I stand corrected. I was just thinking out loud. :-)
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I stand corrected. I was just thinking out loud. :-)
hey great idea! Mine too are in need of replacement. How did these hold up now that its been about a year?? Thanks
Heide at Atlanta Marine will get you the OEM pads shipped out quick and cheap.
they have actually held up quite well. I can see them lasting probably another 2-3 seasons. The problem lies within the tower design. The tower feet are just to small an area not to have them try to push out whatever is under them. My tower has 3 boards & 4 heavy HLCD tower speakers so I get a lot of sway when trailering. When the holes in the pads that the screw come through rip out then the tower will naturally push out the pads no matter if they are my walmart setup or the oem pads.
I wonder if you could just go old school and use 3m 5200 like the way the strut is held on?
must of had a ton of trailer sway because all my pads had shifted quite a bit last friday. The home made pad I had put in actually ripped a bit. I have decided this tower design is definately not the best!!
Went ahead & called Atlanta Marine. They said the oem black pads had a bunch of problems and the new clear pads were way better. Ordered all 4 since I have two that are close to being toast. Was only around $12 total so I'll post an update after the install with the new OEM pads.
was looking for updates on this, i need to replace mine bad, they are almost all the way off!
is it an easy swap out? all i need is to unscrew the tower from the boat correct? and just replace pad and screw back in?