Bonnet glare 70 series V8 Landcruiser

Flynnie, I experience the same thing with mine. Very annoying. I'm constantly moving my cap along the top of the dash to hide the glare.

I have been to my local signs and stripes man and he will put a piece of matt black stick-on material onto the rear sloping edge of the intake scoop.

He will use the same matt black material used to put wide "go faster" stripes on vehicles. He says it will last in the sun.

We tried a piece in place and it certainly cuts that blinding glare down.

I may even cover the entire scoop with the material.

cheers

Flynnie
You got 1 choice Mate !
Matt Black it, what you use will be a matter of choice.

You may be able to get a signwrighter, and get them to cut out some vynal to the shape you want, and the problem is solved. ....
When and if you sell, just peal it off. No damage !

or

If mat black paint is all you got, then paint it.
Cheers
Bucky

Flynnie
When I was working the Troopy out of Mt Isa I went to a paint and Panel shop and was quoted $340 to have the Bonnet Matte Blacked....it didn't get done, 2 years later when in Molong NSW for 5 weeks I decided to do it myself so off to Supercheap in Orange and bought a sander, some abrasive discs, and 3 spray cans of Matte Black, took the bonnet off and done it, all up cost was about $85,

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YOU DON"T HAVE TO PAINT ANYTHING.....I made a utility shelf that fits neatly across the the top of the dash....the back is at the same angle as the windscreen and about a 40- 50 mm gap to allow the demister air to pass up the glass.

the left 2/3 consists of two long tray sections to hold various items, ie sunglasses etc, the middle tray is big enough to hold a box of nice "roadhouse hot chips" mmmmmm delicious.....and the section over the instrument cluster is the backing only as that is where the gps's and the thermoguard sits.

It is designed so that just the bonnet is blocked out and all you see is the roo bar only.

It is made out of very light wood ( tassie oak etc) and imported ply and covered in black felt.

I even have wiring up there to feed a 3x12v outlet plus the mobile phone antenna cable goes to that point.

It does not interfere with the airconditioning or the demister and the is also designed to pull away to replace stickers...but held securely by two self tappers.Image Could Not Be Found
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It did not take us long to get used to it and the rest of the vehicle stays the same.....no painting and plus you have shelves for other stuff.

I also built the roof console as well, false floor and drawer, fridge holders, etc,etc,

I have thought about putting a strip of black self adhesive plastic sheeting about 150 mm wide across the bottom of the windscreen so that the top of it is in visual line from my eye to the leading edge of the bonnet. it wouldn't interfere with my driving vision at all but would block out all the bonnet glare. maybe a little illegal but better than trying to drive with heaps of flicking glare in your eyes.

Have you tried a pair of glare proof (polarised) sunglasses.

May be the most practical option.

Bill.

Thank you all for your suggestions.

It looks like a lot of people have encountered this and I thought I was the only one having the problem. So bad once I had to stop driving for a while until the sun changed angle enough.

Looking for a long term fix so will try the black vinyl all over the bonnet scoop or to have a vehicle painter paint it matt black. I know someone who does car signs so will approach him first. May even get a graphic put on the top of bonnet scoop.

The tray in the dash looks a good idea too but in my case I would still get glare coming over the top from the front part of the bonnet scoop. Maybe I am a bit taller or the seat is a different height or something.

Will do a follow up on how I get on.

Flynnie

As you may recall F-100 ambulances had blacked out bonnets and I was in that era.
Not entirely successful because after a few washes it developed a sheen and became glossy with the glare returning.
I think light window tint film at an appropriate height on the inside would be a fix. Similar to the graded tint on the top edge of some screens.

Image showing the raised section of the intercooler scoop...Its quite pronounced. Also because its curved, the reflection from the sun will be evident over a larger range of sun angles....

Friend had a similar problem with bonnet glare, off a white bonnet.

He put a piece of window tint on the inside of the windscreen for about the first 100 to 150mm up from the dash, then trimmed it off to line up with the front edge of the bonnet for his sight line.

Sort of like the tint you get at the top of the of the windscreen, but at the bottom. You can still see through it, but cuts out the glare.

Been enough good ideas now, so for the real solution....


Throw some mud over it !!

Ken