89 Fiesta Vee 250 setbacks, projects, and upgrades!

[chriscraft254]

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Looks great man! Those are Chris Lights right? Your gonna love those underwater lights. I will probably be adding some different colors down the road. Not this year, but some day. Thanks for the kind words above.

 

[lil buggy]

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Budd, ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ no prob man,,, you got that boat hooked up(u deserve the homage)

yep those are chris' lights, i went coastal. these are the doublesingle in blue,,,
since he makes them himself i bet switching colors is doable.

anyway i tested them before install(ok as soon as i got them lol) in the shop, all blacked out, it thru a 8in blue spot at 10ft.
my transom is somewhat leaning back(or out) so it throws the light down a little bit with both on, it made a large brightspot(in pics)
that suprised me some.(i was expecting 2 smaller spots)yay
anyway, i was playing with them for a few hours and was having trouble deciding how far to mount them apart because i saw a few boats with underwaters that were spread too far apart,,, it looked like headlights instead of the orb of light i wanted.
in any event it seems perfectly placed on dry land, hopefully it wont seperate too much on my dingy rivers
if it does they will be easy enough to move lol

 

[lil buggy]

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forgot to add,,, i bet the fish go bananas

 

[BSnB]

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forgot to add,,, i bet the fish go bananas

Bananas, boats and fish do not go together, lil buggy, but I'll bet the fish and other boater will go BONKERS over those lights! I like how you have them placed. It should light up your wake nicely too. Way cool.

 

[chriscraft254]

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Did he say BANANAS, I know he DIDN"T say BANANAS, BANANAS,REALLY, you said Bananas?????? OMG, he said BANANAS.:facepalm:

 

[jbcurt00]

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Don't be a hater

 

[lil buggy]

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Bananas, boats and fish do not go together, lil buggy, but I'll bet the fish and other boater will go BONKERS over those lights! I like how you have them placed. It should light up your wake nicely too. Way cool.

thanks, i centered the lights over the troughs either side the roostertail on plane as far as i can remember them anyway,
it should light down the troughs quite nicely.
and i guess ya never fished the mighty ohio,, lol, them there brown asian goldfish love them nanas

Did he say BANANAS, I know he DIDN"T say BANANAS, BANANAS,REALLY, you said Bananas?????? OMG, he said BANANAS.:facepalm:

bahahaha, oh yes he did, lol

Don't be a hater

not funny, how did you hack my photobucket and get my senior pic,, lol
thanks for the humor guys had a ruff day today

 

[BSnB]

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[lil buggy]

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bahahahaha lmao

no seriously

i love me some nanas
gettin the t shirts ready

mahi mahi love em

 

[lil buggy]

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uh,,, on second thought i just stumbled across an urban myth that bananas are bad luck on board:facepalm:.
after last season,,no bananas and still not sure i wana take the chance this year,,, lol,,,

 

[chriscraft254]

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We just went from g-rated to pg-rated, think I like me some bananas now,lol:facepalm:

 

[lil buggy]

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next job is to clean up the newly mated outdrive, the upper is all pitted and pinged up, the lower is just a little ruff around the edges

the lower isnt too bad, the red hue in the pic is the reflection of my shirt:facepalm: not primer showing thru

the plan is to sand it down to remove all the pitting then prime with krylon zink rich primer in rattlecan
then coat with krylon rust tough enamel in black

i spent about an hour sanding with 80 grit non orbital sander and its almost good (6"x6" midsection) shish lots to go
i'll post pics of progress when i give it up for the night

 

[lil buggy]

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after too many hours than i'm willing to admit! theres gotta be a faster way,,, 80 grit,,, but it sure was nasty
1/2 closer to being done heres the results

still some pitting but i've had it for the night,,, glad i dont gotta work till 1 tomorrow
i got some shoppin to do,,, need some alpha one stickers and some better sandpaper:facepalm:

 

[Ciera2450]

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The lights look awesome! I want some now...lol
When i repainted my drive I used a dremel with a wire wheel on it, it worked great and got into all the nooks and crannies. Then finished off by hand with 80grit and she was ready for some primer.

A word of advice, LET THE PAINT DRY FOR SEVERAL DAYS/WEEKS BEFORE PUTTING HER IN THE WATER. Ask me how i know... I painted mine with rustoleum aluminum primer and paint in the rattlecan, it dried for about five days and I thought was cured. Put her in the water for the weekend and when i pulled her out, my newly painted drive was all "wrinkled". The paint didn't come off, it just wrinkled up over most of the drive! Grrrrrrrr

LET IT DRY.

Love the lights!

 

[chriscraft254]

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Might ask some other people, but some say not to use zinc primer on an outdrive because the outdrive is aluminum. Dissimilar metals?

 

[lil buggy]

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Might ask some other people, but some say not to use zinc primer on an outdrive because the outdrive is aluminum. Dissimilar metals?

thanks, i started a thread on this topic http://forums.iboats.com/showthread.php?t=537134&p=3674672#post3674672 so i dont make the wrong choice:facepalm:
zink chromate was suggested. but i had a heavy hitter tell me not to sand at all, which i realized after several hours of doing just that.
even tho i am discussing on both threads, my worry is that if i sand too far the case will be thin, and if i dont sand enough the electrolosis will have an easy target. note; when i bought the boat it didn't have an annode or most of the anti cavitation plate either aswell as the stainless cables weren't attatched to the outdrive from the gimball,
and for that matter, now that i'm using the old upper pinged outdrive as well as the gimbal ring(pinged also) i am a little worried
i am spending tonight searching instead of forward progress

The lights look awesome! I want some now...lol
When i repainted my drive I used a dremel with a wire wheel on it, it worked great and got into all the nooks and crannies. Then finished off by hand with 80grit and she was ready for some primer.

A word of advice, LET THE PAINT DRY FOR SEVERAL DAYS/WEEKS BEFORE PUTTING HER IN THE WATER. Ask me how i know... I painted mine with rustoleum aluminum primer and paint in the rattlecan, it dried for about five days and I thought was cured. Put her in the water for the weekend and when i pulled her out, my newly painted drive was all "wrinkled". The paint didn't come off, it just wrinkled up over most of the drive! Grrrrrrrr

LET IT DRY.

Love the lights!

thanks man,
yep even tho they are the cheapest of the underwaters i havn't heard anything bad about em, i had a lil insider info before i made my purchase 3 years and counting no issues, and with the cost 199beans ea i just had to have em he got the singles for 99beans in a few colors green blue n white.
thanks for the info on the paint, greatly appretiated
i will follow your advice and give it a few weeks before the dunking and was also planing on useing the dremel on the nilks n crannies.


thanks guys for not lettin me step in any more

eeewwww,,, lol

 

[lil buggy]

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uhh, i think a few posts are missing sorry if i offended anyone

bananas must be bad luck,,lol

anyway i went out and bought a random orbital sander today,,, why didn't i get one of those before:facepalm: wonderful,,,
i also got a can of the zink chromide primer. my mechanic is ready to reinstall my engine,,,sweet however he wants my drive back right away,,, so i dropped my sammich and got it done today,,,lol.
anyway to recap 1st side almost sanded good enough,,, for a rush job

although i did go over it with my new toy in my haste i broke the rules and didn't take pics

this is the zink chromate i used as the primer. note; the lil metal piece on the can my plastic saw horse broke and down went frazier ouch (murphy appeared) lookin at the newspaper now, shish he had is eye on my drive the whole time,,,, creepy lookin at that lil piece too omg!!!

 

[lil buggy]

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here it is after the primer notice the missing chunk,, the old lower outdrive was in way worse condition even with the (murphy addition)

and with the first coat of rust tuff(krylon)

i really wanted to sand it all the way down past all the pitting but it should be fine with another coat for a year or so. still gotta get the mercruiser alpha one stickers.

if anyone noticed a new set of annodes is waiting at the shop for install

hope everyone had a good day

 

[lil buggy]

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on a side note,
shoppin today, the admiral gave the nod for a few pricy purchases i was happy when i got that sander i was drollin over.
i always call her my enabler:facepalm:. the truth is i been watchin a set of fenders at west marine, 2 pack big dogs , anyway when she saw me lookin at em she asked if they were gonna go an sale, when the clerk said they were now, prolly as low as they would go.
the admiral said get em, all i said was we got 4 ss holders she said get 2 packs then and proceeded to the checkout. i didn't wana fork out the cash but with the approval whadami supposed to say,,, thanks. anyway i am excited,, we had like 5 smaller walleyworld ones
but raftin we had to be careful cause they were so skinny. upgrade wooo sweet. here they are

when we got home i started sandin with the new toy, the wife jumped on the quad and ran the dogs around for a few hours.
gotta tell ya i've had a few quads for a bunch of years and always try to get her to go riden but it rarely happends. she has been sick for about a year and finally startin to feel better. even tho i had to get her done, lol, i did stop for a while to ride with her and the dogs.
beautifull weather and a great all around day. funny how some days are destined to be great even if (murphy) shows up.
great to see the wife super happy and besides that the dogs are beat,,lol sleeping peacefully for a few hours now

had to share a great day,
hope everyone gets a turn

 

[Ciera2450]

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The drive looks good!