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I can't use the oem mats now. I drilled out the holes to large on the fiberglass removing the old rivets. I could always just drill the mat out a little for larger rivets but then I would have a hard time finding plugs to fit. I did however find this vinyl at the site you referred me too. I think this is as close as I will get. It is not the 4 way stretch though.

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Jetskigoodies said:
I can't use the oem mats now. I drilled out the holes to large on the fiberglass removing the old rivets. I could always just drill the mat out a little for larger rivets but then I would have a hard time finding plugs to fit. I did however find this vinyl at the site you referred me too. I think this is as close as I will get. It is not the 4 way stretch though.
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Close in color but the grain is way off---I'm a bitch with that. Order samples of the silver metallic. You'll have to ask specific for it and tell them your trying to match a color exactly. I didn't ask for a specific color and I got two blue's, a black, and a non slip black. The grain is very close as you can see in this pic, it feels just like the OEM stuff. Sorry for the flash.


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I know the silver metallic looks way too silver, but you can't judge the color over the internet. I still think it might be too light, but some of the samples I got were definitely different shades from the pics online. Just as an example that blue is the Royal Blue and if you compare it to the line card they have posted it doesn't look the same.

As far as the rivets go, that's a bummer. You can (if you could actually reach the holes) put flat washers on the underside(inside) and put the rivet through that and draw the rivet in. Ski-Doo did that on my Blizzard snow flaps to strengthen the rubber and they were super tight.
 
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I was looking at the grand cayman vinyl. Did you have any samples of that sent? the grain looks different
http://www.yourautotrim.com/grandcayman.html
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Nope, I did the two carbon fibers and the all sport. I wasn't thrilled with the grain on the other vinyls.


As you can see this is the picture from the auction on Ebay for the handle bar pad I just bought. It looks nothing like the color of the gray for the seat right?? But without the flash and right on the seat it is so much darker. That's why you can't really trust the picture. I knew there was two different color grays, but the other one has a much different grain and that was where I made the distinction that this one was the correct one. They actually look close to the same color in those pictures but they are totally different colors, and the grain on the second one is ugly to me(just my opinion), but if that was original I'd be fine with it.

Correct color and grain

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This one looks close but it actually is too light and the grain is totally wrong

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This is the actual color--very different from the first pic.

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Got some more goodies in for the spx. New sponson, one was purple and painted black. So we found a NOS one. Also got a new start stop button.

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Here is a little sneak peak of what will be going on tonight.

I put the decal on the deflector.
I had an old spx deflector and used that as a template. I placed the old deflector on the table and outlined it with masking tape. Then I placed the new decal over the old deflector to line up the decal with the faded outline of the original decal. I then marked on the masking tape where the edges of the new decal was. I removed the old deflector and placed the new one in its spot. I then used my marked lines as a guide to place masking tape over the deflector. This gave me the exact angle to apply the new decal. I measured how far away the decal was away from the edges and marked those spots. I now had a guidline for the decal.

I placed the new decal on the deflector and placed masking tape through the middle vertically. I pulled back one side of the decal and applied soapy water and then peeled the back mask off of the decal on that half and cut as much of the back mask off. I started from the middle and worked out using a squegee. When that was in place, I removed the masking tape over the middle and then peeled the rest of the back mask off. I then placed the rest of the decal on with the squegee. After that I pulled the top mask off very carefully. I had a few air bubbles but since i applied soapy water under the decal I was able to push the air bubble out.


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Honestly it was a little depressing opening the oem packaging. Our stock pile of NOS is going to shrink quick with this build. We may only get one side done tonight. Since the decals are so old the mask on the top side was really hard to take off, so the bigger decals are going to be tough to apply.
 
I never knew what the big deal was with this model....I do now.

The depth those decals have is quite awesome!

-Chris
 
:puke: That looks sick, so sick I almost threw up! It's funny how much time you take to line the decals up and the people at the factory do it in a matter of minutes. Can't wait to see more pics. The engine for this better be over the top, I don't want to see chipped paint on the bolts, it would be a travesty. As always, top notch!
 
It is going to be silver along with all the exhaust. After all the money and time making it an all original rebuild I am not going to start going custom now. The deflector alone was not cheap. New old stock is hard to come by. I have been scowering every place I can finding oem parts for this. Alot of time has gone into just finding correct parts for this.

Right now the motor is going to get a new paint job. What we do not know is if we should completely rebuild this or just put it back togethor. The compression was in the high 140s. I think we are just going to freshen it uo with a gasket kit and some paint.
 
After all of your hard work and time that has gone into this model it is obvious that this and all 1999 SPX's are special to you. I vote that you do the same restore to OEM spec on the engine and keep this time capsule for yourself. I can't help but think you are going to kick yourself if you ever let this one go.
 
It is going up for sale. $3000 I know it sounds like alot but alot went into it, and it has a long way to go still. We may use it a couple times of course:biggrinjester::biggrinjester: When we are done with each one we get that we want to keep it talk going. We have an ultimate goal to acheive and each seadoo is a speedbump along the way.
 
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It is going up for sale. $3000 I know it sounds like alot but alot went into it, and it has a long way to go still. We may use it a couple times of course:biggrinjester::biggrinjester: When we are done with each one we get that we want to keep it talk going. We have an ultimate goal to acheive and each seadoo is a speedbump along the way.
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seems about right...3K for such a pretty thing...

I can tell you from my experience (a bakers dozen flips easily) that's its best to keep business business and personal personal...

I have a very strict policy about business/personal ski's, I decide early on, is it business or personal, and if its business, they get fixed, take a test ride/break in, and then they sit... and sit... and sit until they are sold.

If it breaks while your taking personal liberties, then your investing more time and money, and detracting from the ultimate goal, whatever that is for you...
 
Jetskigoodies said:
It is going to be silver along with all the exhaust. After all the money and time making it an all original rebuild I am not going to start going custom now. The deflector alone was not cheap. New old stock is hard to come by. I have been scowering every place I can finding oem parts for this. Alot of time has gone into just finding correct parts for this.

Right now the motor is going to get a new paint job. What we do not know is if we should completely rebuild this or just put it back togethor. The compression was in the high 140s. I think we are just going to freshen it uo with a gasket kit and some paint.
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Awes come on that is not really makin it custom... It's just a diff color... It would look awesome though but I understand the " keep it oem " style.. It's a great lookin ski and as far as 3G for the ski only someone who knows what they are lookin at is gonna pony up that kind of cash. Even though I know it's worth every penny;)
 
I just skeeted all over my new garage couch.

I kept scrolling up and down really fast...and...it just happened. LOLOL

$3500 minimum...esp if you go thru the motor. This is a full on professional restoration to NEW condition.
 
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