- Buy some very thin, good quality hobby/craft wood (I bought some high grade balsa)...

- Cut it (1.5" X 6")

- Sand it ( #220 grit, rounding the corners and beveling the edges)

- Stain and poly it to ~ match the interior wood.

- Apply over butt ugly "WARNING" sticker using THIN, double sided mending tape.

The stickers will come off, but the heat-set glue they use to attach them will NOT. (And I tried EVERYTHING).

People with the "carbon fiber" interior can simply buy faux "carbon fiber tape" (which I've seen online), trim it and stick it over the "WARNING" stickers.

 

How about just taking them and getting them recovered at an upholstry shop???

 

Will they match the OEM upholstery?

What about the (lighted) mirrors on the back?

Would the shop be concerned about potential legal issues???

 

Sounds tacky, especially balsa wood?

 

Probably not a good idea if you are leasing. I am pretty sure that it is against the law in Canada, and I assume in the U.S., to remove these notices. I actually think this is a more serious offence than removing the tags re new materials from furniture.

 

The peice of wood I got (not actually called "balsa") has a decent amount of marbeling and graining.

You can't tell what kind of wood it is once it's sanded, stained and polyurethaned (3 coats and rubbed with steel wool). I've completed all steps but the steel wool rub; I'm letting the poly harden for 72 hours prior to that final step.

How "tacky" do those awful "WARNING" stickers look?

How "tacky" is the plastic "wood" that Acura uses?

Veneer is another option, though it will still require polyurethane (and perhaps stain to match the plastic "wood" Acura uses).

 

I'd wonder if the visors for the same car sold in another market, like Japan or Europe, would be plain and without the stickers and replacements could be ordered from there. Unfortunately, the TL is North American market only. There would be a chance another visor would fit, such as the one for the TSX or Accord, but manufacturers don't seem to standardize things that well.

 

Assuming they were available, they wouldn't come cheap (vanity lighted mirrors with flap, etc).

Those stickers are AWFUL. They stick out like t*ts on a bull.

 

I highly doubt it is illegal to remove the stickers if you own the car.

On the other hand, you're right about leased cars - very very bad idea to mess with anything in that case.

 

Here's a solution I found on another site (dealing with PT Cruisers) for removing stickers from that car without destroying the nap of the cloth:

I haven't tried it, so if you try it and screw up your visor don't blame me!

Mike

Edit: PS a couple of other people there said they used a hair dryer to accomplish the same thing.

 

A hairdryer won't remove the glue....

I peeled mine off by hand/with no dryer/iron. They came off without damaging the cloth. The problem is with whatever glue they use (looks like it's heat set). NOTHING will rmeove it.

The WARNING stickers on my Z28 peeled right off...They were regular adhesive backed vinyl.

 

TROLL!!!!!!

 

I have the simplest solution of all...just ignore them!

 

Your all idiots he is a TROLL

 

Which you'll also have to do with the unsat shocks that came on your car.

Sounds like a good approach for you.

 

Sorry, I don;t have a TL, so I son;t know what you are talking about.

 

THe lights aren't on them, they are mounted in the head-liner.

 

It isn't any more tacky than the fake wood on BMW's or any other car. Personally I think it looks very classy and better than most.

 

That's okay, he doesn't have a TL either.

 

Many "luxury" cars use REAL WOOD. Even the Lexus ES330 uses REAL wood.

 

Then that makes it simpler for TL owners; they're mounted on my sunvisors in my Accord (although the WARNING emblem is the same).

 

Really? Gosh... I dind't know that.... I don't care if the wood is fake, if it looks good I'm happy.

Many Luxury cars have them mounted up there, like BMW and the new TL. Sorry about your Accord..

 

Hey it took many engineers years of hard work to make Real Wood look like plastic.

 

First off it's You're. Second how is he a troll with over 1,400 posts and you have 88? Maybe you're the troll.

 

I really dont pay much attention to them....

 

^ These posts are from back when I first joined Acurazine (or as it was called acura-tl.com). The original poster has not been around for many moons.

 

Damn I didn't even look at the thread date again. I need to start looking at that I guess. I was own3d

 

Yeah I have a few bigger concerns in life besides those stickers, its not like I see em alot anyways. I live in Seattle, it rains alot, so I dont get to see the sun.

 

High grade balsa wood? Come on.

What you want is duct tape. Make sure you smooth out the wrinkles to give it that professional look.

 

do I have warning sticker? I don't remember seeing in my car.

 

so....I still dont pay much attention to those stickers.....

 

Best idea I've seen so far. Yeah...they are ugly but after hating them at first, I just ignore them now....and I sleep better not worrying about those stupid warning stickers. All cars have them and after a while you will forget about the ugly stickers and just enjoy your car.