Fairings
 

Does anyone know who makes fairings or has anyone covered their own winsheild with panals, or what options are there to make it into a fairing being that the existing winsheild isn't tall enough to see out of anyway?....Fred

Fred,
I took my windshield glass panel to a local plastics shop and had new ones made out of plexi orlexan (don't quite know which) and it worked out pretty good, better than spending the money to make an aluminum one.
I think there are some pictures in the gallery of my boat.

There are some pics on page 5 of readers rides

Fred Glass Enterprise here in Holland could build you a new one...I bought some lexan from them to extend mine for $22 ...they also did a beautiful 40 hustler last summer.

Good question, I have same situation.

26Scarab, that would be easy to do to mine as the winsheild is flat....how thick is the lexan that they used on yours? It looks good.

Dyno, do they make complete fairings?....I think one would look good on mine don't you think....can't see out of the short winsheild anyway....Fred

Fred,
Thanks, the plexi is the same thickness as the glass... about 1/8 " thick

Fred you would have to call them....If it was me I would powdwer coat the frame white and replace the panels with white lexan...or cheaper yet pull some white vynal(spelling its early yet) over the glass thats what I did to my black deck hatches cost me like $20..you going to the get together the 5th Fred???you and the wife can stay at our place after if you like!

Dyno, I called them and they have all types of materials to make the blank windows out of, yes I would have to powder-coat or paint the framework, Thanks for the info.....don't know what I'll do next weekend yet....been a bit nuts at work lately trying to get some hot jobs off the floor so Saturdays have been 8 hours of work and weekdays have been 12...doesn't leave me much free time and what I get of it I don't get much done....a bit burned out...but it will be done soon and everything will be back to normal...I think....Fred

I am also looking to replace my windshield with a fairing.

I am also needing a faring for my Chris Craft Excalibur. I checked with a local aluminum fabrication company and they were going to charge $1000. I also checked with a local plexi company and they didn't want to even do the job, they said it would not hold up being so large and being on a boat. I have thought about powdercoating the windsheild frame and then putting in new plexi inserts, but I think it might look a little cheezy. Hell, if someone went into the custom faring biz, they would make a killing!! It seems many of us are in the same predicament!!


SOMEONE HELP US OUT!!!

Spencer aka WHITE-DIAMONDS

Does anyone know of a contact that builds fairings or?????....Fred

I think it would be a real ***** to build customs think about it every top deck is different you would have to make a mold for each application....Fred was your boat offered with a fairing???if it was I would call around to find the mold starting with Welcraft...
Don

Dyno, I don't think it was an option, I have a original sheet that showed all options including engines available and no fairing was listed dang-it....I will get with Wellcraft though and see what they can tell me....Fred