Aero Comfort interiors new policy

[Pinecone]

I will post when it gets done.  The yokes are done and the front seats will be worked on shortly.  

Plane is in avionics upgrade, so no need to rush the interior.

[McMooney]

anyone know where i can get a new instrument panel cover made?  

I initially intended to plastic weld the broken piece, but the piece that broke off is now missing.

[DCarlton]

5 hours ago, McMooney said:

anyone know where i can get a new instrument panel cover made?  

I initially intended to plastic weld the broken piece, but the piece that broke off is now missing.

If your talking about the overlay, I bought my instrument panel overlay from Plane Plastics.  It looks good but it took a lot of finish work; trimming, drilling, painting, decals, etc.  

[William Munney]

Doing the interior myself is turning out to be a lot of work but worth it to me for the knowledge gained and the money saved.  1996 Ovation.

My interior is now all burn certified leather.  Carpet is from Porsche.  Also burn certified.

It was a day to remove the interior and I anticipate a bit longer to reinstall.  Also a few hours to remove carpet adhesive, clean and vacuum.

I’m adding some new sound proofing/ insulation in place of the old stuff too.

Using all stainless screws and washers.

I’ll post pics when reinstalled.  Here are the new seats.

[shawnd]

Going through this myself. For the interior screws, what type and sizes did you use? Also, are you painting, powder coating or leaving the screws and washers as is? 

[William Munney]

On 4/5/2024 at 11:01 AM, shawnd said:

Going through this myself. For the interior screws, what type and sizes did you use? Also, are you painting, powder coating or leaving the screws and washers as is? 

The screws that were holding the interior together were a mish mash of sizes and lengths.  I’m going to start with plain old stainless screws and washers and reevaluate after it’s in depending on how it looks.

I bought a few containers of various sizes and lengths.  

[LANCECASPER]

Every time I had Hector do an interior he would take all of the screws and poke them into a piece of cardboard and spray the heads with matching paint. It's a small detail but takes your eyes away from the fasteners and makes you focus on how nice the interior is. 

[PT20J]

At least on some models Mooney used a custom screw which is a pan head screw with a captive plastic washer and the screw is painted to match the washer color. I tracked down the supplier, but Mooney did not use a standard color (of course) and there is a set up charge and minimum order for for custom colors that makes it cost prohibitive.

I ended up just buying #6 and #4 stainless oval head PK (sheet metal) screws and metal countersunk washers. I also painted them to match the interior by poking them through a piece of cardboard. I used some #4 pan head screws around the windows on my J. When I had the plastic out, I attached Tinnermans to the backside of all the places where Mooney just screwed the plastic panels together with PK screws. 

Be careful not to use overly long screws in some locations as you want to avoid the wire bundles behind the panels.