New switch covers

rasbury

What a difference! Best 50 bucks ever project!

Handymans342

So, was it easy?

laureniac1

Omg Ras love it. I have exactly same dash. Do you have the invoice information? Send me a picture if you can. Did you have to buy a special tool? 

reneechris14

Nice job ras,money well spent,enjoy your weekend,and my your leak be slow.

randy56

Looks good Ras.

rasbury

It was super easy as others have stated...for sure get the little tool as you just slide it under the part and it pops right up. You could do it in less than a minute if you wanted to. I don't have the invoice any longer, the link to the site was on another thread- will see if I can find it and add to this thread as well. Two other people I know around here are ordering theirs today!

mattie

Hey Ras, do the covers seem fairly durable? I went through quite a number of the originals. Those little side tabs would break pretty easy....

rasbury

wow, not sure how you would break the old or the new just switching them off and on....did you do it with a hammer? I guess I would describe them as good as the ones I took off- non of mine had broken, you just could not read them anymore...

Cableguy Greg

Nice job Ras!!!

rasbury

well can't take to much credit for this one...good quality product and very easy to swap out @Cableguy Greg

mattie

rasbury said:

wow, not sure how you would break the old or the new just switching them off and on....did you do it with a hammer? I guess I would describe them as good as the ones I took off- non of mine had broken, you just could not read them anymore...

Bought our boat new in '08' went through prob 8 or 9 switch covers in the first couple years. Barely look hard at them & they would break. Dealer had a paint can full of replacement switch covers for owners to pick through. Must've been a really bad batch of them installed at the factory around that time.

mattie

Just to clarify, it was the small mounting tabs on each side of the switch cover that would fail. Even while 'underway' they would fall off & end up down at your feet. Pretty disappointing at the time.

rasbury

wow, yes I guess so! Never had a problem with any of mine and the new ones seem to be as good as the old ones so you might want to give them a try if your still having issues.

J3ff

Took about 10 mins and 50 bucks to go from this:

To this!




Found the link here on rinkerforums thanks to a very helpful member! 

here's what the dash looked like today (hasn't been cleaned in a bit) 

J3ff

rasbury

You found a better one for the hatch than I did but yep, easiest thing I have ever "fixed" on a boat!

rasbury

but they look a little different than mine, perhaps not the same company.
Looks great!

laureniac1

J3ff I like the look of those switches. Where did you get them? Website and model number please 

rasbury

Diddin2day has a thread below mine on the same topic- that has where I ordered mine...

rasbury

Diddin2day has a thread below mine on the same topic- that has where I ordered mine...

J3ff

Thanks to someone on here I got mine here https://newwiremarine.com/product-category/contura-ii-printed-switch-covers/ 

laureniac1

Thanks J3ff!!!

JonnyM

J3ff, What are the two round pull switches you added between the stereo remote and the spotlight remote?

J3ff

Hey - they are mounts for a tablet/cell phone... the idea is that I can watch one thing on the chartplotter ( dragonfly 7 pro) like the position on the chart and then watch the sonar images on the tablet.. you can wirelessly connect any tablet phone to a lot of the new chartplotters which make it super cheap to have a dual screen setup.. 

JonnyM

That's cool, do you have a link where you got them?

J3ff

https://www.amazon.com/Cell-Phone-Car-Cradles-Mounts/b/ref=dp_bc_4?ie=UTF8&node=7072562011 lots of choices ! 

rinkertinkerer

Inspired by J3ff's before and after pics, I've ordered some new switches too! Cheers guys.

Dream_Inn

I may have to make this a winter project this year as well.  Mine really wore off this past summer from what I remember.