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Old 02-25-2016, 08:17 AM
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Bret, I fretted over this dilemma for way too long as I have a couple of smiling rivets up there I wanted to hide! First, I painted flat black. Then I bought a nice piece of vinyl and cut off a small piece and lit it with a match, It burned like crazy emitting a putrid heavy black smoke! Then I bought a nice piece of the soft side of a Velcro material and was going to install it later (it probably burns the same way) but to be honest, the flat black paint looks so good, I just cant see adding more flammable weight. I have the Classic Aero Glare Shield Trim and it looks really good with the flat black paint. I've been having so much fun flying, I haven't even noticed those couple of smileys up there since that first flight!
Same here - flat black paint only, with the glare shield trim on the edge, don't see a need for anything else.
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Old 03-12-2016, 03:27 PM
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I had to have a hole drill into my dash (glare shield) to do a tig weld on the canopy tub brace. The gentleman who did the weld suggested I cut a cover piece out of thin aluminum the size of the glare shield (use cut strips of file folders place along the curved top of the shield to make a template) and Velcro it several places to the original dash. I first covered the "new" glare shied with a gray leatherette top adhering it with 3M spray adhesive and used an auto door trim piece to cover the front edge.

Bottom line: it really looks good, can't tell the "new" dash isn't the original dash (except from the hole on the bottom of the original dash) and if I want to change colors or material I just lift off the new dash (remember it Velcro'd).❤️
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Old 03-12-2016, 06:24 PM
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hmmmmm, hey guys, for those of you building, and I hear the words...."spray glue" just wanted to say that in 5-10 years, you may want/need to change that dashpad, and it seems like it would be no fun at all. ( with the windshield IN!)
just my experience, but it takes very little, maybe a couple of squares of thin doublefaced tape or velcro... here and there, to hold it in position, especially if you have some kind of edge pad.
Just trying to save you some grief down the road!
mine accumulates an amazing amount stuff, and it's nice at annual time, to just lift it out, shake it off, and put it back in.
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Old 03-13-2016, 05:36 AM
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Bret,

Cleveland Tools sells a very nice flat black vinyl material just for this purpose. I bought a piece and used it to cover my dash before putting the canopy on. I used 3M spray contact adhesive to tack it on. I also bought a padded Classic Aero trim piece. The whole thing looks really classy and I'm thrilled! I have pictures and my method documented on this page of my log:

Glare Shield Vinyl Application

And on this page:

Glare Shield Vinyl - Page 2

Here are some pictures:





Later on, I decided to add a pair of defrost fans. I bought computer fans and installed them under the glare shield. Cutting through the dash and the vinyl was easier than I thought it would be. Here's a picture and a link to the story behind this mod:



Scroll down about halfway down the page to see my defrost fan story:

Defrost Fans - my Installation Story

On top, I covered the fans with these nice oval-shaped grates.



They only cost me a few dollars at Good Will. You can read my page for the rest of the story, what they are and how I found them. It's kind of funny!
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Old 03-13-2016, 11:30 PM
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hmmmmm, hey guys, for those of you building, and I hear the words...."spray glue" just wanted to say that in 5-10 years, you may want/need to change that dashpad, and it seems like it would be no fun at all. ( with the windshield IN!)
just my experience, but it takes very little, maybe a couple of squares of thin doublefaced tape or velcro... here and there, to hold it in position, especially if you have some kind of edge pad.
Just trying to save you some grief down the road!
mine accumulates an amazing amount stuff, and it's nice at annual time, to just lift it out, shake it off, and put it back in.
That sounds like a good way to go, but us "glued-down" guys can use a blast of compressed air to dislodge and blow away any glare shield detritus.
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Old 07-22-2016, 10:19 PM
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I don't know if this will work for all models. But worked great on my -10

1. I taped up the area of the dash where the vinyl will go plus a little extra with clear package tape

2. Put 2 (maybe 3?) layers of glass on top. Again, bigger than I needed

3. After cure, popped off fiberglass, trimmed to size.

4. Glued some vinyl I ordered through Spruce on the Fiberglass "Panel"

5. Cut some holes for cooling/defrost fans. I can easily pull the panel off and on. Replace vinyl later if it discolors, etc. The fan grills I repurposed from Lowes plumbing. They are shower drain covers. Stainless steel no less, so won't mess with my compass.

The panel just rests on the dash, no attachment other than the edge trim I will put on the aft portion of the glare shield.

Cory Bull





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Old 07-23-2016, 01:23 AM
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I use flat black paint to build solar hot watr collectors. I would guess that black paint will lift the temps quite a lot and if your avionics are beneath the panel you could have a problem. A dark grey material of some kind would be a lot cooler.
Of course you may be a lot cooler than where I fly in Queensland Australia. Temp today in mid winter is 24 deg C.
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Old 07-23-2016, 04:20 AM
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Yes, truck bedliner - matte finish, tough, and non-skid.
Purchased a several years old RV with a matte black painted glareshield. It was pretty scratched up. Touching it up would have been quite noticeable as we couldn't get all the way to the edges with the slider windscreen in place. Ended up with a fabric covering from one of the usual RV suppliers. The supplier advised against vinyl because of outgassing which would coat the inside of the windscreen. It looks nice and my sunglasses, etc. don't slide around. If I were starting from scratch, I'd coat the glareshield with bedliner before the windscreen went on.
Cheers, David
+1 on the bedliner...rolls on easy, tough as nails, no glare. I'm really pleased with the way it looks and has held up on my RV8.
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