Rugger

Wow!  Are you available to do mine??   Looks awesome.  That blue really pops too.  Great idea

Yeah I’ve thought about making this addition.  Nice work and thanks for sharing it.   Love that you took the time to include the logo detail! 

Nice job and great upgrade.  I did something similar, put as thick of insulation as I could fit without redoing the box (1" pink foam board).    Sounds like you've already got great results...  but one more idea to consider... grab a refrigerator door seal, or use one of the roto seal replacements for Rtic or Yeti, etc. and run that around the lid/seat back edge.  Can't see it, and it really seals things up and made a difference for us too. 

Totally agree with sonic... it's stupid that these boat companies don't do this from factory.  Most throw in a soft cooler, and I get the taking it in and out, but silly not to line the cooler even if it came with a soft bag.

I had a similar problem with the transom shape on a 2003 malibu.   Nice solution by attaching the hinges to the swim bracket.  Awesome to see it working! 

Shocking that you would change the configuration of your boat.  haha Looks clean! 

@D_Turner

Did you ever complete this? Curious if it worked out as well as it looks.  Thanks

Sick! That looks better than external rings for sure.  Nice write up.  Hole saws and hdpe?  Never thought of that. Genius. 

That last pic with a bazillion lights... pretty sure all you’re missing is a stripper pole.  

Nice.  Did you put those on a separate switch or tied to interior light switch?  How many LEds did you add and from where?  

We had same boat.  Loved that thing. 

Pretty slick. Thanks for sharing.   That space below the Bimini is so nice to store things.   I have the HRD surf racks but maybe could still squeeze in a slalom ski.  I miss skiing—  Although I kinda gave it up with the 247.  I was never that good anyway but seeing the glass this morning made me wish I brought the ski.  

That really opened things up nicely.  Great work.  Clean!

15 hours ago, Jason6368 said:

New to all this, but what is the reason for this?  So you don’t have to pack the packing box often? 

Yes.  Newer composite technology which should last much longer. No drips to count or check.  Install and forget.  New boats have been using for quite a while.  

That's sweet.   I'm with you on the wood platforms being more boat-like.   Personally I fought that a lot when I built my gates (and wanted gate cutouts in the platform).   My previous boat had teak, and it was easy to do.  My 07 had fiberglass, and ultimately I went with the newer Malibu fiberglass platform to make it simple.... but still love those teaks.   I think Mastercraft still sells a bunch on their surf boats?

quote: " I picked the boat up around 6 months ago and I have spent the entire winter tuning, replacing, and improving almost everything."

haha I think we can all relate

Great write up -- I didn't know about that fuel pump issue.  Mine (07) runs fine now but this will be handy to refer to should something go wrong fuel related.  Thank you for posting.

Yeah, that'd do it.  Love that sound too!

On 4/13/2020 at 9:07 AM, TimbrSS said:

Incase anyone is curious:

 

 

I recognize that sound!  big block baby!  Although knowing what I know about you -- your boat probably has upgraded heads, cam, tune, intake, raylar special etc.

Those look great!  Love newly welded, fabricated things.  

Man, that looks great.  I love the carbon fiber look too.   Well done

Badass.  Well done.   It's nice to have that room back there too with that giant muffler out of the way.

Awesome... yeah it's simple like you said but those are the best projects.

Awesome project.  Looks very professional (or better)... I made a hack bracket for mine.   Yours looks stock.  well done!!  And thanks for sharing with the group

Please do post it!  Helpful to all

1 hour ago, Nathan Brown said:

Thanks for the encouragement guys! Rugger thanks for the photo advice. Sonic the youth are very involved in helping but I couldn't trust any of them with a stapler! lol 

Need other advice, so the whole boat is getting reno, engine work, hull, stereo, tower and so fourth. Should I create a post for each section or clump it all together in one post?

If it's a finished project in the Completed Projects section, then it should be by category.   If it's a general work in progress post, then it belongs in shop talk and either way works fine.  Thanks!

wow that's impressive congratulations.  Don't ever apologize for not spending 4K.... no boat snobs here.  It looks great!!

To resize pics, just hit edit, then double click on them and can reset to 800 x 600 or whatever works.. I forget

Great pull!  That's gonna be helpful to many.   SKIDIM is a great company to deal with as well.   I've bought many parts over the years and they are always cool and helpful

Definitely gonna be helpful to others.  Thanks for the great write up.  Love the magnet idea too.

You're gonna be stoked with that setup!  Hit the button and fill!