and Ive been waiting for 2 yrs for you to get off your lazy butt and get it done. HA.
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and Ive been waiting for 2 yrs for you to get off your lazy butt and get it done. HA.
Yeah, Ryan, quit dragging your feet and do some mods to your boat already. :)
Just giving you guys some time to catch up. I after my display of mad skills with a sewing machine and the "broady knob" install, I could tell by the increasing jealousy on the boards, you guys weren't ready for more mods just yet. LOL:p!
Oh yea... I'll be doing a gel coat repair that I'll document coming up soon as well.
Had a little boo boo with the swim step and grab rail.:(
Note to self... don't depend on your (mildly intoxicated deep in thought) friends to guide you into to the garage.
No excuses necessary for me. I'm the one who knocked the garage door off the track with an open locker door.
same here, door is still bent and the sundeck was bent up about 6"-but that boat is sold and gone
Congrats to you man! One word of advice is buy your toys now! Luckily you already have the boat, so you're a few steps ahead of the game! I bought my truck as a pre-wedding present to myself... before she could say no.Quote:
Originally Posted by ian ashton
And thanks man, we're excited to say the least. It'll be a life changer for us, but I'll make sure to get the little bugger on a board as soon as I can.
This is definitely of interest to me. I have thought about doing this since I took possession of my 2010 Outback. I am waiting for the carpet to become a little more worn, and maybe wait for someone else to do it first. I had a Glastron with no carpet, and that part of the boat was fantastic.Quote:
Originally Posted by newty
Newty...I have a gel coat repair to do as well. I got in a disagreement with a dock over who had the right of way and I lost. Just wanted to pass along that at least for 2005 Spectrum Gel Coat was the supplier and I got a very cool color matched repair kit for the platinum base color on my 2005 Outback. I got the kit last season but plan to start working on it soon. I think there is a string out here somewhere with Spectrum's number.Quote:
Originally Posted by newty
Oh yea... I'll be doing a gel coat repair that I'll document coming up soon as well.Had a little boo boo with the swim step and grab rail.
Give it a minute, lol. The carpet in my '08 looked pretty rough at the end of 1 season (100 hours), and I am finatical about cleaning and vacuuming it. I would say that is the biggest flaw in our boats, the carpet is too light, and not removeable. For '11 I think they offer a darker carpet, but I haven't seen it in person to compare.Quote:
Originally Posted by jmondl
The carpet in the 2011 is a little different style. Its harder because its kinda already mashed down. So i expect the wear to not show as much. I dindt get to walk barefoot on it but to the touch its stiffer.
I pulled the carpet yesterday and laid all the panels back in place. I assumed that there would be some spacing issues because of the carpet missing seams. I figured I would have to bulk up the panels to fill the gaps because they would now be exposed. Holy crap when I laid the panels back in, there were up to 1" gaps everywhere. The floor gaps aren't straight, and the panels don't lay flat in place. the carpet really fudges and hides a tone of imperfections in the floor. EVA is just not going to be doable. Looks like I'll be going back to new carpet with a sacrificial inlay of more carpet to protect it.
I'll post pics of the step by step when I get it all done. In the mean time I'm going to be ordering more carpet.
This would be a very easy job for you guys with the 08 and older outbacks, but with the multiple panels in the floor in the LSV its just not going to work.
hey newty,
thanks for the update but that is TOO BAD that it's not going to work. I was really looking forward to what you came up with as far as finished product :(
I guess there really was no other way to find out other than dig into it like you did? Unless you'd have been there every step of the way during the build and/or know exactly how they put these boats together.
A bit of advice from experience, go with a tight weave berber carpet. May not look as plush but it will hold way better than a pile carpet. The carpet overlay from Matworks I have it a tight weave, rubber backed Berber and it looks as good beginning of year to end. The only drawback to it is it's harder to deep clean but i use a carpet shampoo'er on it.Quote:
Originally Posted by newty
My push buttons came in, and I love 'em! They are a touch smaller than I thought they'd be, but that actually works out good for what I am thinking.
https://forum.moomba.com/attachment....1&d=1300307051
I removed the pin for the center locker and added the same type of lock to the door that the engine cover has. Now this way, the center locker door does not pop up when the bag is full. Now no one can complain that they are stubbing their toes. I will post pictures later.
Eventhough I just got my boat I have already started on a project list.
1. Integrated Ski Locker Ballast (Complete)
2. Replace headunit with Kenwood KMR440U (Waiting on arrival)
3. Replace 4 factory cabin Speakers with new Polk DB651's, bow already had them. (Complete)
4. SeaDek pad (Ordered)
5. New Amp Rack
6. Subwoofer install
My spring project will be scratch removal.
I purchased all new OEM hull stickers and plan to remove my original stickers to buff out all the scratches in my gelcoat.
- Porter Cable 7424XP with yellow, black and while 6.5" Pads
- Wetsand Paper
- 3M Marine Rubbing Compound
- 3M Marine Finesse-It II Glaze
- Klasse High Gloss Sealant Glaze
I've finally started just in the last week here:
1) Move batteries from stern to front passenger compartment *in progress*
2) Upgrade Tower Amp *in progress*
3) Upgrade(?) Cabin Speakers *in progress*
4) Redo front of sub enclosure
5) Complete ballast system overhaul - 1100 bags in rear both sides, 750 in belly, T1200 pumps filling and draining everything, all new switches/wiring
6) New cover, possibly rear deck upholstery redone/repaired
7) New trailer tires & spare tire mount
8) New skid steps on trailer
10) New guide bunk pads
11) Small trailer fender dent repair
12) Add more LED accent lighting
13) iPod Nano touch mounted by driver stereo remote
14) General cleanup and tightening anything with a screw, nut or bolt on it
And probably a few more little things I've forgotten about.
I'd already be done if only I had a heated garage to work in! Going to be an expensive year... :(
Perfect Pass Wakeboard Pro (just arrived)
Rewire amps / tower speakers (75% complete)
3rd Battery (done)
All new ballast 3-1200 fill stock drains, 750's in rear lockers. (50%)
Swivel seat (done)
Full service.
You forgot one - installing the Polk MM651's in your cabin... :p
Slowly but surely I'm checking things off the list. I guess its a good thing that the weather is so bad here in Michigan - we've only had the boat out once this season - more time for projects!
Anyway, I've got all the Exile speakers in, and LED's wired up. The other night I bit the bullet and ordered a Lowrance LST-3800 depth/temp gauge, and a Kenwood 107MR remote, and they both arrived yesterday!
https://forum.moomba.com/attachment....1&d=1303424590
So, I popped the gauge into where the factory "blank" was;
https://forum.moomba.com/attachment....1&d=1303424631
https://forum.moomba.com/attachment....1&d=1303424646
I'm still waiting for the transducer and temp sending unit to arrive, so its not functional yet, but I wanted to see how it looks. So far this is the closest to a 'factory' look that I've come across that does dept and temperature, and it was fairly inexpensive.
I need to get a rotozip or something to do the install of the 107MR, I'm not super excited about cutting a large hole in the boat (seems like a pretty permanent modification for something electronic, that I seem to change / upgrade frequently, lol) but I guess I don't really have a reason to change after this is in, the MR440U and 107MR do everything I want, so I should be good for at least a few weeks, lol.
Ian,
Is that a "stretch-n-slide" dockline in the bow? I've got a couple of those and they are the cat's meow.
Looking good on the upgrades. I can relate to the "good for a few weeks" comment.
No, thats actually my wire stripper/crimper. I don't have any 'strech-n-slide' lines - I keep the boat in a marina and have pre-tied lines that I leave on the boat slip, so I just pull up and pop the rope through the cleats. All my ropes, fenders, throwables, and other thingamajigs are blue, to match the boat ;)
And I had friends/family regularly pitching me crap about having a yellow rope/handle, yellow anchor buddy and yellow buoy, yellow beach line, yellow on my board shorts, yellow lifejackets,... What do you expect - the boat's YELLOW!
(And that way I know that any yellow stuff left laying around is most likely mine.) :cool:
I figured that it would be a good idea to get the Kenwood 107MR installed before I did the interior cleanup, since it has been my experience that cutting fiberglass is pretty messy, lol. I started by removing the current Kenwood Marine remote;
https://forum.moomba.com/attachment....1&d=1303648100
Next I was liberal with the masking tape, and place the cutout template;
https://forum.moomba.com/attachment....1&d=1303648100
I ran up to Home Depot and picked up a RotoZip DR1, which is meant for Drywall, but its a 30,000 RPM rotary tool, so I figured it would work - I was right! This thing chopped through the fiberglass like a hot knife through butter. I just used the provided bit (didn't even have to break into the extra bits I bought, which surprised me!)
https://forum.moomba.com/attachment....1&d=1303648100
A nice flush mount:
https://forum.moomba.com/attachment....1&d=1303648100
I also decided that I would re-purpose the old remote up to the bow (I can't remember who I stole this idea from, but I know it was someone on here)
https://forum.moomba.com/attachment....1&d=1303648534
(Don't judge the nasty interior - this was pre-cleaning! I have since Malco'd it, and it looks awesome)
I haven't wired it yet, but thats not too hard, just gotta tape back into the same wires I cut to remove it.
Not sure if I posted these, but here is how I did the LEDs for the tower (which are also only partially wired, and thus don't work yet, lol) Basically the same way I did the Exile inboat spekers, just with the larger LED strips;
https://forum.moomba.com/attachment....1&d=1303648629
https://forum.moomba.com/attachment....1&d=1303648629
Looks really nice Ian you will love that remote man i got the same one and i like it a lot. The only thing to get used to is if the Deck buttons get pushed and its not on the home screen there is no way to fix that from the remote and the remote will act like it doesnt work.
Other then that its an awesome remote, easy to see in the sunlight and the buttons work well.
Only thing i would want different is the volume is slow to go up and down, as you have to push on it a lot or hold it for a few seconds to get the tunes up and down, the Mute feature works great but only mutes your system to like 15%
I like that remote and looks good flush mounted right there! Nice work!
looks good ian. I like the look of the depthfinder. not an exact, but really looks like a factory option.
Exactly my thoughts. If the factory gauge did water temp I would have gotten it.
That's my only complaint. Wish I would have searched around a bit more before putting the factory unit in.Quote:
Originally Posted by ian ashton
This was one of the cheapest things I've done to the boat yet, and yet one of the things I am most excited about.
I feel like if there is a varying degree of "slop" in the swim platform, mine would have been on the 'worse' end of things. At the very least, its annoying as hell.
Before Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6gXetJpjeI
So, I figured if I could put a few set screws into the bracket, it would at least reduce the rattle a little.
A blank slate:
https://forum.moomba.com/attachment....1&d=1303689419
So, I just drilled and tapped a 3/8-16 hole about mid-way on the inboard side of the platform bracket. I actually bought Stainless Steel allen bolts for this application, but I couldn't find the correct size wrench, so for testing it out I used a few spare Zinc plated bolts I had laying around. I'll swap in the allens once I get the correct wrench:
https://forum.moomba.com/attachment....1&d=1303689419
https://forum.moomba.com/attachment....1&d=1303689419
...and the verdict: NO MORE SLOP! It didn't just reduce the sloppy clunking, it completely eliminated it! I'm so happy, I can't wait to get it in the water and see if its a permanent fix, or if I'll need some more tweaking.
Question: Does anyone know how I can get that oxidization off the platform brackets? I've tried everything, and nothing seems to work...
Ian, I think this is good enough to copy and paste up a HOW TO. Nice work!
So which transducer did you go with to get the water temp, thru hull I'm assuming?
I ordered a Lowrance PDRT-WSU - I believe the depth transducer is a 'shoot thru hull' and the water temp sensor is a drill thru hull. They are slated to arrive this week, so I'll post up my progress on that project when they do :)
Good idea! Done:Quote:
Originally Posted by kaneboats
https://forum.moomba.com/showthread....767#post134767
Perfect! Thanks!
ideas always show up after I do something. thats it. no more mods for me
I liek the idea Ian, i have the same slop but its pretty small compared to what you had in your video.
Did you take the brackets off to drill and tap?
Nope, I just took the platform off and used a hand drill and threaded the tap in with a wrench. The whole process took about 10 minutes.Quote:
Originally Posted by mmandley