markboris
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I was asked by Rod in another thread to explain how I removed the visor warning stickers so here it is. I do many small mods like this on my cars but rarely post them unless asked. I am not a fan of bright yellow and white stickers messing up the look of a black interior and most of my cars/trucks have black interiors. This probably took me no more than 20 minutes for both sides but I've done this many times.
It's much easier to do this project when you have the visors out of the car. They are very easy to remove. Unattached the visor from its support closest to the mirror and move it to about a 45Ė position. Unsnap the hinge cover with your fingers or a trim tool. There is one T20 Torx screw holding it on. Remove the screw and then tip the visor up towards the roof as there is a curved hook holding it up and it will fall out. There is a wire attached (for the lighted mirror and homelink) and unsnap the connector.
Place the visor on a flat surface and using a hairdryer on high, heat up the sticker until is is very warm. I use a heat gun which makes this go faster but I am extremely careful not to get it too hot otherwise it will ruin the visor. I have done this many times so I am use to using a heat gun. It needs to be quite hot and it is possible some hair dryers won't do the job. Starting at one corner with your fingernail, peel up the sticker. The warmer the sticker, the easier and faster it will peel off. If it is too hard to pull up, it is not hot enough. However again you don't want to get it too hot otherwise could damage the vinyl visor. Since I use a heat gun which is quite hot, after I start one corner, I use needle nose pliers to lift up the rest of the sticker so I don't burn my fingers.
Once the sticker is off, you need to remove the glue left behind. Isopropyl 99% alcohol works great for this. Goo Gone, WD-40, mineral spirits, peanut butter DOES NOT WORK. I soak the glued area for a couple of minutes with the alcohol then using a thin micro fiber cloth that is also wet with alcohol, I start rubbing the glue off. After a few minutes, the visor is all clean and you can reinstall it.
This works best with vinyl visors like in the Mach-E. While this method does work for cloth visors too, it may leave the cloth slightly discolored in the area where the sticker was but still looks much better than the sticker. My GT500 has cloth interior including the headliner and visors and there is slightly a lighter square where the sticker use to be.
In some of the photos you many notice I removed the button panel off of the homelink. That is because when I get a chance I am going to illuminate these buttons and was checking how I am going to add LED's.
It's much easier to do this project when you have the visors out of the car. They are very easy to remove. Unattached the visor from its support closest to the mirror and move it to about a 45Ė position. Unsnap the hinge cover with your fingers or a trim tool. There is one T20 Torx screw holding it on. Remove the screw and then tip the visor up towards the roof as there is a curved hook holding it up and it will fall out. There is a wire attached (for the lighted mirror and homelink) and unsnap the connector.
Place the visor on a flat surface and using a hairdryer on high, heat up the sticker until is is very warm. I use a heat gun which makes this go faster but I am extremely careful not to get it too hot otherwise it will ruin the visor. I have done this many times so I am use to using a heat gun. It needs to be quite hot and it is possible some hair dryers won't do the job. Starting at one corner with your fingernail, peel up the sticker. The warmer the sticker, the easier and faster it will peel off. If it is too hard to pull up, it is not hot enough. However again you don't want to get it too hot otherwise could damage the vinyl visor. Since I use a heat gun which is quite hot, after I start one corner, I use needle nose pliers to lift up the rest of the sticker so I don't burn my fingers.
Once the sticker is off, you need to remove the glue left behind. Isopropyl 99% alcohol works great for this. Goo Gone, WD-40, mineral spirits, peanut butter DOES NOT WORK. I soak the glued area for a couple of minutes with the alcohol then using a thin micro fiber cloth that is also wet with alcohol, I start rubbing the glue off. After a few minutes, the visor is all clean and you can reinstall it.
This works best with vinyl visors like in the Mach-E. While this method does work for cloth visors too, it may leave the cloth slightly discolored in the area where the sticker was but still looks much better than the sticker. My GT500 has cloth interior including the headliner and visors and there is slightly a lighter square where the sticker use to be.
In some of the photos you many notice I removed the button panel off of the homelink. That is because when I get a chance I am going to illuminate these buttons and was checking how I am going to add LED's.
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