SixPapaCharlie
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I'm looking into replacing the plastic covering on my 72 traveler panel.
A friend recommended I ditch it, and just cover the metal behind w/ 3M carbon fiber wrap. He showed me his (RV-10) and it looks really sharp. I'd like to adopt that look
Questions:
1. Am I legally allowed to do this?
2. Is it straight forward or am I asking for trouble? All of my gauges are screwed in through this plastic cover so there is no way around removing all of those screws. I wonder if they are going to fall out or if they are held in by other brackets. I've not looked behind the panel before. In addition to gauge screws, I see additional screws on the right and left side of the panel that I suspect may be doing more than just holding the plastic in place.
I dug through all of the AA5 videos online and found little showing panel updates aside from just some before and after shots.
Is this something better left to the professionals?
Thanks in advance.
A friend recommended I ditch it, and just cover the metal behind w/ 3M carbon fiber wrap. He showed me his (RV-10) and it looks really sharp. I'd like to adopt that look
Questions:
1. Am I legally allowed to do this?
2. Is it straight forward or am I asking for trouble? All of my gauges are screwed in through this plastic cover so there is no way around removing all of those screws. I wonder if they are going to fall out or if they are held in by other brackets. I've not looked behind the panel before. In addition to gauge screws, I see additional screws on the right and left side of the panel that I suspect may be doing more than just holding the plastic in place.
I dug through all of the AA5 videos online and found little showing panel updates aside from just some before and after shots.
Is this something better left to the professionals?
Thanks in advance.