How to repair loss of anti-glare on Garmin panels

Moderators: Kai, Rick, Lance Murray, Mr. Gadget

Post Reply
User avatar
Rich
5 Diamonds Member
5 Diamonds Member
Posts: 4592
Joined: Mon Aug 30, 2010 12:40 pm
First Name: Rich
Aircraft Type: DA40
Aircraft Registration: N40XE
Airports: S39 Prineville OR
Has thanked: 145 times
Been thanked: 1180 times

How to repair loss of anti-glare on Garmin panels

Post by Rich »

Specifically, the anti-glare coating of my 530W is deteriorating. Some, I think is due to folks putting their grubby fingernails on the screen, but it's giving up the ghost around the edges. The 430W is holding up fine.

I was wondering if anyone has tried out 3rd-party antiglare film on these units. It's, of course, not a touch screen.
2002 DA40-180: MT, PowerFlow, 530W/430W, KAP140, ext. baggage, 1090 ES out, 2646 MTOW, 40gal., Surefly, Flightstream 210, Orion 600 LED, XeVision, Aspen E5
User avatar
rwtucker
5 Diamonds Member
5 Diamonds Member
Posts: 1283
Joined: Thu Feb 21, 2013 11:24 pm
First Name: Rob
Aircraft Type: DA40
Aircraft Registration: N831BA
Airports: KFFZ KEUL
Has thanked: 100 times
Been thanked: 110 times

Re: How to repair loss of anti-glare on Garmin panels

Post by rwtucker »

I purchased a couple of large anti-glare protective sheets and cut them to size for the G1000 MFD and PFD. They have been in place for 350 hours of tach time and work well. Aircraft Spruce sells custom cuts http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/a ... ctors9.php but you can get 8x10 sheets from many sources and cut them to size.

Here is a 3-pack for $8.00 at Amazon. http://www.amazon.com/Nue-Design-Cases- ... are+sheets Not 8x10 but otherwise looks like the same specs as what I purchased. You can't tell they are in place unless you look carefully at the edge of the screens.
User avatar
Rich
5 Diamonds Member
5 Diamonds Member
Posts: 4592
Joined: Mon Aug 30, 2010 12:40 pm
First Name: Rich
Aircraft Type: DA40
Aircraft Registration: N40XE
Airports: S39 Prineville OR
Has thanked: 145 times
Been thanked: 1180 times

Re: How to repair loss of anti-glare on Garmin panels

Post by Rich »

rwtucker wrote:I purchased a couple of large anti-glare protective sheets and cut them to size for the G1000 MFD and PFD. They have been in place for 350 hours of tach time and work well. Aircraft Spruce sells custom cuts http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/a ... ctors9.php but you can get 8x10 sheets from many sources and cut them to size.

Here is a 3-pack for $8.00 at Amazon. http://www.amazon.com/Nue-Design-Cases- ... are+sheets Looks like the same specs as what I purchased. You can't tell they are in place unless you look carefully at the edge of the screens.
Thanks. Good to know they work OK. The Aircraft Spruce page for this product is interesting. The picture shows application to a GNS530, but that model is not available in the drop-down. Go figure.
2002 DA40-180: MT, PowerFlow, 530W/430W, KAP140, ext. baggage, 1090 ES out, 2646 MTOW, 40gal., Surefly, Flightstream 210, Orion 600 LED, XeVision, Aspen E5
User avatar
Rich
5 Diamonds Member
5 Diamonds Member
Posts: 4592
Joined: Mon Aug 30, 2010 12:40 pm
First Name: Rich
Aircraft Type: DA40
Aircraft Registration: N40XE
Airports: S39 Prineville OR
Has thanked: 145 times
Been thanked: 1180 times

Re: How to repair loss of anti-glare on Garmin panels

Post by Rich »

Tried the thing from Amazon. What they shipped was a screen protector but has no real anti-glare properties. I found that Sporty's has the protector/anti-glare deal for the 530. This works pretty well. In theory one shouldn't need a protector, as the 530 is not a touch screen. But the fingernail marks on the screen suggest otherwise :x
2002 DA40-180: MT, PowerFlow, 530W/430W, KAP140, ext. baggage, 1090 ES out, 2646 MTOW, 40gal., Surefly, Flightstream 210, Orion 600 LED, XeVision, Aspen E5
User avatar
rwtucker
5 Diamonds Member
5 Diamonds Member
Posts: 1283
Joined: Thu Feb 21, 2013 11:24 pm
First Name: Rob
Aircraft Type: DA40
Aircraft Registration: N831BA
Airports: KFFZ KEUL
Has thanked: 100 times
Been thanked: 110 times

Re: How to repair loss of anti-glare on Garmin panels

Post by rwtucker »

Rich,

Bad news on the Amazon product. Mine was anti-glare but that was few years ago. I notice that the product image they are now showing now doesn't say "anti-glare" even though the product description still does.

Rob
User avatar
Rich
5 Diamonds Member
5 Diamonds Member
Posts: 4592
Joined: Mon Aug 30, 2010 12:40 pm
First Name: Rich
Aircraft Type: DA40
Aircraft Registration: N40XE
Airports: S39 Prineville OR
Has thanked: 145 times
Been thanked: 1180 times

Re: How to repair loss of anti-glare on Garmin panels

Post by Rich »

No worries. Cheap to try it out.
2002 DA40-180: MT, PowerFlow, 530W/430W, KAP140, ext. baggage, 1090 ES out, 2646 MTOW, 40gal., Surefly, Flightstream 210, Orion 600 LED, XeVision, Aspen E5
User avatar
vontresc
3 Diamonds Member
3 Diamonds Member
Posts: 85
Joined: Mon Mar 30, 2015 3:51 pm
First Name: Peter
Aircraft Type: DA40
Aircraft Registration: N569DS
Airports: KMSN
Has thanked: 1 time
Been thanked: 22 times

Re: How to repair loss of anti-glare on Garmin panels

Post by vontresc »

So our MFD is looking really rough after 15 years.

I have a few questions.

Can the original film be removed/replaced?

Does Garmin have any "approved" fixes other than a PFD/MFD swap?

Do you have a preferred screen protector film?

Thanks

Peter
Attachments
DE9FA2A1-34E5-448C-B939-21F64A1B130E.jpeg
User avatar
Rich
5 Diamonds Member
5 Diamonds Member
Posts: 4592
Joined: Mon Aug 30, 2010 12:40 pm
First Name: Rich
Aircraft Type: DA40
Aircraft Registration: N40XE
Airports: S39 Prineville OR
Has thanked: 145 times
Been thanked: 1180 times

Re: How to repair loss of anti-glare on Garmin panels

Post by Rich »

For my 530W I gave up and shipped it off to Garmin for rework. It came back excellent, but for ~1.5 kilobucks.
2002 DA40-180: MT, PowerFlow, 530W/430W, KAP140, ext. baggage, 1090 ES out, 2646 MTOW, 40gal., Surefly, Flightstream 210, Orion 600 LED, XeVision, Aspen E5
User avatar
vontresc
3 Diamonds Member
3 Diamonds Member
Posts: 85
Joined: Mon Mar 30, 2015 3:51 pm
First Name: Peter
Aircraft Type: DA40
Aircraft Registration: N569DS
Airports: KMSN
Has thanked: 1 time
Been thanked: 22 times

Re: How to repair loss of anti-glare on Garmin panels

Post by vontresc »

yeah on the big screens it's more like 2.4-2.8 kilobucks. :-(
User avatar
dmloftus
4 Diamonds Member
4 Diamonds Member
Posts: 459
Joined: Thu May 07, 2020 3:38 pm
First Name: David
Aircraft Type: DA40
Aircraft Registration: N868US
Airports: KLZU
Has thanked: 211 times
Been thanked: 238 times

Re: How to repair loss of anti-glare on Garmin panels

Post by dmloftus »

vontresc wrote: Wed Sep 15, 2021 2:46 pm yeah on the big screens it's more like 2.4-2.8 kilobucks. :-(
Want to help persuade Diamond on allowing us to go to NXi displays than reworking old GDU1040's??

viewtopic.php?f=3&t=7504&start=100
Post Reply