Windsheild broken need to remove stickers
 

My windshield is broken and I am putting a new one in. What is the best way to remove the regi and inspection stickers to put on the new one.

I've had luck using blue or green painters tape.

Cover the stickers with blue or green painters tape and slowly scraping the sticker off the window. It should come off in 1 piece and you can re-apply it to new windshield. :thumbs:

Check with the place that will be doing the window replacement. They may have something that will take the stickers off in one piece (some kind of decal remover). Or, see what your state's policy is on replacement stickers - it may cost a few bucks but they just might reissue you a new one.

most state issued decals are affixed with permanent type adhesives to discourage transfer for obvious reasons. some have void features to make it impossible without destroying the decal. if the decal is removed in one piece re-affixing to the new glass will be a challenge unless you use something like scotch tape

I believe here in Mass. they have a replacement sticker for the inspection, but we don't have any reg stickers.
The glass company will know.

I have seen a few cars around where the owner went as far as to cut out the section of glass where the stickers are, place some tape around the sharp edges, then just lay the glass and stickers on the dash of the car untill the next inspection rolls around. I guess it could be a last resort option if all else fails......

I would guess that you can get a replacement from your DMV. If you bring in the receipt of your new windshield. There is no way they expect you to remove the decals and re affix them to a new one. I'm sure the stickers are the kind that aren't meant to come off in one piece to deter thieves from taking them off of your vehicle. Call your DMV I'm sure they can give you the low down.

John

:iagree:Most certainly they have a replacement policy,,just find out what kind of documentation they require!! :thumbs::thumbs::cheers:

wow wow wow. If you really want to avoid the hassle of the replace ment sticker proceedure and the windshield is already broke this is an easy task. All you need is a propane hand held torch. Heat up the out side of the glass above the sticker. If you are really good like most window installer should be you can remove the sticker with out it saying void accross it or ruining the glass. Since there are two layers of glass and plastic, and a basic knowledge if you get the glass too hot it will break..... anyway heat up the glass good and hot since the windshield is already broke and the sticker will peel off like butter and be able to be stick back onto the new window easily! this is also how my winter beater has never been inspected gotta love junk yard cars

Window Stickers
 

Hi in this neck of the woods, one of two methods are usually used. Either take the chunk of glass with the stickers attached and place it on the dash under the window area where the stickers would be untill next inspection period, or take the car in for a reinspection, which you will have to pay for.
Good Luck

Thanks thats what I needed to know.

Flat razor blade + googone or non-acitone nail polish remover.

A scraper with a new razor blade should get it off in one piece.

You mean you go to a junkyard and tell them you need a insp sticker and they let you take it off?? what do they charge?? they have no problem with that?? what if you use the torch method and the windshield breaks?WOW i need to do that.
sorry for all the questrions ;)

Yeah, Good Idea... but you can use a Liquid solution to remove the stickers without damage.. and then after put it to your new glass..

i was getting a window replaced and the guy soaked the stickers by spraying fantastic cleaner on them several times....then new razor on scraper

This is what my glass guy does for me.

The junkyard idea sounds like more trouble than it's worth besides I wouldn't want to drive anything that won't pass. But to each their own I guess. I just hope I'm not in front of you if your brakes fail. :ack:

Do it right, just get new stickers. If you remove the old ones and they don't look legit when placed on the new windshield you will get moving tickets for improper display and/or when parked a meter maid will give ya a parking ticket for improper display. Not worth the $100 or so dollars for the combined parking tickets. Don't know the moving fine anymore.

Liquid Solution like

• Lysol
• Clorox
• BabyGanics

or any bathroom cleaner :)

You won't get a ticket. The officer will just run your car and see it is legit.

Maybe people don't have the time or extra money to go and get the new stickers. I had my windshield replaced and the stickers put back on and haven't had any problems in 7 months.

Got a question for you guys with inspection stickers. How much do they cost and how thorough is the inspection. We used to have inspections here in Oklahoma and they were $5, done at any appoved inspection facility (lots of service stations, garages, etc). The state kept $2.50 and the inspection station kept $2.50. All in all, obviously, not a very profitable thing for the garage or service station. Thus, when inspected, it wasn't much more than a quick pass at looking at a few things and bang, you were on your way. Several millions of bux every year for the state. But eventually, with the inspectors complaining about the time it took to do a real inspection and the costs involved, Oklahoma dropped their inspections. Don't have them anymore and to be honest, I don't miss them. Just wondering how thorough the inspections are in other states?

New York is very thorough, they visually check the car on a lift, put a sniffer up the tail. You can fail for many reasons, including having a broken tail light and attempting to fix it by putting red tape on it. No tape must be new lens. Use to be if you knew someone pay the price and get a sticker. But now with undercover investigators, you take a chance. In most of the cities, if you are spotted without a sticker, you run the risk of a moving violation ticket or/and a parking ticket and they are not cheap. Fail to pay the parker and become a scofflaw, NYC will tow ANY vehicle in you name that they find on the street.
This is info from my son, a New York State MV inspector.

If you continue to fail, they will suspend your registration. Can't take stickers off other cars or discarded windshields, cause you tag info on them. Heard California is even worse. NJ is also a pain if your car isn't right.

:iagree:

Inspections here are 16$ the sticker cost the garage 2$ and each inspection is supposed to take 1 hour a lot of places do it in less than that. I know one place does it in ~15 min and they dont even put it up on a rack.

Maybe that's in Comack, But not in the Big Apple, especially since the big ticket scandal. If you ain't right, you get wrote. In the small towns, it works, heck here in SC, pull someone over and ask for a DL and they say , I forgot it , but I know my number, once it's verified a good license, no problem. Try that in NYC. I also believe that a replacement sticker can be gotten by mail, I could be wrong, have not been there in ten years.

Just for info, NYC has their own traffic regs and is enforced by meter maids, civilian traffic officers, cops, fireman, sanitation, Sheriff's Office, court officers, Dept. of Corrections. This is on top of the state reg's for moving violations. Get a ticket for Mutilated sticker and park and get another parking ticket for the same and no they are not thrown out as being a duplicate. Why take the chance, get new stickers. Back when I was there, Some officers I knew wrote 50-100 tickets a night, carried a ruler for proper height, had a sound meter for loud radios. If your tag was in the window=improper display, missing an inspection sticker, then your car was uninspected. If it appeared re-stuck on another window, then it was mutilated..........Just my two cents.....................:smash:
Retired NYPD, been there, done that. 0911, WE WILL NEVER FORGET.

I had the windshield replaced in my Suburban. Mobile service guy replaced windshield, removed several stickers (Condo Gate entry, Yacht club & city parking pass) and reattached them perfectly to the new WS. Didn't watch him do it, but you couldn't tell they were touched.

Just what I did 30 years ago
 

The old glass is free; go for it:flaghalfmast:

I'm having a windshield replaced on my 4runner tomorrow. I think here in Mississippi, we need to get a new sticker with a new windshield :(. I'll see.

That sounded like a good deal, not all installers have the expertise. :smash: