1988 Supra Mariah Floor Restoration

**lmnelson86** · 06-01-2015, 01:47 PM

I have been plugging away at the boat, slowly but surely. I put the top deck back on a few weeks ago and have been plucking away at the rest of it since then. The past few weeks I haven't been able to work on the boat due to re-landscaping my parents front yard every evening. Just last week I got my two dash pieces back from the upholstery shop which was kind of holding me up on installing the dash and wiring. I was able to install the dash pieces and do 90% of the wiring this weekend, I still have a handful of random wires to trace. Threw a new battery and new bilge pump in the boat and she cranked over no problem. Big thanks to my brother for helping me with wiring, I was clueless because I had no idea where to even begin.

Here she is with the two halves back together, I forgot to snap pictures of the process...or I just cant find the pics. Anyway, same process as the removal. Two big forklifts and some straps did the trick.

New blower vents

**lmnelson86** · 06-01-2015, 01:50 PM

Installing the rubrail. I opted to re-use the original rubrail because it was almost seamless. I did not want to waste money on a sacrificial rubrail that I could only get 20' sections of.

I am going to re-do the upholstery this winter. I am our of time and want to use the boat, so the old stuff will stay for now. It's only a few years old anyway so it is in good shape, just doesn't match.

Before:

After:

**lmnelson86** · 06-01-2015, 01:52 PM

Ready for some relaxing

Fresh carbon fiber purple and carbon fiber white piping for the dash. I was actually suppose to be white with purple trim, but the guy flip flopped it and I don't mind it at all. The purple is a little bright compared to the boat, but it looks pretty good now that its all together.

**lmnelson86** · 06-01-2015, 01:52 PM

Getting there...

**lmnelson86** · 06-01-2015, 01:57 PM

I do not plan on using the old speedometers, and good thing I didn't. They don't fit in the dash with the new upholstery. It is a very tight fit. For now they will be open holes. I am going to get a GPS speedometer and a transom remote for the radio installed in the other hole eventually.

I spent most of my day Sunday cleaning up the wiring that I ran for the blowers and interior lighting etc. I will add LED lighting in the fall as well. I took my time to make everything look as clean as possible. I used the sticky-type zip tie holders so I didn't have to put any screws into the fresh transom.

I would have ran the wiring around the gas tank filler neck but it was impossibly to get off of the tank or the neck itself. Oh well...looks way better than it did when I got the boat

**lmnelson86** · 06-01-2015, 01:59 PM

Some random shots:

New trim ring for ski pylon...to be powdercoated black

**SUPRA_ALLEGRO_LANE** · 06-01-2015, 02:32 PM

The Purple looks AWESOME! Cant wait to see it finished.

**lmnelson86** · 06-01-2015, 03:53 PM

Thanks!

Does anyone have a tip on aligning the steering wheel? My wheel is perfectly 180 upside down, and I know the steering assembly is mounted correctly. I did have to undo the steering cable from the rear of the boat but I thought I marked it pretty good. I could have been off a little bit, causing the wheel to be upside down.