Tower decision..help me out here

[Ptownkid]

Yeah...too expensive if you add the side bar.

I ended up buying a monster tower...I don't love them aesthetically, but their reputation, coupled with the fact that they are anodized instead of just polished and that I could buy it from a brick and mortar location ended up selling me on it.

Went with the MT2 package (racks, tow light, and mirror) and cargo bimini. Also ordered the mirror adapter so I could buy a cipa 180

[BGeorge01]

Pics when you get it on for sure!


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[SquamInboards]

Great choice, I'll be curious how you like it. I was skeptical of Monster because they were so cheap, and I'd always see them on crappy boats. But we installed a few last year and I put one on my boat, and I am truly impressed. It does NOT rattle, and my boat isn't exactly perfect, in terms of torsional rigidity, with the original structure. It folds down easily by myself, it's not heavy. I can't think of another tower that's so easy to collapse and put up solo, including the newer MasterCraft towers with the hydraulic-assist piston (not the fully powered ones, obviously). I even like the look, it matches the curves of the supra well, in my opinion. Also, excellent customer service.

The one thing I think that's seriously lacking is the option for a light integrated into the tow point. I added my own, because the one they offer isn't all that great, in my opinion.

[SquamInboards]

Two more images. The nice thing with the light I used, is it can swivel down, which is good for storage but also you can swivel it straight down if you want to light up the interior of the boat from above. I put a $5 LED bulb in a regular fixture, rather than paying about $120 for the SAME EXACT LIGHT with a built in LED.

[cjtpilot]

What nav light did you install?

[SquamInboards]

I used this Perko light fixture and I cut the tube down so it is JUST above the tow point. I put in an LED bulb from superbrightleds.com for $5.95 (plus shipping I guess). Here's a link to the actual bulb, I think I got the "warm white" color. While I was at it, I put in an LED bulb in place of the one in the bow light. Much cheaper than replacing the whole light fixture!

[wotan2525]

I used this Perko light fixture and I cut the tube down so it is JUST above the tow point. I put in an LED bulb from superbrightleds.com for $5.95 (plus shipping I guess). Here's a link to the actual bulb, I think I got the "warm white" color. While I was at it, I put in an LED bulb in place of the one in the bow light. Much cheaper than replacing the whole light fixture!

I did this EXACT same mod to my tower a few years ago. High five!