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Old May 12, 2005 | 06:03 AM
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"Warning: Airbags can kill" stickers

Is it illegal to remove the sticker - especially if it's installed directly on the "body color" dash? I noticed the sticker like a sore thumb on the passenger side dash of one of the NAM members' beautifully painted Chili Red dash. Airbags are great but man those warning stickers are unsightly!

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Old May 12, 2005 | 06:08 AM
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It is illegal for dealers to remove the stickers but not consumers. Kind of like the matress labels!
 
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Old May 12, 2005 | 06:10 AM
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stick this !!!

Last saturday, it was 80+ degrees, slightly humid outside so I was able to peel the sticker off the dash with my fingernails...verrrrrrrrrrrrrry slowly !!! I removed a tiny bit of residue glue with some rubbing alcohol, no problem. Now for those visor ones...any ideas anyone ???

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Old May 12, 2005 | 06:15 AM
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I'm sooo happy! I will rid those things quickly from the dash. Are the visor stickers behind the visor when it's up? I hope so.
 
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Old May 12, 2005 | 06:15 AM
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nope. found a thread on those damn things someplace, but can't remember where. Duh!
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Old May 12, 2005 | 06:16 AM
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Originally Posted by Rick-Anderson
It is illegal for dealers to remove the stickers but not consumers. Kind of like the matress labels!
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U X Y Z
 
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Old May 12, 2005 | 06:22 AM
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vw

I get it...another dissatisfied Volkswagon owner (like me) who's removed vw from his vocabulary ???

But why on this thread?

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Old May 12, 2005 | 07:02 AM
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lol, no, I actually had FOUR VWs starting with a Dasher followed by a Rabbit, then Jetta D and a Jetta... They were good to me overall.

MINI mania has struck; soon I'll be removing the letters G and M as I was a former Saturn owner too ('95 SC-2 which was a lot of fun).

j/k of course...
 
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Old May 12, 2005 | 07:58 AM
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And why are you using my quote? Do you know me and remember that I am a recovering VW guy?
 
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Old May 12, 2005 | 08:10 AM
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vw

My lemon '99 Jetta VR6 is the reason I'm in a MINI...looked at R32s and almost bought a leftover 04 GTI...but thank God, I test drove an 05 MCS and the rest is history...let's keep this thread about the stickers...plenty of forums to trash the VW, VW dealers, and Volkswagon of America !!!

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Old May 12, 2005 | 08:20 AM
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I believe people are using GooGone to get the stickers off the visors. I haven't done it yet, but I plan to soon so I don't have a faded rectangle on my visors.
 
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Old May 12, 2005 | 08:52 AM
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Scary sticker on that glovebox. I did not read it when I got into the car and then looked at it while driving home (finally began to look at all the gadgets in the MINI) and thought (okay, only for 3 seconds) it was in protest against killing children in Ohio (where the car just came from) which didn't make that much sense (I was halfway between MINI-intimidation and MIN-euphoria). I tried to peel it off as I was driving, but it's resistant (especially during rush hour traffic). I don't have Zaino (yet), but I do have GooGone. So this will be one of my weekend tasks (along with learning how to turn on the radio).
 
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Old May 12, 2005 | 09:01 AM
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I managed to get my visor stickers off with denatured alcohol. Took some time, but eventually they turn to mush and come off....
 
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Old May 12, 2005 | 09:18 AM
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rubbing alcohol will work on the visors, takes alot of patience though. 20mins of working on the passenger side and I only got a small corner off
 
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Old May 12, 2005 | 09:38 AM
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I took my sticker off and replaced it with this one.
 
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Old May 12, 2005 | 10:49 AM
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Originally Posted by MiniMayhem
I managed to get my visor stickers off with denatured alcohol. Took some time, but eventually they turn to mush and come off....
Works great. Just did mine a couple of nights ago.
 
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Old May 12, 2005 | 01:39 PM
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Originally Posted by mdsbrain
I took my sticker off and replaced it with this one.
Where can I get a few of those stickers!?
 
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Old May 12, 2005 | 03:14 PM
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Originally Posted by jggonzalez
Where can I get a few of those stickers!?
Ebay:smile:
 
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