DnHWake

2 hours ago, Rugger said:

@DnHWake  so your boat didn’t have a built in cooler at all, right?  Just a removable igloo?  I’m tearing into mine a bit and was gonna ask if you removed the built in first, but I think I have a different setup.  Mine (07 247) has two plastic “ice chests” (tubs) built in, but is paper thin with maybe 1/4-1/2” foam layer behind the shell and walls.  Thinking I might just use these tubs as the outside base and build inward... I would really only gain 1/2” at most by starting over

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Funny thing too, I never knew my boat had lights inside the ice chest but I found an led strip in there.  It doesn’t work so I never noticed the trigger.  Don’t know if it was stock or previous owner added.  

Correct, the newer boats have a really thin & cheap removable igloo cooler, it’s completely worthless.  If I had your boat I would insulate those two tubs as much as possible.

I added some silver bubble wrap to the lid to insulate it a little better, it holds ice  overnight, and probably keeps cold for 2-3days!

On 6/7/2017 at 9:58 AM, MartinArcher said:

Very cool.  Looking forward to seeing the seat/seal.  Well done.  

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!

3 hours ago, Hyperryd said:

Great job. Hey just curious, why the recessed area in the floor?

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.