Custom Gromment/Washers (PICS)

[ncsone]

Originally Posted by JRW160

Got mine installed today. Really happy with them. I had to take a dremel to the forward most mount to get the grommet in there. It took me 2 or 3 hours to get those thru bolts out then back in. I had to enlist the help of my 13 year old daughter to get the middle bolt. I plan on posting a little write up on how to remove the 205v/x-2/x-1 throttle panel tomorrow when I get some time.

Glad it worked out for you!

[ncsone]

Finally got these installed on my boat. After spending the time to have them built, I think I am the last to get them installed. They look great and are a great fix.

[prostar205]

Those do looks really good especially on against the black material.

[JDC]

Originally Posted by ncsone

Finally got these installed on my boat. After spending the time to have them built, I think I am the last to get them installed. They look great and are a great fix.

No, you're not the last.
I did polish mine to a high gloss shine. I thought about spraying clear over them but figured that would ruin the shine. I decided to use a micro-crystalline wax polish I have to seal the surface. No photos yet. Maybe I'll get to it this next weekend.

I noticed you had to cut off one edge of your rear grommet. Looks like mine will be the same.

[ncsone]

Originally Posted by JDC

No, you're not the last.
I did polish mine to a high gloss shine. I thought about spraying clear over them but figured that would ruin the shine. I decided to use a micro-crystalline wax polish I have to seal the surface. No photos yet. Maybe I'll get to it this next weekend.

I noticed you had to cut off one edge of your rear grommet. Looks like mine will be the same.

Yes, the back of the armrest has a lot of different curvatures to it. There was no way mine was going to fit w/o some modification. I took a hacksaw to mine and cleaned up the edges and cut surface with a file.

I used some metal polish on mine and it really brightened up the front faces on the flanges.

Glad to hear this worked out so well for everyone and saved us all from buying new panels at $200-300 a pop.

At this point, I have one set of flanges/grommets left. First to pay gets them. I MAY do more in the future, but I want to have a pretty healthy 'interested' list built before issuing the order.

[ncsone]

Thanks to everyone's support the initial production of these flanges/grommets have been SOLD OUT! However, I am looking into making a second batch of these in the future. How quickly I have these made will be determined by the interest level. If you are interested in some of these from the second run, please send an email address to ncs197(at)gmail(dot)com.

Thanks to the group effort on getting this first run produced - it worked out for the good for everyone to install these rather than have to spend ~$250 for a new panel.

[JRW160]

Originally Posted by ncsone

Thanks to everyone's support the initial production of these flanges/grommets have been SOLD OUT! However, I am looking into making a second batch of these in the future. How quickly I have these made will be determined by the interest level. If you are interested in some of these from the second run, please send an email address to ncs197(at)gmail(dot)com.

Thanks to the group effort on getting this first run produced - it worked out for the good for everyone to install these rather than have to spend ~$250 for a new panel.

I'm really glad I got in on this. The timing worked out great for me. Thanks again.

[JDC]

I finally got mine installed today!
I too had to enlist some help from my 11 year old daughter to get to the front and middle bolts. A quick lesson in how to get a washer and a nut started on a bolt using two fingers when you can't see what you're doing, and she got 'em both on the first try.

So, I'll wear you out with photos. 3 before pics and 3 after.

This 1st photo shows the previous owner's fix of a sheet metal screw drilled into fresh fiberglass and a washer.


The middle screw had broken through and wasn't holding anything.





All shined up. This is one of the two I had to cut down for clearance.






A much more professional repair than the screw and a washer thing.


This is a great repair prostar205 came up with and designed! Thanks to Neill for taking the ball and running with it so a few more of us could benefit from this great idea!

[prostar205]

Originally Posted by JDC

I finally got mine installed today!
I too had to enlist some help from my 11 year old daughter to get to the front and middle bolts. A quick lesson in how to get a washer and a nut started on a bolt using two fingers when you can't see what you're doing, and she got 'em both on the first try.

So, I'll wear you out with photos. 3 before pics and 3 after.

This 1st photo shows the previous owner's fix of a sheet metal screw drilled into fresh fiberglass and a washer.
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The middle screw had broken through and wasn't holding anything.
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All shined up. This is one of the two I had to cut down for clearance.
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A much more professional repair than the screw and a washer thing.
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This is a great repair prostar205 came up with and designed! Thanks to Neill for taking the ball and running with it so a few more of us could benefit from this great idea!

Those do look nice all shined up. Glad they're working out for everyone. Nice to know that my 4 year mechanical engineering degree was finally good for something useful.