My 1985 sunsport

Here are a few pics of my project boat. I bought it in back in July and have been working on it ever since. I started out sanding and buffing but decided to painting was the way to go. I liked the blacked out worlds edition look but with a daughter in college certainly couldn't afford one. Since the painting I have replaced the stringers flooring carpet and still working on the on the Upholstery. I still need to re-cover the engine cover dash shifter console and glove box. I have really enjoyed reading though all of your threads and have learned alot.

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Here's a few more Pics.

Looks good! I'd love to see some pictures of the work you've done. Did you do some pictures along the way of things you've completed?

There is another person here with the grey hull. He removed the black stripe and after hull cleanup it does look good and shines nice. However your new paintjob looks great and it looks like a whole new boat!! Nice work and keep the pics comin, we love it!

Okie, Unfortunately I don't have any pics of the progress. I took a few but I think my kids must have deleted them:cry: These two were the only ones I could find. There are a several other in my album but all of recent.

How much did the new gel coat cost, if you dont mind me asking. Looks awesome.

I bought the materials and did it myself so it wasn't as expensive as you might think. ($600 -700 materials only). We used a polyurethane base and clear system similar to Imron.

man I just talked myself out of painting my boat then I see this! lol Looks really good!

I really like the idea of the captains chair for the passenger side too. Its nice to be able to look forward comfortably when sitting in that seat than always having to face backwards. I assume the battery is in the compartment underneath. Is there decent amount of room to get in between the engine compartment and the back or front of the chair? I think when I redo my interior, I'll look into creating this compartment and adding the captains chair.

There is just enough room between the engine cover and chairs. Before the caption chairs it had the love seat no way to look back and it was very hard to move around. The chairs are a little big but It worked out. (Oh, I also got a very good deal on them $160 each.)

Wow your 1985 looks like a 2005. Great looking boat.

Gorgeous boat! How did you do the gelcoat yourself? Do you have access to a lift or were you somehow able to do it on the trailer?

A friend had an A frame that we used to get underneath. I looking into getting a tower do any of you have any suggestions as to who to go with? The other question is black or polished Aluminum?

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Originally Posted by bens 1985 supra sunsport

A friend had an A frame that we used to get underneath. I looking into getting a tower do any of you have any suggestions as to who to go with? The other question is black or polished Aluminum?

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there are a lot of towers out there...i know the titans are good, mikey is probably partial to monster towers and i hear theyre pretty good too...it all depends on what youre looking for though. and you cant go wrong with color, either way youll love it

Problem with Titans is they are now owned by Malibu and no longer for retail sale (or that is what I heard). The Titan I or Titan II are great towers. I am very happy with my Monster (but I would recommend an MT2). Many are also liking the new Arial towers but I am not totally sold on the company yet (no bashing).

Depends on what you need, too. Do you need something that is fully collapsable? Like to get it under a boat lift canpoy or low bridge or something.

At this point it doesn't have to be completly collapsable. What company sells the Arial towers? I have been searching around but don't remember seeing arial.

We bought our Aerial tower last summer off of ebay from h2o sportswarehouse. We also bought a couple of wakeboard racks this spring from them. Can't wait to get them on the tower to try them out! We've been really happy with the service of h2o sportswarehouse and the quality of the Aerial tower so far.

Thanks for the info, thats probably the direction I'll go once I replenish the boat funds.

I got mine from onlyinboards.com. They sell the Aerial and the Krypt towers.

Just thought I'd mix things up and suggest a Samson Tower, they are sooo sick fit these Sunsports like a champion and they have the benifit of fully collapsing.....and of course whatever you get, its gotta be black! Your boat looks incredible by the way!! That black gelcoat is so nice, now you just need a black tow rig, trailer and don't forget, black rims on everything!

Thanks, I agree that black would the right color for this one, rims and all.