Anti-glare film for dash

[06 RT Joe]

New member here, first time BMW owner as well.

 

I've owned my '06 RT for a whopping month and have been enjoying it greatly. It has been quite a different experience from my '05 Ducati ST3, but just what I've been expecting and wanting; at 55 years I'm becoming more sedate in my riding, so the Ducati fills one niche and the RT another.

 

To my question: the reflectivity of the dash while not horrible is a bit bothersome; looking at the dash in daylight I see me reflected as much as I see the dash. I've been looking at laptop anti-glare films and am wondering if others have gone this route or know of an alternative.

 

I look forward to learning from this forum and hope to contribute in the future.

 

Joe

 

[dirtrider]

Afternoon Joe

 

There have been a number of things tried since the 1200RT came out with I consider varied results.

 

I tried a computer screen anti-glare on my 1200RT & it didn't work worth a hoot for me.

 

I have a workaround that I have used for a long time now-- I just use my GPS for speed & time & seldom look at the dash unless I need miles to empty or some other non riding essential.

 

That dash glare is one of the big BMW screw-ups & BMW never acknowledged it as an issue.

 

If you want to try the ugly route (at least to me) you can install the K bike gauge bezel. Some seem to think that works a little.

 

Old Dash glare thread--click here

 

 

[Guest Kakugo]

Anti glare films did not work for me.

 

I ended up buying the clock surround from Wunderlich, in matt black.

It was cheaper than a K clock surround and required no drilling.

It doesn't do miracles, but at least you see which speed you are traveling at when near speed cameras.

 

By the way, Wunderlich's suggestion to use silicon to install the surround is worse than useless. Mine came off twice with silicon.

 

After cleaning the dashboard (not an easy task, I can assure you that) I used ordinary double-sided adhesive tape.

Over two years later, the surround is still where it's supposed to be.

 

 

[RTinNC]

I bought my '06 RT from a dealer in Florida. It was HIS PERSONAL bike so it had some pretty slick farkles added. One that had be puzzled for a bit was the Dash trim. I contacted him to ask why MY bike looked different than all others I saw. He laughed and said "yeah .. should have warned you" ... the neat dash trim on my '06 RT was from a '06 GT as it appears they use the very same dash but the GT gets this cool trim that really solves the glare issue!! Will see if I have any pix.

[RTinNC]

OK .. here are 2 pix that I had ... not the best but you get the idea. And it fits perfect! Hope this helps. PM if you want more pix.

 

 

[dirtrider]

Afternoon RTinNC

 

There still seems to be a lot of reflections on that dash as you can clearly see the things reflected back in the posted pictures.

 

 

[06 RT Joe]

Thanks all for the replies.

 

I like the looks of the GT surround and see it would help a bit, though I'm not sure I'll go that route.

 

I'll likely try an anti-reflective film and will report any success; no success will not get a report as no success is expected.

 

Joe

[lkraus]

For me, a jacket with a black chest seems to help a lot, since that is what I see in the reflections. The reflections will vary from rider to rider depending on height, forward lean, etc., as we all sit a bit differently.

[RTinNC]

Actually it works well and I have never experienced any glare impacting my view of the instruments. And it looks factory stock ... since it really is ! Now the GPS is another story!