1997 GTX sponsons

[cloudmaster_321]

Howdy all. I currently have the beach house sponsons installed. I'm not a fan. I ordered a set of stockers off ebay. I see there are inserts and rubber pads. Looks like according to the parts fiche only three bays have those inserts in each sponson. What about the front bays? Won't they fill up with water?

 

[mikidymac]

Has nothing to do with filling up with water, it is to add strength.
You can also fill them with two part epoxy.

 

[cloudmaster_321]

Has nothing to do with filling up with water, it is to add strength.
You can also fill them with two part epoxy.

I can understand that, but it only looks like half of the hollow sponson get's filled. I don't have these in hand yet to fully understand, but do they fill with water? doesn't look like they are sealed to keep the water out even when mounted to the hull. Just looks like the studs have sealant around them to keep the water from going into the hull.

 

[mikidymac]

Yes, no reason to keep the water out of the sponsons themselves.