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Back May 2015, I had a set of 5 (including spare) 205/70/14 Carlisle Radial Trail RHs installed on my trailer. The lake I frequent is around 10miles round-trip. Add a couple of adventures to further lakes, I'd guestimate that I've probably put less than 3K miles on them altogether. It's been a...

I plan to remove the windshield to my 1998 Bowrider 210 so that I can have the glass professionally tinted. Inspection shows some type of white silicone sealant between the windshield frame and the cockpit. I'd like to order whatever parts I need prior to pulling the windshield to...

So I finally took my boat out of the garage to prep it for it's first dip of the season. After a couple of cranks, she fired right up and purred like a kitten. During my routine visual inspection, notice a small leak at the exhaust riser drain fitting. Just curious as to what the repair...

So I've spent the entire off-season removing the old glued down carpet from my deck in favor of Eva foam flooring (I plan on going with Gatorstep). I'm almost done with my template however I have a question regarding the foam padding and the back2back seat boxes. Right now I have both...

Anyone go with a light colored stripe and regret it due to difficulty in keeping clean? I'm just about done with my template and I've already got the top color picked out (Almond). I'm leaning towards a lighter color (pearl) to match my deck vs the common black lines. Any advice would be...

I'm still in the middle of my decks carpet to EVA foam padding upgrade and while I have the seats out, I decided to recover the back2back seat boxes with marine vinyl in place of the outdated carpet. While everything turned out just ok, I'm looking for any ideas on how to eliminate this...

I decided to take on the project of replacing the worn out carpet to my 98 Searay Bowrider 210 and ran into a couple of interesting things. First off, as I peeled back the old carpet- I realized the deck beneath most of the carpet is actually matching gelcoat. I didn't realize this right off...

Hi Guys and Gals, I'm replacing the brake actuator for the trailer to my 1998 Searay Bowrider 210. The current actuator has 2- 4.5" long grade 8 bolts securing it to the trailer. The bolts simply runs through the actuator and trailer without a spacer. The through bolts were...

So we finally took our boat out after 1.5 years of storage. As paranoid as I can be sometimes, after we cleared other boats and found an open area, I shut down the engine, raise the sunpad and opened the hatch so I can check for water in the bilge. To my surprise, there was water already in...

Hi all. I've owned my 1998 Bowrider 210 Signature for 3 seasons now, and now that my 3 kids are getting older (and bigger)- I seem to be in need of more power off the line. I basically use my boat to pull 3 or less teens at a time on a huge inflatable tube and more recently- to pull them...

I wanted to do my next oil change through the engine oil pan drain plug as opposed to sucking it out of the oil dipstick tube- and purchased a hose kit from Overtons. Prior to installing the kit, I just happened to check its form and function and found that the capped end of the hose would not...

Today, I pulled my boat out onto the driveway to do some trailer maintenance- specifically, I wanted to inspect the wheel bearings and trailer brakes. The first 3 I had puled apart had no signs of water intrusion (rust, water/grease mix, etc). I simply repacked the bearings, changed the...

Hi Guys and Gals, Upon attempting to wake up my Searay from its winterized slumber, I had a little bit of a hiccup trying to get her started. The with the batteries fully charged and water flowing through the muffs, she cranked and cranked and cranked but would not fire up. As a Toyota...

Last winter, I replaced all of my original faded white cupholders with a new set of SS cupholders. I couldn't believe how much better it made things look. If anyone has faded cupholders regardless of color- its time for an upgrade! Joel

Newb question for y'all. Over the course of the season, I've been lucky enough to take my boat out 3 or 4 times this past month. Even with this, I know I won't be able to take my boat out again for another 2 weeks. I'm just wondering if its good practice to pull the blue drain plugs to let...

I've had my boat for over a year now, and we've seemed to settle into how we use it together as a family. For the most part, its basically used to pull an inner tube with up to 3 kids (roughly 300lbs total), or a single wake boarder of up to 220lbs. Im looking for more bottom end acceleration...

Finally had a chance to take my boat out with my family yesterday. All went well except we had an issue where my youngest daughter stubbed her pinky toe against the engine cover lower hinge and ripped her toe nail off. It looks a lot worse than its sounds. While I've stubbed my toe on the...

Hi guys and gals, Im not sure if im in the right forum, but I was hoping some of you that might be in the middle of rebuilding, or have completed a rebuild, might have any experience with this. I was installing my new onboard battery charger (MinnKota MK 210D) and AC port plug (Noco...

I just replaced my failed group 24 battery and installed 2 new group 27 marine batteries from Walmart with a SurePower 1315a battery separator. I used a single battery tray that houses 2 group 27's batteries side by side. The main battery runs everything that the old single battery setup...

I currently have a Kenwood KMR-555U headunit mounted in my cockpit and am about to add a KCA-RC55MR wired remote to the swim platform of my 1998 Searay Bowrider 210. The installation will require a 2"+ hole. I planned on installing it on the right side of the factory swim platform just...