Covering The Ugly Airbag Warning Viser Placards???

scottIN

I've thought about just going to my local decal shop and having some printed. Maybe just black with the 'Z' on it in silver (they'll print anything - they don't care about copyrights). Just don't want it to look hokey. I know a lot of high production cars you can order sticker covers on e-bay for and I've also seen some leather slip covers.

Visor stickers in my last 3 cars: 2002 Mercedes: sticker,peeled right off. 2006 Ridgeline: heat transfer, peeled off but left a shadow. 2012 370Z: Heat transfer, ain't comin' off. I think the next step is a molded in placard.

Maybe everyone involved in an accident can sue the car companies claiming that the visor sticker distracted them & we'll get rid of the damn things!

Bonzo

I am certainly not one of those for advocating frivolous law suits (in fact I'm totally against them), but your post is very funny.

They are definitely distracting.

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WhiskeyHotel

LOL - here in Oklahoma you can get arrested for the darnest things. I'm guessing that covering the ugly visor warning signs is not one of them.

didymus

I support this thread. Why not cover the whole (or one side) visor?

Not a fan of the fake CF but i am perhaps in the minority. I do think if an inexpensive fix were made people would buy it..

Bonzo

Well, that's a great idea, but I think it's harder in real practice than in theory for us people who don't want to tear it all apart or get into all kinds of sewing etc. I'm not willing to give up the visor extender or the mirror either, so that makes it even harder. This sticker bugs me enough to want to change it, but not enough to spend days or weeks of my life worrying about either. I think just a good looking label cover/sticker will do the trick for me. Perfect; no. 95% better than the warning sticker; yes.

It's an aesthetic thing which we all know is personal taste. I doubt either of us are in the minority or the majority.

I actually hadn't even considered it until yesterday when I placed the 3M CF on the visor in good strong light here at work. I thought it would stick out like a sore thumb but I was certainly wrong. Last week I got my radio trim covered in real matte CF (by Tony at CarbonFiberElement), and when I placed the 3M stuff next to it, there was a difference, but I was surprised by how little a difference there was. So I'm thinking the 3M CF might even compliment my radio trim. We'll see.

I agree, although this thread hasn't exactly rocked the house either, which may mean we're both wrong.

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SPOHN

I don't even have sun visors. How bout that?

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Bonzo

Cheater!!!!

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m4a1mustang

I think I would just sew up an alcantara cover for it. That would probably look the best, especially if you matched the alcantara seat inserts, door cards, and the knee pads (if you've got a roadster).

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sluggoZ

Very nice!

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m4a1mustang

I just saw the Dinoc pics, btw. Looks like that's a nice solution.

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Bonzo

My nephew who wraps cars has a 12 x 48 piece sitting in his shop for me. I'm going to try and swing by to get it this weekend. Then next week hopefully I'll be able to CAD cut some, test fit, and see how they look. I'll be sure to post pics.

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scottIN

I see a business venture here...

Bonzo

Well, I should definitely have material left over, but I'm not looking at trying to make money here. Perhaps I could CAD cut some for people who are interested on a first ask basis, until I run out of material that is. Say $5 for S&H. But we'll see. I have to get mine done first and see how it looks.

For others I think they could just buy some small pcs of 3M CF Di-noc off the internet (I quickly found 12 x 12 for like $10 and 12 x 24 for like $17 on Amazon), use some paper test cuts to come up with the exact size they want, lay that size out on the back of the CF with a ruler, then cut it using sharp scissors or even a razor blade with a straight edge. It won't need to be "perfect perfect" and still look good. At least it will look 95% better than the sticker there now.

I'm thinking that, since our warning sticker is heat pressed, and has an "indent" lip, that going about 3/16" to 1/4" larger all around (3/8" to 1/2" total size) with the CF will have the best long term results. This way the adhesive on the CF has room to grab the fabric material itself. Once it's on I doubt anyone will notice it's larger than before. The warning sticker is currently about 3-5/8" x 5", so a CF label of around 4" x 5-3/8" or 4-1/8" x 5-1/2" would probably be best. We'll see.

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grayroad

Pixeldecals can make stickers to cover these hideous things.

kenchan

so last weekend during my drive i looked at this thing you guys are talking about on the visors and it didnt really bother me...