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  • oscar1oscar1 Member Posts: 803 ✭✭✭
    Pic of the back plate I made to support the hardtop.
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  • YYZRCYYZRC Member Posts: 5,396 ✭✭✭✭✭
    You are a mensch! Thanks @oscar1
    2008 350 EC on Georgian Bay
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  • Michael TMichael T Member Posts: 7,241 ✭✭✭✭✭
    @YYZRC.....no it wasn't too bad but he had a barn with several big overhead oak beams and used straps wrapped with cotton. They installed the hardtop of my 2014 EC360 at my dealership as it was shipped from the Rinker factory on a plywood skid. It went on pretty fast too. It took 4 guys to line it up but they didn't scratch anything. Biggest concern was to not damage any of the pre wiring for radar and a sat tv.
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  • YYZRCYYZRC Member Posts: 5,396 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Fascinating @Michael T - I wondered how they handled shipping boats with hardtops.  The skid they built is pretty impressive, I bet on it's own it would be $1000+.  It is 2" plywood.
    2008 350 EC on Georgian Bay
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  • Michael TMichael T Member Posts: 7,241 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited March 2022
    @YYZRC.....Yes the cradle is very impressive. This is my hard top - trucked with the boat on the same truck from the Rinker factory to Ontario for installation on my new (at the time) 2014 EC 360. That cradle was very well built.....just like the Rinkers!








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  • Michael TMichael T Member Posts: 7,241 ✭✭✭✭✭
    @oscar1....AWESOME work from you - as usual. That was pretty much exactly what my friend did.
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  • YYZRCYYZRC Member Posts: 5,396 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited March 2022
    aero3113 said:
    @YYZRC I don’t think I have any pics.

    1 on the thermostat housing
    1 on the cool fuel module
    1 on the distribution tube
    2 on the raw water pump 

    Am I missing any? There are quick disconnects for the lower block drains but that drains out the distribution tube plug.

    It was the second one on the raw water pump I missed. Thanks again @aero3113

    I also got the poop tank installed today. That was a treat. Shimmed it a bit on the port side so that the poop slides to the outlet. Yum. 


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    2008 350 EC on Georgian Bay
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  • aero3113aero3113 Member Posts: 9,759 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @YYZRC , I can post the pic of when my hole saw fell in the waste tank again if you want 😂
    2008 330EC
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  • YYZRCYYZRC Member Posts: 5,396 ✭✭✭✭✭
    That's one of very few scenarios where I imagine the Admiral would be happy about me purchasing a new tool.
    2008 350 EC on Georgian Bay
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  • YYZRCYYZRC Member Posts: 5,396 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited March 2022
    Got the hardtop plates back from the powder coater. @aero3113 I thought you would appreciate my custom Ring camera mount plate!



    Here’s hoping I don’t catch any randos on my boat this summer. 

    I also had one made for my spreader light. 



    @Willhound I used Powder Tech in Barrie. Nice folks. 
    2008 350 EC on Georgian Bay
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  • LaReaLaRea Member, Moderator Posts: 8,056 mod
    I like it.  Call it the "Rando-B-Gone Mount"  and put 'em on Amazon. 
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  • aero3113aero3113 Member Posts: 9,759 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Very nice @YYZRC !!
    2008 330EC
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  • YYZRCYYZRC Member Posts: 5,396 ✭✭✭✭✭
    LaRea said:
    I like it.  Call it the "Rando-B-Gone Mount"  and put 'em on Amazon. 
    Sold along side the triple wide rolls of “toilet paper”
    2008 350 EC on Georgian Bay
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  • oscar1oscar1 Member Posts: 803 ✭✭✭
    YYZRC,  Very good idea, It look great
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  • aero3113aero3113 Member Posts: 9,759 ✭✭✭✭✭
    YYZRC said:
    LaRea said:
    I like it.  Call it the "Rando-B-Gone Mount"  and put 'em on Amazon. 
    Sold along side the triple wide rolls of “toilet paper”
    😂😂
    2008 330EC
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  • aero3113aero3113 Member Posts: 9,759 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Looks great @YYZRC !! 😎⚓️
    2008 330EC
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  • oscar1oscar1 Member Posts: 803 ✭✭✭
    congrats, it look super...
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  • goalie59goalie59 Member Posts: 356 ✭✭✭
    That looks awesome. Really changes the look of the boat. 
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  • YYZRCYYZRC Member Posts: 5,396 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Looked pretty slick with no arch!


    2008 350 EC on Georgian Bay
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  • YYZRCYYZRC Member Posts: 5,396 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 2022
    I've been toying around with ordering some significantly larger (5" height) stainless steel RINKER emblems; I think it would modernize the boat.  I've had quotes in the $300 range per side.  I would size the Rinker logo appropriately and it would face forward on both sides (the armchair graphic designer in me hates that Rinker didn't do that originally...)

    Thoughts?


    2008 350 EC on Georgian Bay
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  • aero3113aero3113 Member Posts: 9,759 ✭✭✭✭✭
    @YYZRC I had @diggin2day1 originally do that with my arch plate covers. It looked off to me so I kept it the normal way.


    2008 330EC
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  • YYZRCYYZRC Member Posts: 5,396 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I agree when the logo is on its own, but next to the lettering I think it looks wrong!
    2008 350 EC on Georgian Bay
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  • aero3113aero3113 Member Posts: 9,759 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I agree 
    2008 330EC
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  • YYZRCYYZRC Member Posts: 5,396 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 2022
    New canvas partially up. Got the mount fabricated for the Hurley H3O+ 

    I had a custom mount made for an antenna to replace the stupid cable TV connector as well. I don’t want the antenna on the hardtop as it will interfere with the solar. 



    Launch on Monday!
    2008 350 EC on Georgian Bay
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  • YYZRCYYZRC Member Posts: 5,396 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Made some domed decals to replace the old-school looking ovals. 


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  • mattiemattie Member Posts: 1,322 ✭✭✭✭
    @YYZRC Those turned out awesome.

    A bit ago I found this company on the web that does domed letters & registration #'s.
    If we ever decide on a name......

    https://domedlettering.com/



    246BR, 276BR, H310BR current
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  • YYZRCYYZRC Member Posts: 5,396 ✭✭✭✭✭
    That site and https://www.domednumbers.com/ are shockingly cheap for domed decals!
    2008 350 EC on Georgian Bay
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  • goalie59goalie59 Member Posts: 356 ✭✭✭
    Very nice, sometimes it's the small things that make a big improvement 
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  • YYZRCYYZRC Member Posts: 5,396 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited May 2022
    She floats. Need to work on the shadow left by the old 350 emblems. 





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