How to Remove Airbag Warning Decals from US-spec Vanity Mirror Covers

[Filastein]

My wife used her clothes steamer and they came off in about 5 pieces each, in about 5 minutes each. Applied Solution Finish afterwards. Tried the cover-up decals but they quickly bubbled.

[Porsche9]

I removed mine as you described but was never happy with the result. Good but up close there was a residue that I could see. I tried the sticker route and the one I got from an ebay seller (sorry it's been years and I no longer know who the seller was) fit nicely from edge to edge and was easy to apply. The results were better then just removing and I never had a problem with bubbling and the texture is a really close match.

I just wish the lawyers would not make the auto manufacturers put on these ugly stickers. On some cars they are virtually impossible to remove. With the Boxster's top down it is a real eye sore

[10/10ths]

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Works great. Two years later, still looks great.

[jakeru]

Originally Posted by Filastein

My wife used her clothes steamer and they came off in about 5 pieces each, in about 5 minutes each. Applied Solution Finish afterwards. Tried the cover-up decals but they quickly bubbled.

It would be interesting to see pics of how the decal comes off with steam.

Originally Posted by Porsche9

I removed mine as you described but was never happy with the result. Good but up close there was a residue that I could see.

You may have not rubbed long enough, or used a compliant enough cloth (and/or enough pressure with a paper towel) to get down into the crevices for the texture. Or maybe, you just have OCD and the little specs of pigment, no matter how little, that you just know are in the pits of the texture, just drive you crazy (only visible on mine from a few inches away, by the way, and under very bright lighting).

Originally Posted by Porsche9

I tried the sticker route and the one I got from an ebay seller (sorry it's been years and I no longer know who the seller was) fit nicely from edge to edge and was easy to apply. The results were better then just removing and I never had a problem with bubbling and the texture is a really close match.

Originally Posted by 10/10ths

Sunvisor Cover Ups stickers that fit Porsche models 911 997 987 996 Boxster S | eBay

Works great. Two years later, still looks great.

Cool, guys! We need pics, however which show the true, as-installed, full-gory details of those decals (the color match, the texture and the stickers' seams/edges...) or they DIDN'T HAPPEN!

[Stephan]

I am a new member here on the forum and I had heard about using the rubbing alcohol to remove the decals. I did use the alcohol with some microfiber rags (paper towels tore up to quickly) and had to use a lot of effort to remove most of the decal/adhesive. After I was finished I used a black magic marker to cover the entire area where the decals were located. It looks surprisingly good and even up close it is hard to detect. Anyone not knowing about the removal would never know there was ever anything there.