Today I focused on getting the radio stack mounted to its rails and secured to the instrument panel. I positioned the mounting cages for the GTN 750 and the PAR-100EX together and positioned it in the instrument panel cut out. I then positioned some 1″ angle from Home Depot on both sides of the cages and clamped into place. I match drilled the cage mounting holes into the rails and drilled holes to mount the rails themselves. I then added nutplates to the rails and shot them with primer.
Next up I wanted to test how our wood veneer was going to work in the plane. Originally I had thought about using real wood veneer, but the difficulties in getting it to confirm to complex shapes and the finishing aspect was more than I thought I could handle. So I turned to automotive grade wood veneer. I ordered it from MetroRestyling.com and choose a 3M Vinyl veneer product. It’s a pre-finished, self-adhesive vinyl that is heat shrunken and pressed into place. It is shown to easily conform to complex shapes.
So I grabbed our rear seat cup holder I had made out of wood for the rear seat. I then applied the vinyl and inserted the cup holders. It really looks great and the wife gives it a big thumbs up. So looks like we will be good to go with this in the places we have talked about.
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