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Old 03-05-2012 | 08:32 PM
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Looks nice for that price you did well, bye bye tower.
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Old 03-05-2012 | 09:59 PM
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Originally Posted by masi242
Looks nice for that price you did well, bye bye tower.
Thanks! Yeah, I might be able to sell the tower for $1000 (with the speakers) and bring my net cost down to $6500! How can you beat that deal!
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Old 03-06-2012 | 05:06 AM
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Originally Posted by dereknkathy
+1 on the arch. with all the speakers, it looks like a water-bourne hoopdie! i prefer the spyders with 2 big blocks!
Gets too heavy in the rear, driven one with twin BB's and SB's. A single BB is nice too especially with a DPX drive.
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Old 03-06-2012 | 05:07 AM
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Originally Posted by Powerquest_Baby!!
Thanks! Yeah, I might be able to sell the tower for $1000 (with the speakers) and bring my net cost down to $6500! How can you beat that deal!
Damn hard if not impossible.
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Old 03-07-2012 | 09:33 AM
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Originally Posted by Powerquest_Baby!!
Actually I wanted the name "Spyderman" but that name is taken too!!

No offense but what on earth are you doing to that Nova? How will you even see out of it?
We haven't cut out the windows yet. Want it in paint first.
Theme is a "Stealth" boat. Heat/AC, all weather and can take a pounding...
It will be my work/pleasure boat...
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Old 04-16-2012 | 11:02 AM
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Originally Posted by MikeyFIN
Damn hard if not impossible.
I ended up selling the tower for $700 so my net cost on the Spyder is $6800!

I spent the last weekend rewiring the trailer and pulling most of the old sound system out. The prior owner had good equipment but the install job was very odd. A hodgepodge of good quality wires and poor wiring! Im pulling everything out and rewiring with a combination of my equipment and the amps which were already installed.

After the stereo is installed I get to work on the outside, do a tuneup and change fluids and then I should be ready for the season. Im hoping to splash in about a month!

Here's a pic of the boat without the tower...

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Old 04-16-2012 | 12:02 PM
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Mucho better!!
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Old 04-16-2012 | 12:25 PM
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Originally Posted by HTRDLNCN
Mucho better!!
+10 on that.... However, tower or not at least you got a great deal on something that you can plop in the water and go boating straight away.
If I would have been smart that's what I would have done. I've been working on mine (off and on) for 2 years now (always something else to fix or improve) No matter what it's going in this spring and I'm going boating.
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Old 04-16-2012 | 12:33 PM
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Much better, now lose the bottom paint, and it will prolly be 5MPH faster.
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Old 04-16-2012 | 01:23 PM
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Originally Posted by rchevelle71
Much better, now lose the bottom paint, and it will prolly be 5MPH faster.
Whats the best way to accomplish that? Sanding? Easy off oven cleaner? Is there anything that can be applied, let it soak and then lightly scrub away? It might be a project for next year...Depends on how long it takes me to take care of everything else. Right now our weather has been 60 degrees so its perfect for working on the boat.
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