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    Can this stainless steel drive shower be painted black?

    I just received this drive shower tonight,http://www.driveshowers.com/ I looks like great quality welds and bends. This drive shower is made of stainless steel and has the stainless color. I would like to paint this black to match my alpha drive. How should i go about painting this?
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    Wanting to purchase a new cover for towing, which one?

    Hey guys, I am in the process of looking to purchase a cover for my boat. I will be using it probably 2 times a year and only for trailering (boat sits in a garage when not in use not outside). We are heading up 200 or so miles on vacation for a few days so i would like something that would...
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    Difference in prop brands?

    05 Rinker 212 5.0 MPI alpha I tried a 23p Stilletto prop, I was able to achieve 52 mph at 3900 rpms... I know it was way over propped. next i tried a 21p solas prop, i was able to achieve 56 mph at 4400 rpms, felt more snappy too. I noticed with the solas prop felt like the boat didnt ride as...
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    Looking for a new radio, Do they still make one with a CD changer?

    Hey guys, I have a Sony Radio with a 6 disc cd changer that works perfect. I want to be able to stream or have wired music from my ANDROID phone, this radio does not have the aux inputs. Is there a radio out there that will work with my sony CD changer? If not I would like a radio that i can...
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    Mercruiser Alpha 1 Gen 2- Is it supposed to do this? (pics)

    I just replaced the impeller. You can see the small holes on the top part of the lower gear box, the water coming out, this is happening on both sides.. everything seems to be running and cooling ok...
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    Which hydrofoil for Mercruiser Alpha 05 Rinker 212

    Hey guys, I have a 05 Rinker 212 with the 5.0 MPI Alpha 1 drive, I have been using a Stingray Hydrofoil Stealth 2 all last season. The hydrofoil seemed to work alright but doing my spring tune ups i noticed a chunk of plastic missing from it that mounts under the cavitation plate. I am going to...
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    Has anyone tried Magnum Tuning, performance chip for boats?

    I have been doing some research on this for a while now, http://www.magnumtuning.com/en/detail/dyno-boost-boat-performance-chip/mercruiser/5-0-mpi/inboard---io Has anyone tried using one of these? what have you seen for results?
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    Best Boat Chase Movie?

    Id have to say that Bullet was the best classic car chase movie, but what about a Boat chase movie scene? any good ones out there?
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    Clarion Speaker Grill removal?

    On my clarion speakers i believe the mounting screws are mounted behind the grills, how can i take the grills off without damaging them?
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    Gear lube resivoir-potential prob?

    We went out for about 9 hours yesterday, a lot of High speed running 40+mph on the way back 3/4 of tank of fuel later we ran a long stretch of WOT for probably 5 minutes or so.. I could smell what seemed to be gear oil... well after we loaded up that evening i checked the resivoir and it was...
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    how to tell what gear ratio in alpha 1

    We got our boat the prev owner lost all manuals and stuff. how can i tell what gear ratio i have?
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    270 hp 5.0?

    my 1998 5.0 is only rated at 220 hp, what are the differences that make this newer 5.0 have more power? and could it be possible to do this to my engine?
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    Water spots. Remover?

    We recently bought this boat about a month ago and it was really waterspotted. so i used some neratic acid to get all the spots off, it worked perfect and looked great. I put a coat of wax on the boat. weve used it about 8 times or so since that and wiped it down really good after we get it...
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    stock prop on a 98 rinker 192 captiva mercruiser 5.0

    does anyone know what prop comes from the factory on my boat or where i can find the info? we bought the boat used, and it has a 17 pitch stainless 3 blade, i think its about a 14.5-15 inch. wicked out of the hole just no top end. I am looking for a stainless 3 blade close to what the...
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    Bimini top-side window pole holders

    We have a 98 rinker 192 captiva, I have looked on lots and lots of marine websites and can not find these certain bimini pole holders, theyre stainless steel too. they are a side mount. anyone know were i can find these?
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    5.0 Dieseling after 30 min run

    We had out boat our yesterday just north of Bass Camp on the MIssissippi, we were running at around 4000 rpms and we came to a stop at the dam and i let it idle for a minute and then shut the key off, it caughed and sputtered for about 20 seconds then finally shut down, it restarted just fine...
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