Pics of My 3 Liter Engine cowl/cover makeover

[shibby1485]

kind of going thru the boat slowly piece by piece cleaning it up and changing things, updating, fixing the small petty stuff... acquired the boat used in August

there were one or two gouges in the cover from the previous owner.... and the graphics were too stock looking and generic i thought...

had a friend of mine that owns a body shop repaint everything with a base and UV clear

had Panorama signs in copiague do the graphics.... dropped it off and told him just do whatever... make it look clean, simple, and sharp and i kind of was preffering just MERC lettering rather than mercury.

I was very pleased with the results, here's what they came up with

at the same time, i also read on the forum about putting 1/2" spacers under the louver to raise it for a slight ram air effect and cutting the air baffle inside the cowl a little to enhance air flow... so pics show the louver raised also

Thought i'd share some pics with u guys :cheers:

STEVE

BEFORE

http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff295/shibby1485/SUPERBOAT/DSC02765.jpg

http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff295/shibby1485/SUPERBOAT/DSC02795.jpg


DURING (after paint)

http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff295/shibby1485/img032.jpg

http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff295/shibby1485/img033.jpg

http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff295/shibby1485/img035.jpg

http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff295/shibby1485/img030.jpg

COMPLETED with graphics

http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff295/shibby1485/SUPERBOAT/DSC02882.jpg

http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff295/shibby1485/SUPERBOAT/DSC02883.jpg

http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff295/shibby1485/SUPERBOAT/DSC02880.jpg

http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff295/shibby1485/SUPERBOAT/DSC02881.jpg

[Image 21]

looks good nothing better then some fresh paint :cheers:

[flubyu]

Looks nice, love the Merc lettering...makes it really stand out.

[Dd24skater]

Looks very nice!!

[DetailzDelivered]

Call my picky but the side with the trim button looks very orange peelish.. But over all looks fantastic!

[BallisticBullet]

that is sweet lookin...... :thumbsup:

[Oz Dude]

Well done on the cowl dude - looks very sweet.

I looked at the standard red and rellow graphics on mine and decided they really, really didn't go with my boat, so I designed a new graphic for the sides and the front, and my painter did the rest. Mercury on the sides, Merc on the front :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v211/OzDude/Rage/DSCF3178.jpg

Oz

[JeffA]

very cool.

[KonaKustoms]

looks great! Should have put a piston flying out of the cowl instead of bullet holes.......