SoCal Jet Boats
Tech Talk => Interior => Topic started by: Brady31 on March 07, 2013, 03:10:03 PM
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Well here is my first post on socaljetboats. After talking to a few friends and reading over the forums I am taking the Southwind in tomorrow for new interior. Cant wait to get on the water this year. I hope Brad approves!!!!!!! I will try and post pictures of the progress and will deff put up pictures once it is done. Also the old interior is for sale. Not in that bad a shape make me an offer.
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damn, i miss that boat :(
hows she treatin ya?
whats your plans for interior? same layout or are you going to change it up?
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Welcome to SCJB and good luck with the interior job.... U going to keep the dog house engine cover or turn her into bench seating in the rear with a bigger engine cover? Keep us posted.. Who is doing the interior for ya?
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Welcome to SCJB ;D
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Welcome to SCJB!
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Thanks gents. Brad the boat has been great no issues at all!!! Only got it out a couple of times last summer but that will change this summer. I am going to change the interior up to the bench seat and one solid motor cover in back. Also adding a bulkhead up front to keep the life jackets, sand spike ect ect up under the bow. I am going with A-1 in Anahiem. Spoke with Riverguy553 who has the same boat and just had his done at A-1. He was very pleased with the work they did. Cant wait for that first trip!!!
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awesome...glad to hear shes doing well. i loved that boat.
i always wanted to do the bench with a sun deck engine compartment deal. I've seen other southwinds set up that way and I really liked it.
While you have it apart, just double check the tanks. I had them repaired, but it wouldnt hurt to check them again. What happened (long before I had it) is the tanks broke loose and the only thing holding them in was the fill necks, so eventually the fill necks on the tanks cracked. Also, on the driver side, the sidewall of the tank got rubbed really thin from the wood of the seat rubbing on it. they welded a strip of aluminum to 'beef it up' a bit. I would just check for wear...hairline cracks...etc. also make sure my fiberglass job is holding up where i re-glassed in the tanks. I had one of them (driver side i believe) break loose after i fixed it ...so I redid the glass work much heavier.
anyways, glad to see her pop back up. glad shes getting some love. Hope to see you around this summer so I can remissness with my old boat lol :thumbup:
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That's cool your pulling the trigger! What did you think of Raul? Did you mention me at all?
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Brad i had the whole interior out of the boat about two hours after i bought it from ya haha :screwy: I guess im one of those guys that has to take his new toys apart before i play with them. Ya i could see that the tanks had moved around in the past and had been fixed. They looked ok so i didnt mess with them much at the time. I am gona have them checked out along with some other little things. Im sure ill see ya around this summer. Riverguy Raul was great. I mentioned you and your boat and told him i had the same boat. He gave me a quote that seemed really fair even if he finds anything extra i may need to repair.
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Do you have Raul's email address?
He wanted pics of ours after it was all done.
Thanks, Ron
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I'd like to see pics of your old interior. I'm interested. thank you.
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I dont have Rauls email but ill try and remember to get it today. El Mojado ill take some pictures of the old interior today and post them this afternoon.
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Stopped by A1 the other day to see if they had started on the boat. I kinda had a feeling that the stinger under the floor might need to be replaced and I was right. So its getting a new stringer all way to the front and new floor. I'm going to pull the tanks and remount them myself later on in the season or in the off season next year. :banghead: damn boats!!!! Break out another thousand haha Oh well I love the boat and plan on keeping it for awhile.
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How's it looking now? Any updates?
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Stopped by A1 to look at the boat. They have been super busy and finally cut the floor out to expose the rotten stringer. I can grab the stringer with my hand and move it back and forth about 3/4 of an inch :-\ New stringer and floor should be done by Monday and the interior should take another couple weeks. Once I get the boat back a couple friends and I are going to put in all new wiring, plumbing and gauges. So it should be damn near a new boat once it hits the water this year.
Couple photos of the bad stringer
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Riverguy553 you posted while I was typing that up. To be honest I was hoping they would be further along at this point. Boat has been at A1 for nearly a month and you can see the progress. I guess I made the mistake of telling him I didn't need it until may. I am not really in a huge rush anyway and I am hoping that will help with quality and price. They are saying ill have it back end of the month. Ill post more photos of the new floor next week. The one thing I will say about A1 is they are very open to me stopping by to look at the boat and even tell me when to come back to take pictures.
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damn, i miss that boat :(
Don't deprive yourself, Brad. http://losangeles.craigslist.org/lgb/boa/3730802439.html
If I was going to be around so cal longer, I'd buy this just for the hell of it. Southwind made a good hull.
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Don't deprive yourself, Brad. http://losangeles.craigslist.org/lgb/boa/3730802439.html
If I was going to be around so cal longer, I'd buy this just for the hell of it. Southwind made a good hull.
That thing look funny
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i can understand your frustration. they should be along a lot further than that for sitting that long. i busted ass and cleaned out my hull in less than a day. if i had 8 hours a day to work on it, it'd probably be done by now. its one of those difficult situations where you dont want to complain and then they half ass everything just to shut you up... but if you dont say anything your deadline will come up quick and they'll halfass it anyways just to get it done on time...
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That thing look funny
please explain? :screwy: seems too much for too little? :beer:
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Riverguy553 you posted while I was typing that up. To be honest I was hoping they would be further along at this point. Boat has been at A1 for nearly a month and you can see the progress. I guess I made the mistake of telling him I didn't need it until may. I am not really in a huge rush anyway and I am hoping that will help with quality and price. They are saying ill have it back end of the month. Ill post more photos of the new floor next week. The one thing I will say about A1 is they are very open to me stopping by to look at the boat and even tell me when to come back to take pictures.
Ya don't sweat it, mine was the same way, the first 5 weeks went super slow then all the sudden he's calling me telling me it's done. He was done 2 weeks ahead of my deadline I made. After my new floor went in he busted his butt! As far my interior it has been doing great, IV used it 3 times. The only thing I wish I would have had done was put a pocket for stuff in front of my cup holders, I really dont have no place for my phone or wallets that are close to reach!!
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please explain? :screwy: seems too much for too little? :beer:
The price of it is great, a lake ready boat for 1500 hell yah but it's the deck, to me its just looks to short and rounded.
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that CL ad is not a southwind. the entry (underside of the bow) is way too steep. the deck is wrong....unless it some weird mold. its not the same 20 cruiser i had.
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i get it now.....you......you guys are good. :beer:
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Don't deprive yourself, Brad. http://losangeles.craigslist.org/lgb/boa/3730802439.html (http://losangeles.craigslist.org/lgb/boa/3730802439.html)
If I was going to be around so cal longer, I'd buy this just for the hell of it. Southwind made a good hull.
Looks like a Spectra 18 to me. I could be wrong tho.
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New stringer is in. Floor should be in tomorrow. I thought I took more pictures today but I guess I started talking and forgot to take a couple more oh well.
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A little update on the boat. After stopping by earlier last week and seeing that no progress had been made since the stringer and floor had been completed I asked Raul if he was ever going to get to y boat. I didn't want to push him but I felt like I had to. I spoke with Raul today and it sounds like I should have the boat by Wednesday or Thursday this week. I have all new Gauges, bezels, swim steps and brackets, switch knobs, blower vents, stainless steal exhaust tips and a new 36 pack soft cooler waiting for it. Ill post pics as soon as I get it.
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It's done!!! Ill post more pictures later.
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It's done!!! Ill post more pictures later.
the image didnt post....can you try it again? I am really interested to see how it turned out.
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Won't let me post pictures. Ill be home soon and ill get a few up.
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Ok should work now that I am on my laptop. So far I am more than happy with the way it turned out. O0
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**GASP***!!!!!!! you removed the white fuzzy fur under the bow!!! :o
Looks good bud. I miss that boat!
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looks like a whole new boat. great results!
what was the turnaround time for the upholstery? did they build all the seat frames, etc? my guy is running 2 weeks behind schedule and im chompin at the bit to get this thing done!
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That turned out amazing. love the new seats. Maybe you can bring her to the southwind regatta in september?
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Came out really nice! Crazy how fast he did it once he gets going on it! Prep it tonight and roll to AVI tomorrow... No different then working on the trophy truck right??
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Thanks gents. Sorry to post and bail but I had to go get her parked and covered. Wish I could make it to Avi this weekend but I have mothers day obligations. I am hoping to make it to the Southwind regatta in September tho. Brad I am looking for a good replacement for the shag something just as classy ;D As far as turn around it only took him a week and a half to do the actual upholstery work including new everything. He was a couple weeks behind on his original deadline but I ended up having a little more done to the boat than we first talked about.
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**GASP***!!!!!!! you removed the white fuzzy fur under the bow!!! :o
Looks good bud. I miss that boat!
I have a roll of the same shit in neon pink... Haven't come up with a real good use for it yet, but couldn't pass it up. :sly: