New switch covers

rasburyrasbury Member Posts: 8,990 ✭✭✭✭✭
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What a difference! Best 50 bucks ever project!
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  • Handymans342Handymans342 Member Posts: 10,375 ✭✭✭✭✭
    So, was it easy?
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  • laureniac1laureniac1 Member Posts: 262 ✭✭✭
    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? 
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  • reneechris14reneechris14 Member Posts: 3,134 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Nice job ras,money well spent,enjoy your weekend,and my your leak be slow.
    2005 Rinker FV342  Pawcatuck river,Ct
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  • randy56randy56 Member Posts: 4,085 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Looks good Ras.
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  • rasburyrasbury Member Posts: 8,990 ✭✭✭✭✭
    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!
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  • mattiemattie Member Posts: 1,322 ✭✭✭✭
    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....
    246BR, 276BR, H310BR current
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  • rasburyrasbury Member Posts: 8,990 ✭✭✭✭✭
    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...
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  • Cableguy GregCableguy Greg Member Posts: 5,079 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Nice job Ras!!!
    2008 280 Express Cruiser, 6.2MPI, B3, Pittsburgh, PA "Blue Ayes" (Sold)
    2022 Cherokee 294GEBG Black Label land yacht. 
    Go Steelers!!!
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  • rasburyrasbury Member Posts: 8,990 ✭✭✭✭✭
    well can't take to much credit for this one...good quality product and very easy to swap out @Cableguy Greg
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  • mattiemattie Member Posts: 1,322 ✭✭✭✭
    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.
    246BR, 276BR, H310BR current
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  • mattiemattie Member Posts: 1,322 ✭✭✭✭
    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.
    246BR, 276BR, H310BR current
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  • rasburyrasbury Member Posts: 8,990 ✭✭✭✭✭
    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.
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  • J3ffJ3ff Member Posts: 4,234 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited December 2016
    Took about 10 mins and 50 bucks to go from this:

    To this! :smile:




    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) 


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  • rasburyrasbury Member Posts: 8,990 ✭✭✭✭✭
    You found a better one for the hatch than I did but yep, easiest thing I have ever "fixed" on a boat!
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  • rasburyrasbury Member Posts: 8,990 ✭✭✭✭✭
    but they look a little different than mine, perhaps not the same company.
    Looks great!
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  • laureniac1laureniac1 Member Posts: 262 ✭✭✭
    J3ff I like the look of those switches. Where did you get them? Website and model number please 
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  • rasburyrasbury Member Posts: 8,990 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Diddin2day has a thread below mine on the same topic- that has where I ordered mine...
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  • rasburyrasbury Member Posts: 8,990 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Diddin2day has a thread below mine on the same topic- that has where I ordered mine...
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  • J3ffJ3ff Member Posts: 4,234 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Thanks to someone on here I got mine here https://newwiremarine.com/product-category/contura-ii-printed-switch-covers/ 
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  • laureniac1laureniac1 Member Posts: 262 ✭✭✭
    Thanks J3ff!!!
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  • JonnyMJonnyM Member Posts: 332 ✭✭✭
    J3ff, What are the two round pull switches you added between the stereo remote and the spotlight remote?
    "Mosi on Dahn"  2003 Fiesta Vee 270
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  • J3ffJ3ff Member Posts: 4,234 ✭✭✭✭✭
    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.. 
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  • JonnyMJonnyM Member Posts: 332 ✭✭✭

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


    "Mosi on Dahn"  2003 Fiesta Vee 270
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  • J3ffJ3ff Member Posts: 4,234 ✭✭✭✭✭
    https://www.amazon.com/Cell-Phone-Car-Cradles-Mounts/b/ref=dp_bc_4?ie=UTF8&node=7072562011 lots of choices ! 
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  • rinkertinkererrinkertinkerer Member Posts: 2 ✭
    Inspired by J3ff's before and after pics, I've ordered some new switches too! Cheers guys.
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  • Dream_InnDream_Inn Member, Moderator Posts: 7,956 mod
    I may have to make this a winter project this year as well.  Mine really wore off this past summer from what I remember.

    Dream 'Inn III -- 2008 400 Express

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