We think these boat cleats on our Bayliner Bowrider 175 are going to hold up! They didn’t break when I pulled against them with 230lb, and they worked great at the dock during boat testing. The black nylon isn’t going to rust like the old cleats on this Bayliner Bowrider, and they only cost $18. …
Install Of Boat Cleats EP #53 || Bayliner Bowrider 175 Read More »
If you follow this boat restore project, the lake testing is probably what you have been waiting on. Does the old Bayliner Bowrider 175 cruise off into the sunset, or does it blow up and sink. In this video we get the boat Mercruiser 3.0 liter timed and ready to hit the water, testing her …
Boat Timing And Lake Testing EP #52 || Bayliner Bowrider 175 Read More »
This was exciting, huge fireball out of the carburetor, took all the hair off my hand. In this video, we show how we set up our newly rebuilt 3.0 Mercruiser in our Bayliner Bowrider Boat for initial startup. If you want to know how we installed the distributor at top dead center and primped the …
Starting Boat Engine First Time EP #45 || Bayliner Bowrider 175 Read More »
To go with our grey boat theme we opted to paint our custom speaker plates. I did like the wood grain but it just didn’t work with anything else in the boat. We used paint to seal the wood then added Kiwi Grip to add texture. All the materials used for this project were scrapes …
Custom Boat Speaker Plates Painted EP #42 || Bayliner Bowrider 175 Read More »
Got our boat windows on and they look good, also as the boat driver I don’t want to get wet. LOL The weatherstrip we found on Amazon worked really and we have already used it for other projects beyond this like the speaker pods and Jeep projects. I loved working this project with my wife, …
Installed Our Window On The Boat EP #41 || Bayliner Bowrider 175 Read More »
After cleaning the boat seats for the gazillionth time, we tried NeverWet from Rust-Oleum on it. Hindsight we should have got the silver NeverWet from Rust-Oleum, we may try it later. We have also left a link below for where we got ours, ordering with our link helps us grow at no added cost to …
Rust-Oleum NeverWet, Will It Work? EP #39 || Bayliner Bowrider 175 Read More »
We painted on the Interior Rubber Strip in our boat with KiwiGrip and it worked better than we expected. This was used to replace the rubber strip, we think it works great, won’t mold, and be very easy to clean. New rubber trim to go around the boat was going to cost over $100, and …
KiwiGrip Painted For Interior Boat Trim EP #38 || Bayliner Bowrider 175 Read More »
We have been having fun being busy making our 2004 Bayliner Bowrider seaworthy. We have a floor with ski locker cut in, the trailer fits in the garage, and tunes from our kicken marine stereo. Now we are going to sit back and relax as we take in what we have done to our boat, …
Boat Floor In And Radio On, Beer time! EP #22 || Bayliner Bowrider 175 Read More »
The engines out, the Stern Drive off, and the engine is ready to be shipped to the machine shop Xcessive Engines for a rebuild. It should only take about 2 weeks to get the engine back, and if Xcessive Engines has engines in stock they ship out right away. I guess it being summer their …
Stern Drive Off, Engine Out, Rebuild EP #13 || Bayliner Bowrider 175 Read More »
We go over why the new head didn’t work on our engine, now going to do a full rebuild on our boat engine. Keep on digging and find more things that need to be replaced or repaired on this 2004 Bayliner Bowrider 175. For this boat we would really love not to spend over $5,000, …
Boat At Shop, Our Plans After EP #14 || Bayliner Bowrider 175 Read More »
