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Old 05-20-2022, 04:48 PM
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My sun visor is broken and I want to buy an Amaretto color Alcantara covered right side sun visor that is out of a Euro spec car...so no 'warning' stickers to remove. I have tried eBay UK and eBay DE and allegro PL but have not had any luck. Do any of you know of one for sale or know of a good a source I might try ?
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A8Parts.co.uk ? Here's a link to their Ebay store.
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Thanks for thinking of it, but the same as the rest....no Amaretto visor.
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If your lucky a junkyard near you may have the color you need.
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Getting a US visor is easy, but cleaning off the warning stickers is a giant PITA. As long as I have to buy one I would rather buy a Euro spec visor which has no warning stickers if possible. There are ebay sites and other auto part sites in Europe that I do not know of...hoping someone from UK or Europe will come forth with a visor spotting for me.
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Originally Posted by awdinut
Getting a US visor is easy, but cleaning off the warning stickers is a giant PITA. As long as I have to buy one I would rather buy a Euro spec visor which has no warning stickers if possible. There are ebay sites and other auto part sites in Europe that I do not know of...hoping someone from UK or Europe will come forth with a visor spotting for me.
I had good luck removing the visor stickers with a bit of isopropyl alcohol and microfiber cloth. There will be minor discoloration due sunlight and age fading, but IMO looks far better than those awful warning stickers.
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I had good luck removing the visor stickers with a bit of isopropyl alcohol and microfiber cloth. There will be minor discoloration due sunlight and age fading, but IMO looks far better than those awful warning stickers.
Do the stickers come off in one piece or does the alcohol dissolve them?

Have you done this on the alcantara-covered visors?
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Alcohol is the way its done, and yes I have done it to my Alcantara visors. But the reason its such a PITA is that only a few mm square piece at a time can be pulled off. And its all a gooey mess. And it can stain; or the stickers' eventual removal reveals a color difference due to fading. I did the 4.2 I used to own and I have done my W12, and I dont want to ever do another visor if I can avoid it ! So thats why I want the Euro visor.
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