DnHWake

We tow the boat a lot, almost 4,000 miles a year. On my old boat I noticed a lot of rock chips on the underside of the bow - they were hard to see but when waxing you could feel them so I wanted to get mudflaps - I saw some Rock Tamers but they cost over $200 so I made my own for about $50 - Just bought some Semi Truck mudflaps online - they were like $15 each then took some 3/16" or 1/4" angle iron and cut it to the length of my bumper. I drilled holes in the angle iron to match the holes in the mudflaps, I had to cut the mudflaps to correct length then bolted them to the angle iron - I then took 2 longer bolts and made a bracket to attache the angle iron to the hitch. I also had to grind a little notch for it to fit my truck perfect, you can see it in the 2nd pic below. This setup has worked for over 4yrs - Its starting to rust a little so I may need to re-paint it. I also made a little hanger so when I don't have the hitch in I stick it on the back of the deck - you can see in the photo below.

Updated with final pictures above, that's a case of cans in there for scale and I can now see I need to clean the seal it's getting a little mildew!

The recess fits right in the floor where the original igloo removable cooler went. That is how crappy and small the stock cooler is!

The seat is the lid - I'll get a better picture this weekend of the final install with the seal.

Something that really bothers me on the new boats is the crappy removable Igloo/Yeti coolers that are way too small to hold enough beverages for 6-10 people on a boat all day long. We like to get out on the water to wakeboard and surf at 10am and not return until dark. This cooler will hold ice for 2-3days, It holds over 90 cans with room for ice. I made it out of pink insulation foam from home depot. I cut the foam with a jig saw, glued the pieces together with gorilla glue, routed the corners smooth and wrapped it in fiberglass and epoxy with a white dye so I didn't need to paint it. I used three layers of fiberglass - probably way overkill but I didn't want it to dent or crack when dumping cases of cans in the cooler. The inside corners took some extra work - i used fiberglass powder filler and mixed it with epoxy to get real thick then filled the corners so it was a soft inner radius - much easier to cover in fiberglass. I wanted it as big as possible so I had to make it in two pieces and caulk the back part on after it was in the boat - I then added a rubber refrigerator seal and a small drain hole in the bottom with a plug - I have the solidworks model if anyone wants it PM me.

Here is the custom sub enclosure I built to fit an Exile Big12. Its about the absolute maximum volume (1.85 cuft) I could fit under the dash of a 2016 23lsv with the 3 outlet heater. The angles were a real pain to get perfect and I still have not completed a carpet kick plate. I made it from baltic burch cabinetry grade ply wood and sealed the whole thing in Epoxy to waterproof and make sure its water tight. I also screwed and glued with gorrilla glue that expands to fill any of my poor craftsmanship gaps. I also installed an exile amp to match and the WS420. I built this in solidworks so if you want the CAD let me know.