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 Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 7:14 pm Post subject: Zenith instrument panel trim |
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On my HD instrument panel I have the usual projection of the upper forward skin, resulting in a deadly-looking edge facing the occupants. I slit a piece of soft 5/16 inch aluminum tubing to trim the edge and held the tubing in place with a few U-shaped aluminum clips riveted to the skin. I used a reinforced cutoff wheel in a Dremel tool to slit the aluminum tubing.
I covered the aluminum tubing with resilient foam tubing which is sold in some medical pharmacies as an aid to people who are hampered by stroke or arthritis. It is intended to be slipped over pens, utensils etc to allow such things to be gripped more easily. It has a 5/16 ID and 1 inch OD . I made some effort to find a source of continuous lengths of this tubing, but finally settled for the one foot lengths I could buy locally. I glued 4 lengths together with contact cement and slit the resulting 4-foot tube to fit over the aluminum tubing.
The foam tubing is a light tan color. I painted it with SEM brand "Color Coat" paint, sold at auto paint stores for use on plastic car interior surfaces. The seams between the 12 inch lengths are barely visible. The result is a neat looking edge treatment which won't slice my skull open if I'm thrown into it.
I hope this offers some ideas.
George Swinford
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Terry Phillips
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| Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 8:10 pm Post subject: Zenith instrument panel trim |
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Thank you George. You've come up with a really elegant solution to a distant (for me) problem that I have, never-the-less, been worrying about. I like it.
Terry
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| Quote: | On my HD instrument panel I have the usual projection of the upper forward skin, resulting in a deadly-looking edge facing the occupants. I slit a piece of soft 5/16 inch aluminum tubing to trim the edge and held the tubing in place with a few U-shaped aluminum clips riveted to the skin. I used a reinforced cutoff wheel in a Dremel tool to slit the aluminum tubing.
I covered the aluminum tubing with resilient foam tubing which is sold in some medical pharmacies as an aid to people who are hampered by stroke or arthritis. It is intended to be slipped over pens, utensils etc to allow such things to be gripped more easily. It has a 5/16 ID and 1 inch OD . I made some effort to find a source of continuous lengths of this tubing, but finally settled for the one foot lengths I could buy locally. I glued 4 lengths together with contact cement and slit the resulting 4-foot tube to fit over the aluminum tubing.
The foam tubing is a light tan color. I painted it with SEM brand "Color Coat" paint, sold at auto paint stores for use on plastic car interior surfaces. The seams between the 12 inch lengths are barely visible. The result is a neat looking edge treatment which won't slice my skull open if I'm thrown into it.
I hope this offers some ideas.
George Swinford |
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hansriet
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| Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 9:27 pm Post subject: Re: Zenith instrument panel trim |
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it's not cheap but ACS has a glareshield kit: 11-02995
Hans
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leinad
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| Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2008 5:32 pm Post subject: Re: Zenith instrument panel trim |
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George,
Sounds like a good solution. I was considering something like that too. I've got some left over aluminum fuel line 3/8" that might work well.
Dan Dempsey
[quote="grs-pms(at)comcast.net"]On my HD instrument panel I have the usual projection of the upper forward skin, resulting in a deadly-looking edge facing the occupants. I slit a piece of soft 5/16 inch aluminum tubing to trim the edge and held the tubing in place with a few U-shaped aluminum clips riveted to the skin. I used a reinforced cutoff wheel in a Dremel tool to slit the aluminum tubing.
I covered the aluminum tubing with resilient foam tubing which is sold in some medical pharmacies as an aid to people who are hampered by stroke or arthritis. It is intended to be slipped over pens, utensils etc to allow such things to be gripped more easily. It has a 5/16 ID and 1 inch OD . I made some effort to find a source of continuous lengths of this tubing, but finally settled for the one foot lengths I could buy locally. I glued 4 lengths together with contact cement and slit the resulting 4-foot tube to fit over the aluminum tubing.
The foam tubing is a light tan color. I painted it with SEM brand "Color Coat" paint, sold at auto paint stores for use on plastic car interior surfaces. The seams between the 12 inch lengths are barely visible. The result is a neat looking edge treatment which won't slice my skull open if I'm thrown into it.
I hope this offers some ideas.
George Swinford
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