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Old 06-11-2016, 09:12 PM
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Originally Posted by 07CarreraS

However, the Alcantara's I ordered should blend in more nicely.
It will be a happy ending with these. You'll like them better.
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Old 06-12-2016, 01:54 AM
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Originally Posted by 07CarreraS
Army Strong?
Nice!




Save those visors. Get them recovered at a decent auto upholstery place.
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Old 06-12-2016, 08:32 AM
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Originally Posted by STG
It will be a happy ending with these. You'll like them better.
Agreed! They were my 1st pick when building my car but I let my leather infatuation take over. smh

I got the rest of the decal off so as mentioned, I will take it to a leather shop and see what they can do.
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Old 06-12-2016, 12:05 PM
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Agreeing that removing visors is best.
It gives you better visibility and control over sticker removal.
It must be very difficult reaching overhead, to rub off the sticker, with the visors still attached.
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Old 06-12-2016, 07:07 PM
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I replaced my visor with Alcantra with no Stickers on them .
Perfect.
What really pissed me off was the VW visors they have on a $200 K TTS. Alcantra should have been standard
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Old 06-12-2016, 07:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Karl911
I replaced my visor with Alcantra with no Stickers on them .
Perfect.
What really pissed me off was the VW visors they have on a $200 K TTS. Alcantra should have been standard
Did they come with the wiring and bracket all assembled?
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Old 06-12-2016, 08:03 PM
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Did they come with the wiring and bracket all assembled?
Yes. They come complete. Ready to plug and screw on
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Old 06-26-2016, 01:50 PM
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$1,300 later I have the Alcantara's installed. Still have the original leather ones but need to have them refinished
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Originally Posted by Noah Fect
Takes a strong person to highlight their screwups like that, btw. Hopefully others will benefit.
And props to using the engine cover as a table to take pictures :P
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Old 09-08-2016, 11:04 AM
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Thanks for posting. At the end of the day, your visors look great. When you take the originals to a shop and you please get an estimate to have them covered in leather and alcantara and let us know what they say?
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Old 09-08-2016, 02:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Penn4S
I really don't understand how some guys are having seriously bad experiences with the removal of the stickers. I used the method described on this forum which called for soaking a cloth or paper towel in the 91% alcohol payed on my stickers so they get evenly and appropriately soaked without any excess alcohol running down the visors and mine peeled off all in one piece and with some minor alcohol and 3M clean up I have no shadow lines and no evidence of ever having stickers.

Is it a lack of patience in not letting the stickers properly soak, some materials reacting differently, seems like it should be an easy DIY.
I've removed 2 sets (4 visors). The first set came off like magic. On one of the easy ones I may have gotten the whole sticker off in one gentle pull.

The second set was a different story and took extreme patience. Given my level of impatience I'm surprised mine didn't end up like the OP's.
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Old 04-12-2017, 04:20 PM
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Originally Posted by 07CarreraS
I removed my sun visors from my 991.2 since I screwed up the decal removal (see bottom pics). I've ordered new Alcantara ones to take their place. I simply took a small flathead and pried under the plastic cover then guided the screwdriver up along the cover until it popped off. Disconnect the plug and your done.
I'm doing this now, and I'm having a little bit of trouble getting the electric wiring out to swap them out. Is there a fastener or button that I'm supposed to push to release them? Do I just pull it out? (I'm referring to the 5th picture in the original post).

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Old 04-12-2017, 11:33 PM
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Figured it out...just place a flat head screwdriver into the connector to release it.
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Old 04-15-2017, 10:37 PM
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I started trying to replace the sun visors. Well, one part of the cover popped up easily, then the rest of the area refused to budge. I decided not to do any more bc I left a couple of tiny dinges on the headliner. I am afraid if I exert too much pressure I'll actually break the cover. Any more suggestions? Thanks
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Old 04-15-2017, 10:40 PM
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Originally Posted by visitador
I started trying to replace the sun visors. Well, one part of the cover popped up easily, then the rest of the area refused to budge. I decided not to do any more bc I left a couple of tiny dinges on the headliner. I am afraid if I exert too much pressure I'll actually break the cover. Any more suggestions? Thanks
Move a trim instrument around and jiggle it. I put some dinges in my plastic cover, but it's covered up anyway.
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