evinrude crossflow painted black... sinner?

[NosBoss]

So I painted my 1979 evinrude 150 crossflow black to match my boat. Am I a sinner? lol. It was the blue/gray colors before and it was touched up with a spray can in a horrible way. I painted it black metallic.:thumbsup: It looks damn good on there if you ask me. What do you guys think?

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[Scream And Fly]

I think it looks great. Remember that some OMCs came dark charcoal and black from the factory, so it's totally fine: ).

Great looking boat!

[michael_m]

good looking boat

[NosBoss]

Thanks guys! I've heard it both ways and didn't really care to be honest. I actually thought I might catch some beef on here for painting the evinride the oh so holy black color. I couldn't float with a blue motor on an orange boat... not cool.

[FlowMaxx]

That rig looks REAL nice. Good work!

[Da Bull]

It`s your motor to paint any color you want. I like it. In Cali they custom paint their cowls to match the boat. I know a guy that painted his Yamaha red. Another guy painted his Merc 200 all white with orange pin`s to go on his orange Vector. Looked good too.

DB

[Fish]

beautiful boat, and you probably picked up 3-4 mph painting it black.:) Seriously, that is a great looking rig and the motor looks really good.:thumbsup:

[Brabender]

It`s your motor to paint any color you want. I like it. DB


I agree

Looks great:cheers:

[stokernick]

I agree with Fish,know it'll be a whole faster,and it looks great!

[madsnrn]

:thumbsup:WOW! I had to put my sunglasses on. Bright boat! I like it.

[bworner]

WOW, that looks killer, whats the History on your Boat? Ive never seen a Forester like that? Is it a Pad V hull or just a V? Im interested its pretty cool. It looks like a House of Kolor Orange pearl, how does the paint hold up for marine use, it looks amazing in the pics.....How fast does that bad boy go, like 60 or so? Sorry for the random questions, I have a 1982 Checkmate Enticer, its open bow,yet small like yours and Im putting a 1996 Evinrude 175 Intruder on her, its powered by the original 140 V4 Xflow, which is in fine shape, but it needs that V6 for heavy loads and for playing with jet skis.....Brannon

[NosBoss]

To be honest the boat doesn't "bling" like it does in that photo. My camera phone can't decide what color it is when I take pics of it. Sometimes it shows up red and sometimes orange. This time it showed up Pearl orange.:thumbsup: Its really the original orange gelcoat. If I were to re-do the color though, it would be a pearl orange.

The boat is just a regular round bottom V with no pad. I won't know the top speed untill tomorrow. I am going to put it on the lake for the first time with the crossflow. It used to have a 3 cyl 75hp mariner.:nonod: Im sure the new motor will be plenty fast for the hull. I'm running a ss 23p prop by the way.

[QuarterHorse]

I told you that you'd be done before I would be. :D Can't wait to get it on the water tomorrow. The GPS is on the charger now!

[rossi]

I told you that you'd be done before I would be. :D Can't wait to get it on the water tomorrow. The GPS is on the charger now!

The motor looks good, but the boat is serious eye candy ! What a cool looking machine..looks well built to.

[Bsprout]

I did the same thing! They dont look too bad black:thumbsup:



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[JWS]

Looks great but it will probably need rebuilt more often now.

[Mark Poole ModVP]

Black is actually a great color for an outboard especially when it is a BIG motor. It keeps the motor from 'visually overpowering' the boat. Charlie Strang painted the first Mercury black (an in line 6) and Carl loved it when he saw it. It made the tall motor look smaller.

[QuarterHorse]

Had it out tonight on the river, I'll let Jason post up results. We had fun, and there's more in it.

[NosBoss]

IT was a blast! I hope this is a long summer. I posted up our story in another thread named "first run of the season".

[Action Dave]

Great looking boat. The motor looks cool in black too. I had to paint my motor too when I first got it. There was no way I was putting an ugly grey motor on my yellow and white boat. Although, i did keep it OMC and just painted it white and used a black Johnson cowl.:D

[yellowallison]

:thumbsup:nice lookin..ole boat...very nice :thumbsup:

[NosBoss]

Thanks for the compliments guys!:cheers: I think the black works well with my boat. I think some orange graphics on the cowl would top it off nicely.

[BUSHWACKER]

:iagree:with what ya did but I agree it needs decals looks too plain.
Way back I painted my white Merc inline 6 black, looked so much better and newer. :thumbsup:
How about custom Rude decals to match the boat color?

[river_ratj40]

black johnson

[NosBoss]

That Johnson looks great! I have yet to decide on what decals will go on mine, but I'm sure they will be orange to match my boat.:thumbsup: Since I don't have room for the name of my boat on the back, I thought I would put it on the motor.? What do you think about that?

[arrowhead1989]

so i have a 1979 Forester 15' with a 115 mercury also 1979. wondering if anyone has seen boats like this? 315538315539315540

[NosBoss]

You really brought this back from the dead. I forgot all about it.

Your hull looks very similar to my old forester in the first post. Mine was a 16' hull. Yours must be the little brother to it. It was a fun boat!