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'88 Supra "TREXGate" install
After seeing the various homebrew ghetto gates and having done a lot of testing of my own last year, I decided to bite the bullet and make a permanent gate of my own on both sides. The initial idea was to use a turnbuckle for deployment and retraction, but I scrapped that after it would bind upon retraction, and it also wouldn't retract far enough to not affect the wakeboard wake when stowed. After a lot of testing, tons of trips to the hardware store to try different deployment methods, I finally have settled on this configuration.
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I took off my OEM platform and sold it to a member here, which covered most of the cost of making this setup. If I had to do it again, I could probably make the platform and gates shown, including all hardware, for around $200. The system mounts to the hull with stainless hardware, sealed with 3M 4200. Four pieces of Trex composite decking were around $17/each and are enough to make both gates and a new swim platform.
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