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Old 03-25-2019, 02:39 PM
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The punch works great but I did not use it on an already painted surface. The G5 comes with a special mounting bracket that mounts on the back side of the panel and uses the standard mounting hole locations. The G5 unit itself fits through the standard size hole and attaches to the rear-mounted bracket with a single self contained screw and locator pin. The front face of the G5 will hide any panel/paint scratches left by the punch.

The G5 can be "rear mounted" with an optional Garmin bracket, but I mounted mine from the front surface.
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Old 03-25-2019, 03:24 PM
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I used this punch a couple of weeks ago to install an EI Commander. Our panel was hydrodipped simulated carbon fiber. I protected a large area around the hole with masking tape, but was surprised at how much of the hydrodip was damaged by the process.

Fortunately, the instrument covered all of the damaged finish on the main part of the panel. The finish came off completely on one edge when I (carefully) removed the masking tape. It was 3M painters tape and wasn't on the panel more than an hour.

So if you have a hydrodip finish, be careful!
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Old 03-25-2019, 08:55 PM
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In my previous life I used to work in a military electronic industry facility and manufacturing big radar consoles for control towers etc. Every once in a while a last minute engineering change appeared requiring extra holes for cable bundles on the rear of the cabinets which were already painted and partially assembled. Put some protection on the painted surface, place the die at the back and punch at front so that the die (female) won’t mar the painting. Punch (male) is meant to sheer the perimeter while buckling the center sections. Works good. Just my 2 cents. Good luck.
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