Removing window sticker without damaging the heater lines

[Ninja]

Wasnt sure where to put this so sorry if its the wrong section.

Picked up the new car last week and its got a sticker from the car sales place in the rear window over a couple of the heater lines..

Its stuck fast and seems impossible to remove. I asked my dad and he said to leave it and he doubted it could be taken off without damaging the heated window element.

Any views on this ? Should i just put up with it or is there something i can do to remove it gently ?

Thanks people

 

[Daffy]

Hair dryer and a steady hand.

 

[Ninja]

i had considered that but wasnt sure it would work :s

So heat it for a while then try to peel it off in one piece ? Might try this tomorrow

 

[Deev]

I was quite paranoid about this myself, but needed to get it off to stick a SCN sticker in its place. I suppose it varies from sticker to sticker, but I bit the bullet and tugged it gently. Slowly but surely it came off in one sweep and didn't damage the element.

If you're not sure though I would expect the hairdryer would help soften the glue.

 

[Ninja]

Yeah this sticker appears to be glued on lol.. I gave up on the corner as i didnt want to rip it!!

Will try with a hairdryer a little later and report back

 

[googies]

Heres a thread on it:

Search brought it up no probs

http://www.seatcupra.net/forums/showthread.php?t=128348&highlight=sticker+removal

 

[Ninja]

yeah had read that thread before but this sticker was more like glued on and was covering the heated strips so wanted to make sure i wouldnt damage them

Used the hairdryer trick today with excellent results!! Heated for a minute or so then it all peeled off nice and slow. The hairdryer melted the sticker as well as the glue and it ended up stretching to about a foot!!

Then a little meths and the tiny glue patch was gone

 

[googies]

Its the first thing I do, hate things stuck on the windows, even the tax disc! wouldn't dream of gluing it. All sorted then.

 

[oldman]

thanks for the tip guys.
that is a job for the weekend for definite