The right side overlay is finished. Sort of. As I was thinking about it last night, I was not as happy with it as I might be. The opening for the ammeter is off by about 3/16" horizontally and vertically. The opening for the tach is off by about 1/16" vertically. The opening for the fuel and oil gauges could be about 3/16" larger vertically. So early this morning I was thinking I might abandon this idea and return to the stock Cessna plastic overlays. Looking at this photo now, I am inclined to continue with the aluminum overlay.

Even if I go back to the plastic overlays, I will not completely abandon this project. I could make a new right side overlay. There is only about $5 worth of aluminum here. But I am running out of time.

After I took this photo I removed the left side panel. All of the shock mounts are shot. Even if I decide to abandon the new overlay scheme, this disassembly has had value. Obviously, the shock mounts need to be replaced. I am also replacing the yoke grommets, which were seriously worn.

The changes to the filler overlays in the avionics stack are an unmitigated success. Those overlays are a very large improvement over what was there.