Almost Completely Done 1996 Seadoo speedster

[bryanbrown]

well i haven't ever really posted anything because i ended up finding answers to my questions , but i would like to thank everyone who helped with any type of question because i had a million questions and found everything i could ever ask. and everything i did my self i had no professional work done.


Thank you !!
Bryan
here are the before and after pictures

 

[bryanbrown]

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[seadooya]

thumbs up, man...looks good!...dont forget the bumper trim...

 

[Dr Honda]

yup... looks good. :hurray:

the boat in my avatar was a restoration project last year.

 

[cheappc]

Wow you guys are great, I want to be able to do that.. will post pictures of it now..

 

[Widedomain]

Way cool! Great outcome on a true project boat.

 

[RobertV]

Nice job! Looks great. I did new seat covers, hydro turf and removed the decals on mine last year so I know the work & $ involved.
:cheers:

 

[cheappc]

Do you guys repaint the boat?

 

[bryanbrown]

yep i repainted the hood , i prepped it and painted it with automotive plastic spray paint , the stuff you buy at Sherwin Williams auto

and thanks everyone for the complements !

 

[sqwerz]

Looks really nice

 

[ssmedt]

Looks really good! you going to put any graphics on the outside? and what radio did you go with? I like the location of your speakers it is just like how I have my setup, I added a remote and put it in the location of the driver cup holder so I could control the radio from the drivers seat. Just a thought for you too:cheers:

 

[Captain Duke's]

Redoing upholstery on one, too....

Bryan,

I'm redoing the upholstery on the exact same boat right now. Logged on to see if I could find a pattern for the seat backs of the backrest piece (yours are in white; ours are in yellow).... I can't find any patterns, so wish me luck on getting it cut & sewn right!!

I'll post some before and after pics once the parts are back in the customer's boat. I find it interesting that, in your before pictures, there are seams in the old yellow vinyl on the three-seats portion. Ours didn't have seams. I wonder if your 'before' was a redo and they didn't use 4-way stretch vinyl. Anyway, I'll post the pictures soon!

You did a really great job on this boat, by the way!

Tiffany

 

[shakedown]

Nice job, looks real good!!!!!

 

[ItzBACON]

Looks great man, I'm just starting on mine. Hopefully I can have it done before summer's end. Awesome job....

 

[bryanbrown]

i used this set up off of ebay http://cgi.ebay.com/SONY-CDX-H905IP...ltDomain_0?hash=item45f1b15ceb#ht_6550wt_1165 but i used sony speakers ! and ssmedt i saw your layout and thats where i used it from but instead of the cup holder i went on the steering column just below and to the right of the gas gauge

And for Captain Duke's i dident use any template i just stared to cut and staple on fabric and the pulled like no other to get the waves out of it.

 

[bryanbrown]

should also be takin it out again this wekend so ill get more pics !!
and for the graphics i want to get new ones but cant decide on what to get

 

[bryanbrown]

Finally did the redid the rub rail


Now i need to come up with some ideas for the graphics !!! Any ideas !!??

 

[htg700]

Those Hydro Turf mat kits really make those boats look good. I am re-doing my seat covers this winter. Where did you get the black bumper trim, and how hard of a uninstall/install?

Finally did the redid the rub rail


Now i need to come up with some ideas for the graphics !!! Any ideas !!??

 

[Strizzo]

very nice, where do you run it at? conroe or lake houston?

 

[Chico]

hey.... so we can paint our consoles and trim on these? nice i wanna paint mine bright red and get my seats reupolstered. i hate the green on mine uugghh love the boat though

 

[bryanbrown]

i just got the rub rail kit from west marine because they price match from internet websites so i got it for around 269.00. the install was not hard just a pain the in a$$ because of drilling out the rivets.l

yes i did get the hood painted

 

[Mazdarx]

I have been thinking about using plasti dip to paint the hood as it would be reversible if I didn't like it. I would like to change my seat colors also.

 

[Requis]

Your Work is inspiring, and helping me to work through my concerns about buying a 95 Speedster, most of my friends and family think I am nuts, as I know nothing about jet boats, and well the one your working on looks awesome! your post clearly shows that you can fix these things up, which I am more than open to working on, and for 1/5th the price of a new one, I can have some fun with it as well.

Can you help to map out how you did the speakers...the 95 Speedsters have no Radios, and I love where you put yours and would love to get tunes on the boat, I have a brand new JBL marine radio / MP3 player sitting in the box ready to go....just have no idea where to start...sorry for the long post...Great work!