Top Gun Cockpit Replacement Project
 

I'm planning on tearing out the cockpit upholstery this weekend in my old Top Gun. Did a little research and , other than needing an engine hoist to remove the back seat and get the new one in, it looks relatively easy to do. I've got the whole set out of a 200? T/S that is going in there. I have the side panels as well, but am planning to recover my existing ones and use them. My upholstery guy says that he can get it done in a week. The question that I have is... has anyone gone with a different color for the side panels (I'm thinking of blue that will match my paint) and how did it turn out?? I'll also get the fairing collar re-done in the same color blue and keep the orange stripe instead of the purple that it is currently.

Pictures below of the current setup...

What's going in there. The hatch recover will have to wait until this winter.

Hey Craig give me a call if you run into any problems, as you know I recently took mine out.

Have you thought about doing the sides all one panel all the way to the floor? That's what I'm doing and I'm going to do a border in charcoal I think with white main panel and some accents around the speakers. I relocated the fresh water shower in the port side panel near the floor to the transom above the rear cleat and it's a really slick setup...just some food for thought and to spend some more money :evilb:

Let me know if you need any help buddy.

Id be interested in your bolsters for my flat deck and Im "kind of" local before you list them for sale!

I'm interested in the complete intertior if it's not sold or spoking for

Thanks Jay

Question on the new back seat from the TS. I was told back in the day a seat out of a TS wouldn't go into a strait hull boat because the cockpit was a different depth. Curious if you had to make any mods? Also I thought he step pads were in a different place and the old side panels wouldn't match up.

Keep us posted on what if any mods you have to do.

I hope that you are wrong!!!:poopoo: I'll let you know in a week or so! :D

DONT RIP IT OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can already see this turning into a "he told me a week, now its the end of august, and i lost the whole summer" thread. put it off until the fall. that is the best advice i can give you.

LMAO. I'm an engineer by trade. It'll be measured and re-measured before anything is removed!!! When I say I'm going to do something.... It gets done on time and within schedule! ;):D

I want to save this post...lol it's a boat not a building nothing ever goes smooth...lol

+1 if its not one thing its another...:lolhit:

True dat... Just to clarify, I was referring to the back seat possibly not fitting due to cockpit depth. This isn't my first rodeo... :D

If I can get the back seat in, everything else is easy! :D

Craig I measured mine ('95 Gun) and the one I'm putting in ('04 Gun) and the height was the same. The only potential issue might be the width at the steps, might need to "massage" it a little bit to fit, but it shouldn't be a problem...

May depend on the year of the TS boat too. I know they put 3 or 4 different styles of seats in them over the years.

Its been a week or so.....update :)

Bring it!

The width of the cockpit in my boat is 80". The new seat is 80 and 3/4" at the top. Everything else lines up perfectly. I decided to wait until the boating season is over. My moto is always "do it once and do it right" I'll stick with that.... :D

It may fit just fine if the seat structure is taller that what is in there, I didn't measure that. Once it was apparent thatit wasn't something that I could do in an hour or two..... we abandoned the idea, went boating and had some fun. That's how we roll in Edgerock!! :D:evilb:

Just to provide an update...
After measure, re-measuring and then measuring again, the back seat would not fit. :(

The good news is that I realized this before removing anything! :D Everything measured out good with the exception of the seat base at the top in the very back. It is 3/4" too wide. I'm dropping off the seat at my upholstery shop today and he is planning to pull the vinyl back and trim a little of the edges and re-attach it. Then she should slid right in!!

Maybe it would fit without doing this (by getting a couple of fatties to jump up and down on it), but I'm willing to take that chance in mid-season. :D:ernaehrung004:

Most of the Cigarettes I have been on have been flimsy enough that it would have set right down in there.
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(Just kidding!!!!!!) I look forward to seeing the finished results.

Update... The new back seat is in!!!! 3/8"was shaved off of each side (just in the very top of the structure) and this beeotch fits like a glove. Getting the old seat out was easy. Two screws in each of the floor brackets and three lag bolts from inside the bilge, the battery switch box unscrewed and fit through to under the seat and it lifted right out. Then..... the cleaning started. What a phucking mess!!

here are some photos if anyone is interested... :)

A few more...

Very nice, Craig... lookin' great!

That's a real nice blue anodized steering wheel center cap. Where did you get that?

very nice update looks real good

Man looks awesome great update!

Wow, big difference...looks great.

Looking very nice Craig! Would like to upgrade my rear seat also sometime. -Was it difficult to remove the side panels?

Looks Great!

Nope, they had those "christmas tree" thingys holding them in. They pulled right off. I'm pretty excited about how it's gonna look after I'm done. Going with blue carbon fiber looking vinyl on the side panels.... and a few other "personal" touches. Planning to break out the new look at the FPC Miami Boat Show Poker Run in February. Can't wait!!! :D

One of my Cigarette Brothers hooked me up... ;):D

That looks great!!!

As will we!!!

:evilb::ernaehrung004: Can't wait!!!

Nice work!

Looks real good!

Looks sweet! That is my favorite Top Gun Interior design iteration...

Looks fantastic. I would be honored to be able to be your boat biotch on the FPC Miami boatshow run in Feb !!!

I don't think that I've recovered from the last one!!! :ernaehrung004::noevil::party-smiley-048::chimp:

If anyone is interested in any bosters or a Top Gun back seat, see here:

http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/s...ior-parts.html

Craig
W) 202-224-5499

OK... A follow up on this one.

I had plans to tow the boat to FineLine Marine Interiors in January to get the side panels and the hatch done and then attend the Miami Boat Show Poker Run.

I got the boat there and had a few days to kill, so we started tearing chit apart. We couldn't figure out why the center piece of the back seat had loosened up, so we pulled it out of the boat. The wood was rotted!!! :eek: At that point, the budget was thrown in the trash and all wood was to be removed from all components. A COMPLETE re-do. :angry-smiley-038:

I have to say that Mike and his staff @ FineLine are awesome. Besides being SLAMMED to get a couple of Statements done for the boat show, he kept assuring me that the boat would be ready. I gave him my thoughts on what I wanted and let him run with the design. I wanted plain blue side panel, not a fancy mix of colors. What he did do was to put blue accents on the sides of the headrests, drop-out bolster cushions and edges of the back seat structure. This really set it off in my opinion.

I also didn't want too many Cig emblems on it, so I went with a "custom" design on that (Thanks Speedy ;) )

All in all, I am VERY happy with the way that FineLine does business and would highly recommend them to anyone!

You're right. Those blue inserts tie the solid white seats with the solid blue sides. Very creative. The camo bags fit well also !!!!!!