Swim platform padding?

**Sluggo** · 02-21-2012, 12:16 PM

Yeah, if you could share a couple pics that would be great. I am going to have to get one before this season starts and I must have got a really good deal on my first one @ $180 with logo. Don't mind paying $40 more if it is the same quality. My first one came from Jim at Viper, but was a special buy thing I think.

**Patrick56** · 02-21-2012, 03:15 PM

Pretty sure the $220 guy in Tennessee is Jim at Viper Customs. I stopped into his shop about 6 weeks ago and asked for pricing for my 03' SSV, and he told me about $220. He quoted me $180 two years ago when I was having some storm damage repaired. I put off buying the pad, but it is on the list before spring. The price directly from SeaDeck for my boat with logo is $270.95 + about $15 to ship. I have seen the pads at Viper and they look pretty good. They do have a beveled edge that shows the second color. I haven't seen a pad from SeaDeck up close to know if they are any better or worse.

**luke22885** · 02-21-2012, 04:08 PM

Yes it is definately Jim at Viper Customs. Told me he could of done the stock pad but highly recommended the sea dek along with many others. I was doing google searches looking for something because I bought boat with no pad on it in November. Randomly emailed a guy with 05 21v who was selling it back in 2010 and he gave me Jims contact number. I was originally trying to go straight through sea dek but they told me it would take like 6-8 weeks or something crazy like that and that they didnt have the shape for my boat so I would have had to buy a template kit from them, they would then give me price, and after all that it would take 6-8 weeks to receive it. Glad to hear good things about Jim, so far he has responded to my emails very quickly and said he wont bill me for it until its done so that everything is right on it.

**Sluggo** · 02-21-2012, 04:42 PM

I agree, Jim is a good guy, but it appears to me he gets overwelded at times. I have talked to him and a couple of his folks and he/they are very nice, but when it comes to actually getting things, prices, shipping, etc..., it appears to be his call/action that actually gets it done. I think he hired someone to help with shipping at one point (Krystal), but not sure that helped. I know he has been through alot this last year with the tornado and such, so I would certainly still do business with him.