AVS Ventshade Debadge

If you have the urge to debadge your AVS Ventshades, here is a safe and cost effective way to do so. I found a post about 4000 pages into the popular debadge topic about this with no solid answer, and thought it would be nice to break it out into this thread. I'll admit, I was a little scared to try my idea. But glad I did, and can't see a single scratch when all done!

Before:



After:



Supplies:
You only need a couple supplies:
1) 5000 grit polishing pad (I used 3M 5000 grit Trizact)
2) Polishing compound (I just used my car wax, Mothers Brazilian Carnauba)
3) Microfiber towel
4) Your favorite beverage to celebrate how awesome you did



Steps:
1) Clean the visor with water, dry with cloth. You don't want to be scratching any dirt into your super cool visors, so start clean!
2) Carefully scrub at the label with the 5000 grit. It takes some patience, but it will happen slowly. Do small circles, alternating the direction of your circles over the area. Keep swapping to different areas of the pad as it starts to collect the unwanted label debris. Here's what it looked like for me after a minute or two. It's almost all the way removed, but still a little more work to do. Be sure to hold the back side of the visor so you aren't smashing it into the window while you delicately swirling away.

3) Keep scuffing until the label is removed. It takes a few minutes..
4) Polish the scuffed up area so that it blends in perfectly using a buffing or polishing compound. I applied 3 rounds of wax, polishing fairly sternly while holding the back side of the visor so I didn't crush it into the window. The first round left a slight haze. The second round pretty much took care of it all. But my OCD made me do a 3rd round just to stay sane. Use a clean part of your microfiber towel between applications.

Here is what my pad looks like after doing both sides:



What NOT to do:
Don't bother with one of those rubber striping discs that go on a drill. I tried that on the first side, and spent more time dealing with the leftover rubber residue than all the rest of the steps combined.

 

Just bought these, and tried a few methods... Nothing worked. I've got some polish and 5,000 grit in the garage. Good idea and nice workup!

 

I used Goo Gone , worked great.

 

Nice! For me, it all started when I opened the ventshade package and discovered some scratches related to how the set is packaged. The packaging adds a little scratch protector to the corner, but it didn't really work. So I used the 5000 grit to polish those blemishes away. Then, I had the idea to keep going and try to sand away the AVS labels. It worked and looks flawless

 

I used alcohol wipes, worked great.

 

this. No need to over complicate things.

 

Same here, little paint thinner and polished with plastic polish, AVS disappeared. Then the bug shield I had to sand a little and polish. Worked like a charm.