shiny
 

What did you use to polish the aluminum?? :cartman:

Are you talking about the bilge step? The material comes that way.

Sounds good Dave! You know.......I still have no cup holders in those billet step plates. I originally called Diamond (the guy you mentioned) and they were delivered from Eddie Marine and don't fit the step. Any suggestions?

bilge step
 

Yes, mine came with some pretty rank plywood and there are lots of new things going into the bilge, so I need a new style Diamond plate configuration to hold a group 30 battery box , tool box , props etc.

Maybe it was the bling factor but drive failures behind those 600's was a problem then too. Several of those boats didn't make it out of warranty, or even the first year, before drive claims had to be dealt with so who boat builder wants to deal with issues like that? I wonder if that was more of a driver than the bling? Just look at Merc's new bragging point, the 565. That is nothing more than a stroked 502 which is what the 600's are.

I think Volvo was ahead of the curve with the 600's in 2000 but the market and drive situation was not ready for that power the way that is was paired up. The 565 is paired with XR's and drive showers but failures are inevitable. I guess as long as the failure is outside of the warranty Merc does not care.

These stroker motors need paired up with some Imco extremes or NXT to keep drives alive.

I really like those Volvo 600's a lot and would love the chance to buy one of those boats. I don't have the money for a 565 but for me a Volvo 600 is the same or better thing.

New LED lighting in bilge.

New headliner and TV installation

Awesome job! That flatscreen looks sweet too! :drink:

Great idea, hiding the LED's up in the gunwales...

Another great idea!

Seriously - Nice job, Nort. The work came out great!