so they will not be sitting in a pool of Goof Off as it runs off the visors. Spray a pretty hefty amout of Goof Off over the sticker, do not touch it for about 15 minutes. Sticker should come off pretty easy after sitting 15 minutes, might want to use a plastic spatula from your kitchen to scrape, but do not scrape too hard.
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Goof Off works better than Goo Gone.
Remove visors from car, Lay visors flat on a peice of cardboard, be sure to elevate the visors off the cardboard with a couple of spray paint can caps so they will not be sitting in a pool of Goof Off as it runs off the visors. Spray a pretty hefty amout of Goof Off over the sticker, do not touch it for about 15 minutes. Sticker should come off pretty easy after sitting 15 minutes, might want to use a plastic spatula from your kitchen to scrape, but do not scrape too hard.
Remove visors from car, Lay visors flat on a peice of cardboard, be sure to elevate the visors off the cardboard with a couple of spray paint can caps so they will not be sitting in a pool of Goof Off as it runs off the visors. Spray a pretty hefty amout of Goof Off over the sticker, do not touch it for about 15 minutes. Sticker should come off pretty easy after sitting 15 minutes, might want to use a plastic spatula from your kitchen to scrape, but do not scrape too hard.
Also, just got a email from mymercedesparts.com about their visors and they are telling me that they come WITHOUT the warning label. $85 per visor so if someone really wants to do it clean it would be a $170 mod.
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Man Tim, you sure have good eyes!!
Well, let's not derail from the main topic of this thread... it's about sun visor!! j/k LOL
P.S Thanks to my wife for transforming my C63 to a Xmas tree.
Well, let's not derail from the main topic of this thread... it's about sun visor!! j/k LOL
P.S Thanks to my wife for transforming my C63 to a Xmas tree.
