2002 17 ft Fishing jet boat detail

[DARK HORSE]

This is my 2002 17 ft fishing/waterfowl hunting boat that gets used hard in the rivers here in Idaho. It is powered by a 60 HP jet drive motor and gets heavy river time use. We use it for spring steelhead and salmon, summer trout, fall sturgeon and waterfowl. It sits outside under the cover 24/7. I hate to admit it, but it has been pretty well neglected for quit some time and was definitely in need of some TLC. I gave it a spring spruce up and thought it would be fun to share some pictures, so here we go.

Started off with the cover; cleaned it with ARO, and protected it with 303 protectant:

Next cleaned all the bulkheads, cables, and plastics with Meggs. APC+, and protected plastics and cables with 303 protectant:

Cleaned the seats with Pinnacle leather and vinyl cleaner, and protected with 303 protectant:

Carpets were cleaned with Meggs. APC+ , and protected with 303 Fabric Guard:

 

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Tires and wheels were cleaned with ARO, and tires were dressed with Optimum Opti-bond:

Exterior paint was cleansed with ARO (not polished). Stay tuned though, as the motor was polished and coming up soon:

Motor paint was corrected using PCxp, with 105/Cyan HT, 2005/Tangerine HT, and 85rd/gray CCS; LSP = Collinite 845 :

Here are some 50/50 shots:

Some before and afters:

 

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A few random before:

A few random afters:

Thanks for looking…
Tad

 

[ASPHALT ROCKET]

Great turn around Tad, man have you been busy lately.

 

[olbear1962]

That too serious effort Tadd, thanks for sharing

 

[CEE DOG]

Another amazing turnaround Tad! The contrast is astounding! :dblthumb2::dblthumb2:

How's about that Camaro?

 

[Mike PhillipsMike Phillips is verified member.]

Excellent work, great before and after pictures.

That looks like it was one tough job.


:xyxthumbs:

 

[BimmerFerret]

Wow!!! Nice work!!

 

[budman3]

Excellent job! I didn't realize they made a jet outboard ... pretty cool. Nice job... this is what detailing is all about!

 

[mikep288]

Nicely done! You gave me lots of great ideas for my buddies Tracker, now I just have to get the weather to agree!

 

[DARK HORSE]

Great turn around Tad, man have you been busy lately.

Thank you Dana, much appreciated!

That too serious effort Tadd, thanks for sharing

Thanks olbear!

Another amazing turnaround Tad! The contrast is astounding! :dblthumb2::dblthumb2:

How's about that Camaro?

Thank you for noticing Corey! I'm trying to get the write up put together, probably be sometime next week. Been very busy lately. I've had the boat done and pictures filtered for almost a month. Wew!

Excellent work, great before and after pictures.

That looks like it was one tough job.


:xyxthumbs:

Thank you for the kind words Mike, very much appreciated!

Wow!!! Nice work!!

Thank you!

Excellent job! I didn't realize they made a jet outboard ... pretty cool. Nice job... this is what detailing is all about!

Thanks for the compliment, Yep lots of jet outboards in this part of the country. Great for running the rivers (shallow spots, rocks, and such)!

Nicely done! You gave me lots of great ideas for my buddies Tracker, now I just have to get the weather to agree!

Thank you, glad I could help with some ideas!

 

[WRAPT C5Z06]

You are very highly skilled! Great job!!! rops:

 

[DARK HORSE]

You are very highly skilled! Great job!!! rops:

Thank you for the compliment!