New Grab Handle
 

I saw this guy's ad over on another site. He makes and sells a wild looking grad handle. So, I thought I'd see if he could make me a matching handle to my Eddie Marine dash handle for the swim platform. I don't have it, yet. But, he sent a pic from a cell phone. This guy could be a great resource for custom work. His name is Kevin Butler and you can reach him at [email protected].

Pic 1: His wild handle
Pic 2: Dash handle
Pic 3: New swim platform handle

Looks Great... :ernaehrung004:

I think I need one of those, it looks great. Is that using the same bolt holes as the original handle?

How much $$ if I may ask?

Yes, I sent him the specs of the stainless handle. It was $65 shipped! He can do any design you want. Plus he's quick. He had this done one day after I paid him.

Thanks, gonna need one of those!

I like it! Post a installed pic, it should look very nice with all that polished hardware on the transom.

I also do custom dash panels as well here are some pic of my velocity.

I received the handle, but discovered that I did not take into account the large marks the old handle would leave in the rub rail once removed. I've made some changes to the design of the mounting bases and Kevin will make me another handle next week. Stay tuned.

Mine are on order.

Finally received attempt number 2 today. I had Kevin enlarge the mounting bases to fully cover any marks from the stock handle. It turned out very nice. The only thing that would make it perfect would be to contour the mounting bases to match the curve of the rub rail. The edges of the bases don't completely make contact. Otherwise, I like it.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...ic/handle2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...ic/handle3.jpg

Looks great, can't wait for mine!

Looks nice. Where can a brother find such an item?

Check the very first post in this thread.

those guys got a website now

www.butlercustommachine.com

I got mine today and installed them. Pics later. Thanks Kevin, they look great!

pics

GO4Broke, how does the color of the new handles match up to the existing colors of the carbon fiber dash? We have the carbon fiber dash as well but nothing we looked at in the past seemed to match too well. handles look really awesome though.

Vettex1
They aren't an exact match, but they are very close. I don't really think its very noticeable unless you look for it. Big improvement over the chrome.

Looks great. :drink:

+1

Definitely an improvement. They do look good. Thanks for the reply.