Originally Posted by ealesh33 (Post 4078175)

Yea I spoke to the guy that has the shop where my boat is, and he said gel coating wouldn't be the best option. I did not consider that, that could be a simple fix right? You think that could glue on, or would have to be screwed on? Here is the seat, the front panel, and the actual seat panel with the hole in it I just did. I did the seat portion because the hole was cut position further back, and the seat is suppose to be hinged from the front part of the seat. Well the hinges are no longer there, and when you would step on the back seat there wasn't enough wood towards the back to support the seat so it would slide into the hole and the seat would really flex, so I just positioned the hole more forward so there is more of overlap in the back to support the seat cushion. Here is a photo of the seat all finished with the new panels.

Originally Posted by Griff (Post 4078223)

I would think some white, non transparent 1/4" lexan or acrylic glued on with 5200 would work just fine and never move.

Since your seat bottom just sits on there(just like my 32 AT), you can screw a piece of 2" x 2", about 18" long, to the underside bottom of the seat cushion wood.
The 2x2 sits down in the hole right at the front edge and will keep the seat bottom from sliding forward.

Originally Posted by Katanna (Post 4078268)

The scarab I had came from the factory with formica along the front of the seat. It seemed to hold up fine. It comes in shiny white, is cheap, and installs easily with contact cement and a router.

Originally Posted by ealesh33 (Post 4078277)

Awesome man, thanks. So no screws or anything required, just contact cement or 5200?

Formica as in countertop material?

Originally Posted by Young Performance (Post 4078285)

What about upholstering the panel, or upholstering a thin piece of plywood and mounting it to the front of the seat. You can just get a white piece of vinyl and some thin foam and glue/staple it in place. If you do the thin plywood, you can either glue or screw it to the seat front.
Eddie

Originally Posted by Young Performance (Post 4078300)

I don't think so. The vinyl is VERY durable, not to mention, it's really cheap to replace if needed. There are quite a few boats out there with the front of the seat base upholstered. I've made some panels in the past to do just what you want to do. We used a piece of Luan plywood, cut out the speaker holes, upholstered it, and mounted it to the front of the seat. The speakers are mounted to the seat base and just poke through the upholstered panel.

Awesome name by the way :)
Eddie