SoCal Jet Boats
Tech Talk => Gelcoat / Paint / Fireberglass Repair => Topic started by: el mojado on November 22, 2015, 10:09:59 PM
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I would like to move my steering over to the left about 4 inches. This would now place the drivers seat as far left as possible, giving me more room between my front seats. Does this seem like a major (expensive) project? What would a shop charge to do this, Including gel match? How cheesy would it look if i just cut it out and replaced it with an aluminum panel to fill it in?
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I have done stuff like this. As far as expense, it's s little labor intensive, but the materials are minimal.
The way to do it is to remove the existing laminated plywood from the entire dash, make a new piece glass and refill the holes, spray the gelcoat, block sand and polish and rig it.
As far as it being worth doing, only you can answer that.
Post up the results.
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I came across the same issue in my boat. I decided for cost , labor , and final product I was better off taking a scrap piece of aluminum (1.25$) I would cover my old steering wheel hole with the plate on the plate I mounted both bilge switches and my ignition key. Here's a pics of when I first started it. My buddys dad is engraving under each switch what they are. Then it's going to get a good polish