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02-15-2008 | 11:15 AM
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Not so my quick-witted friend. If my Silent Thunder platform were trashed, I'd spend whatever, in excess of 3k if needed, to get it right. I really do like the looks of it and it functions nicely.
454captiva, I sense you thought I was passing judgement on your platform. Didn't mean to send that message, it's cool, just not for me. I am old.
454captiva, I sense you thought I was passing judgement on your platform. Didn't mean to send that message, it's cool, just not for me. I am old.
02-15-2008 | 11:42 AM
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Sure was and for quite some time Got my problem solve now though. Made the center exhaust pod shorter than the outside to clear the steering rams.And ALL the baffles went away
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02-15-2008 | 04:42 PM
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Installation was easy 88formula. My dad and i held it up to the back of the boat and marked the holes to be drilled. After a little squaring up we had the platform mounted by the two top holes in the platform brackets. There are six mounting holes total. I only used the top 4 for now with ss thru bolts and backing plates, all of which came with the platform. I left the existing holes for the silent thunder in case i ever wanted to put it back to original. I will probably just use thru bolts to seal them off for now.
02-15-2008 | 10:04 PM
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454, Thirdbird,
I like the ST box personally, adds to the lines of the boat. 454, what you have done is cool.
, and as always, beauty is in the eyes of the bedolder. Keep up the mods on thses older Birds.
I like the ST box personally, adds to the lines of the boat. 454, what you have done is cool.
, and as always, beauty is in the eyes of the bedolder. Keep up the mods on thses older Birds.
02-15-2008 | 10:23 PM
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Jeff
02-16-2008 | 07:54 AM
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Thanks for all the feedback guys, i'll have to get some better pictures when it warms up here in the frozen tundra! Now if i can just get up enough energy to redo the rubrail, i think that's gonna be a lot bigger job!
02-16-2008 | 10:10 AM
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How are you planning on that one 454? Clean and paint the existing rail or replacement. I've seen it done both ways. Pros and cons to each as well as $$$. This is one mod that I really wanted to do to the 292 before I sold it.
02-17-2008 | 07:58 AM
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The cost effective way would be to do exactly as you described (remove, clean, paint), but i really like the looks of the newer formulas with the stainless insert. There's a gentleman down at taco in miami that was pretty helpful when i called. It seems like all the suppliers have no clue what i need. They also want to gig you on shipping if you can't pick it up at one of their outlet stores. Sounds to me like paint is the way to go for now!
02-17-2008 | 12:10 PM
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The cost effective way would be to do exactly as you described (remove, clean, paint), but i really like the looks of the newer formulas with the stainless insert. There's a gentleman down at taco in miami that was pretty helpful when i called. It seems like all the suppliers have no clue what i need. They also want to gig you on shipping if you can't pick it up at one of their outlet stores. Sounds to me like paint is the way to go for now!
Last spring my friend and I buffed out all the nicks and scrapes along the rub rail with a high speed orbital grinder/buffer. Sounds crazy but the material the rub rail is made out of was very easy to fix once you started then I painted all the screws heads black so it looked seemless so to speak. I like the stainless look as well but ...... I have a friend with that and it magnifies every little ding scratch etc. That is why I decided to try the buff out method and it worked awesome.
Jeff
