Fitting a new windscreen The old one was sprung out easily, following the Rans build 'book' method. It was used as a reference for drilling the new one to 3/4" and 7/8" inset for the 'Z' Ali edge strips. Now pop riveted on exactly according to the descriptive paragraph in the manual. Ignoring my 1990 assembly book's conflicting sketch on the next page which showing everyhing at 1" offset.
The new Lexan screen with 'Z' strips fully pop riveted on was carefully taken to the hangar. It clipped in easily exactly as per 'book', the pix below show without & with. The plastic protective film was left in place as recommended by Rans till ready to fly. I did check pull off a section to find out if some 'scratch marks' came off too - relief they were only on the protective film, so that was all O.K. too.
An informative article to help people make the decision whether to repair or replace there vehicles windscreen in the event of a stone chip or crack.
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