The area of the windscreen just above my rear view mirror has a patten of "black dots" (maybe there to block out sunlight?)

I was going to mount my Hero HD camera in that part of the windscreen, using the self-adhesive pad, which is meant to have very strong adhesive on the back. The problem is, I have to mount the self-adhesive pad on the black dot area, rather than on the clear glass section of the windscreen.

My question is, are these "black dots" etched onto the glass on the wondscreen, or can there be a "bald" gap where those black dots are, if I later remove the self-adhesive pad? (i.e., might the glue pull off some of those black dots)?

Thanks, and hope my question makes sense!

PS I dont have the auto-dimming mirror, and the car is a 60 plate Octavia vRS petril manual.

I tried mounting my camera there with a suction pad yesterday. Suction doesn't work on the black dots so have to have it lower which looks a tad naff.

The black dots and boarders are silk screen printed on, not etched.

I wouldn't think the adhesive in the pad is strong enough to remove the ink.

If you have to remove it later, heat the pad first to melt the glue, although you may find that it falls off all by itself from the heat of the sun in the summer.