Late 944 Cowl Cover Alternatives

I removed my HVAC blower since I use a vintage air HVAC system that only recirculates cabin air. I now have this unsightly void in my fishbowl area that I would like to cover. My old cowl is in pieces and doesn't cover my heater core valve. I would rather not replace it with an almost $200 new part or another used fragile one. I also dislike that I need to pull the wipers and pry at the double sided tape to get that thing off. I have been playing around with making a 3d printed cover set that you attach together but trying to print such a large piece with a material that will hold up to the heat, not warp, and resist the elements is not that easy. I guess I can make a cover out of aluminum but that large of a curving area will also be challenging. My new plan is to 3d print some negative molds, and make a 1 piece 2 ply fiberglass cover and attach with a few fasteners/nutplates and zipties to one of my hoses and wiring harness.

Anyone done something to cover this area that was not a huge undertaking and turned out fairly well? I already spent way to much time CAD modeling a solution but I'm still not satisfied with my approach. Any ideas are appreciated.

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I use the stock cover and slot the holes for the wipers and use velcro instead of double side tape.

I like the idea of velcro, you haven't had problems with the hook portion becoming loaded with debris? I will still need to cover the area where the battery was located and re-route the water drain to farther outboard so it does not pour on my heater core valve. It pains me to buy a panel for 200 and immediately start hacking it apart.

Caindog110 wrote:I like the idea of velcro, you haven't had problems with the hook portion becoming loaded with debris?  I will still need to cover the area where the battery was located and re-route the water drain to farther outboard so it does not pour on my heater core valve. It pains me to buy a panel for 200 and immediately start hacking it apart.

No debris build up. As far as hacking, you are only cutting to small pieces out where the wiper holes are.

I finally finished my cover and completed the install. I used a mold that I 3d printed then laid 2 plys of fiberglass with polyester resin. Its secured with two zipties and 3M dual lock 250 strips. In retrospect should have used a vacuum & bag do reduce the voids in the composite, less filler and less sanding would have saved me a lot of time. Its not perfect but it turned out ok. Covers up all the crap and keep the rain water flowing to the sides.

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