I am in the completion stage of the Resto of the 2003 GTX DI. Finally got the engine back and installed and put the ski on the water Sunday. After the usual checks I rode it for about 45 minutes off and on. Now I am doing the cosmetics which seems to be what people worry more about rather than reliability. 
I removed the riveted mats and will fill the holes with with the Waterproof Bondo. My wife is in charge always of installing the mats but I clean the hell out of the channels before she does that. Getting the brown off the gelcoat takes a bit of work. I use Star Brite Boat Hull cleaner and either blue or green scotch-brite, miracle eraser works pretty good it just doen't hold together like it used to. The Star-Brite cleaner has to have sulfuric acid content because it will make you choke if you get too close so be careful with that stuff. It's mean but it works.
I'll be doing some polishing on the hull. I find the Mequires Ultra-Cut kicks azz. I don't like spending time polishing.
I removed the hood.... what a pain !! I needed to get to the INFO Gauge to replace the flim. I ordered another gauge but we'll see how this works. I try to seal the gauge up and make them look nice and it is always a challenge. My main goal is to have it work and be easily readable but to avoid the water/humidity collecting on the face of the gauge.
I am going to try a couple of things to bring back the finish on the rear grab handle. We'll see if the Soft Scrubb and blue or green scotch-brite get the job done on the black. I have other stuff that reall works well I use on the Avalanche that I can useif needed.
The handle bar pad is coming apart to I'll get some material to fix it. I bought a pad off Ebay. Wrong color but I don't care I'm gonna cover it. Besides they are 20 years old and none of the material is gonna be in good shape. I'll post some pictures as I go along.
I removed the riveted mats and will fill the holes with with the Waterproof Bondo. My wife is in charge always of installing the mats but I clean the hell out of the channels before she does that. Getting the brown off the gelcoat takes a bit of work. I use Star Brite Boat Hull cleaner and either blue or green scotch-brite, miracle eraser works pretty good it just doen't hold together like it used to. The Star-Brite cleaner has to have sulfuric acid content because it will make you choke if you get too close so be careful with that stuff. It's mean but it works. I'll be doing some polishing on the hull. I find the Mequires Ultra-Cut kicks azz. I don't like spending time polishing.
I removed the hood.... what a pain !! I needed to get to the INFO Gauge to replace the flim. I ordered another gauge but we'll see how this works. I try to seal the gauge up and make them look nice and it is always a challenge. My main goal is to have it work and be easily readable but to avoid the water/humidity collecting on the face of the gauge.
I am going to try a couple of things to bring back the finish on the rear grab handle. We'll see if the Soft Scrubb and blue or green scotch-brite get the job done on the black. I have other stuff that reall works well I use on the Avalanche that I can useif needed.
The handle bar pad is coming apart to I'll get some material to fix it. I bought a pad off Ebay. Wrong color but I don't care I'm gonna cover it. Besides they are 20 years old and none of the material is gonna be in good shape. I'll post some pictures as I go along.
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