a little bling for my 292
 

Christmas came a little early this year and I swapped my old grab handles this morning for these nice ones from Eddie Marine.:cool-smiley-011:

Thanks Bill (Shameless) for the idea!:ernaehrung004:

that look's nice i will have to look for me thanks

Looks sharp - I hadn't thought of changing those handles out.

Thanks guys. I never thought of it either until seeing pictures Shameless posted here several months ago.

Here is another angle. They are really comfortable too. I am very happy with the swap!

Looks great.

Looks great!! I am happy I did it last summer!!! Here is a reminder of mine I did!. I am going to be ordering more of the set up for my little Checkmate!

They go well with the rest of the handles...nice upgrade

Looks too nice, now I have to change mine. :)

Thanks guys!:drink:

Nice look...how much do they run?

I bought them direct from Eddie Marine. Ran a little over $100 total. Two 6" handles p/n 275-50P and two backing plates p/n 275-35P. The 'P' stands for polished, but you can get them in a lot of different colors. They are billet aluminum, so for polished I also requested clear-coat anodized.

BTW, welcome to OSO!:ernaehrung004: Nice looking 292. I like the paint.

Great !!!
 

I did the same handles last summer in blue on my 353, they are great looking !!

4mula...
Thanks...I like yours as well! What power are you running?? 496's??? And what is your top end?

hmmmm... no, the 292 is not offered with big blocks. Went with the largest small block - 6.2's. Best top speed so far is 71.5 mph. 69-70 mph in any condition.

Don't get why they don't offer big blocks?? I have 350 MAGs... best I've seen is 70 and that was PERFECT conditions...normally 67-68 max.

I was told at the factory, it was for 2 reasns, one being a twin step, the hull would not like the weight of the BB and the second is lack of room.


Nice 292, I looked at one just like, but decided to order a new one instead...

Good minds think alike Shamless!!! I would have sold ya mine!!! Good luck with the new 292!

Thanks! Have one summer on her now, but becuase of horrible weather, I was only able to rack up 17 hours on her.

Bill, the boat you looked at was at Shipyard,right? I looked at that one too, nice boat, but way to much color for you, :p:p and not enough for me.

You are correct in every way!!! And for the price they wanted, my only option was new...

x2 :cool-smiley-011:

What are the hole centerlines on the old handles...and I would imagine being that the Fat Handles are classified as 6" and 10"... those are the centerline measurements?

The old handles are around 5.8" center to center. I used the existing lower hole and drilled a 3/8" hole just above the original upper hole.

If anyone wants this set up, contact Bill at Diamond Peformance, he is an advertiser here and other places. He is running a great price on these handles and backing plates. I am ordoreing more from him for my little Checkmate on Monday!!!