Does anyone have any feedback from someone who has installed an Aero Screen from Fairbourne Carriages? I wonder how it handles the wind?
I have fitted a Fairbourne Carriages GT Aero Screen to my M3W recently and done a few miles with it now, so feel I can pass on some feedback. The kit comes with some detailed fitting instructions and is not difficult to fit. They do offer a fitting service for a reasonable price at their premises in Kent and even offered to fit my screen at my house as they will been passing when racing their own 3 wheeler Morgan at Cadwell Park for the June VSCC meeting. There isn’t a lot to the kit, 2 replacement screens and a central bracket but what there is fits and is well made. Duncan or Rose at Fairbourne will help with any problems with the kit.
My installation was complicated by the glove box I have installed behind the leather dash panel on the passenger side. Access to the screen retaining bolts is restricted on my car but shouldn’t be a problem normally. The original aero screens are a bit stubborn to remove with the silicone sealant and a couple of the new screen holes needed elongating a little to align. The central bracket picks up on the tonneau cover stud hole, I replaced the stud with an Allen bolt as the stud thread was not long enough to refit, as the instructions said to do. Fairbourne are going to supply a longer stud soon.
I have never been a big fan of small aero screens, they look good but don’t do much. The Fairbourne Screen does give you a bit more protection from the elements. The side extensions give your outboard hand on the steering wheel more slipstream protection. You still get some buffet but it is greatly reduced. If you are doing longer trips it should be less tiring and you could get away without wearing a crash helmet more (in the UK at least). I have found anything more than about 100 miles at a go is hard going with the small aeroscreens and no crash helmet.
The top of the screens are about 7” above the scuttle, compared to about 5” of the originals. If I sit up straight I can see over the top but I don’t usually sit up straight, so I am looking through the screen more now. Not too sure how this is by the letter of the law but I think I will see if anyone stops me and use Rain X, as Dan Lockwood suggested. The original screens can easily be refitted if I have to. All in all I would say these are a good buy.
