My recent upgrades

[dixxy]

Thought i would take a few minutes and share this with all the folks on this absolute wonderful forum.

This is the boat as we bought it.



this is what it looks like now:

last year got a new Bimini cover made since the other one was faded and did not have the logo.


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The best part is the Seadeck.





before:



now:



and let's not forget the swim platform:



hard to see in the pics, but i also found some stainless steel cup holders to replace the black plastic ones.

Also spent some time on the trailer. This is how we bought it:



this is what it looks like now: <forgot to add the Nautique sleeves for the pictures...:-( >



we found some reflective vinyl to make all the decals.








even found some chrome hub caps and got the wife to make some smaller decals to go on them.



the trailer got the most work...new brakes, new paint job, completely new runners, completely new wiring, all new LED lights (all clear with colored LED)

took some time to get it all done, but VERY happy with the results.

Like others have said here, if you want to spend some $$ on upgrades the first one to do IS the Seadeck...what a wonderful product!!!!..no regrets at all, nothing but good things to say about it, plus it is wife approved so it makes it even better!!

This is my second boat, but my first Nautique and i absolute love it, will never go back to a stern drive! or any other make for that matter!

[NautiqueJeff]

Looks great! Nice work!

[swatguy]

Those are some really nice upgrades . Well done

[Evening Shade]

The Sea Dek makes it look like a new boat. Great work!

[ski4evr]

did you do the seadek yourself? Love the logo added to it. Nice work!

[dixxy]

did you do the seadek yourself? Love the logo added to it. Nice work!

Thanks...looked at a lot online and that's how i got the idea. ..did not see any like these.
No. .at the beginning I was going to install it myself, but the price was so good and included install I let the guy di it. ..although 2 pcs had to be redone. .the center and 1 transom, I install those only

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[SANonTellico]

Nice job, looks good. The boat looks good and the trailer.......wow, looks new.

[dixxy]

Nice job, looks good. The boat looks good and the trailer.......wow, looks new.

Thanks. ..I now the trailer doesn't make the boat, and we don't really care about it as we only see it a few hours in the year, but driving down the road with a rusted beat up trailer with a Nautique on it just did not cut it for me. ...so I had to do something about it. Now the kit looks complete and looks sharp. .:cool:

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[Nautique Fan]

Great job on everything. If you don't mind me asking what did the sea deck cost you? I have a 2007 SANTE 236 and it still has the carpet.

[Neverenough]

Man that's a great resto! Did he have to gel coat the floors or are they gel like that under carpet? I wouldn't have thought they would have been finished out under carpet?????

[dixxy]

Man that's a great resto! Did he have to gel coat the floors or are they gel like that under carpet? I wouldn't have thought they would have been finished out under carpet?????

Thank you.

The carpet was just snapped in. .so all we had to do was remove the snaps, urathane the holes, clean with acetone and stick on.

Pretty easy and straight forward process.

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[Kenv]

Thanks. ..I now the trailer doesn't make the boat, and we don't really care about it as we only see it a few hours in the year, but driving down the road with a rusted beat up trailer with a Nautique on it just did not cut it for me. ...so I had to do something about it. Now the kit looks complete and looks sharp. .:cool:

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I agree. If you are rollin' a Nautique.....you have to "roll it right"...lol. Great job. Love seeing posts like yours where that extra touch is added to make the boat/trailer combo even better!!! Enjoy.

[dixxy]

Thanks Kenv

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[Superbawn]

It's amazing how just changing the flooring to Seadek freshened up that interior. Looks great! I'm with you on the trailer, rolling around with a rusty trailer after you stuck the time and money into the boat aint gonna cut the mustard!