ive never done it before and need some advice.
can i buy the exact same shape thats on it now and line it up with the existing holes.
my rubrail has equally spaced countersinks molded into it.
also , were can i buy it?

thanks

All that I have ever seen require holes to be drilled.

http://www.rubrails.com/index.html

Steve H,
Try www.tacomarine.com. Or you can call 1-800-653-8567.

i replaced my plastic rub rail with stainless steel & loved the new look. it wasn't that hard to do.

heres another pic of a seam that has pulled away slightly which again makes me think the countersink holes come already cut???

ive considered stainless also but i dont want to change the look of my boat.
with all the different colors and an all white deck it probably wouldnt look good but it looks great on most boats and holds up forever.

thanks for the links guys. ill give them a call and fax a drawing to them.

I doubt you will want, or be able to use the exsisting holes, unless they are all through bolted. When i replaced mine a lot of the screws were striped out. I filled all the old holes, and drilled all new ones.

Vette131 How hard was it to bend the ss rail around the pickle fork bow?

I do enough rubrails on the boats we build, and we use Taco. Granted, the holes are pre drilled and countersunk. But..... they don't always align up when you have to replace a section.

thanks FX10.
do you purposely stagger the replacement rubrail in order to avoid hitting half a hole because of this?

Steve, I just replaced the rubrail on one side of the Pantera. I got the rail with the boat when I bought it. It was TACO brand and the holes were predrilled and countersunk. It was the same as what I had on the boat, except the spacing on the holes was 1/4" farther apart. The old holes would have worked fine, but I didn't have much choice and had to redrill. Just drilled the holes as I was screwing it on. It was a pain in the a$$. That rail is way stiff and not at all easy to bend. I'm sure it didn't help that mine had been coiled for several years.