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[senator-holland]

If you look at the trailer fender; its a UK trailer now with a official UK mark.

 

[Problem Child]

Looking good Helmich ! Congrats and enjoy it.

 

[ckaluger]

Hope it all goes well, and thanks for sharing the adventure.

Chuck

 

[nathan]

congrats glad it made it in one piece!!

 

[SCT]

Congrats Helmich! I want a ride next time I'm in Amsterdam.
Cheers-

 

[merc245]

Have to say, Your a very patient man, with all hoops to jump thru, the fees and taxes,I would bailed out long time ago! Kudo's to you and Enjoy!

This spring when I bought mine, I said, "Buying it was the easy part, It was the one time $1300 visit to the the Secretary of State that was the hard part!

 

[senator-holland]

Congrats Helmich! I want a ride next time I'm in Amsterdam.
Cheers-

You can count on that

 

[dream4ta]

Congrats Helmich!!! Glad to see it made it in one piece!! Cant wait to see it in the water with some of those great backdrops you have over there!!

 

[knarloid]

Congrats Helmich - Enjoy the first run next weekend (and every run after that!!).

 

[Gimme Fuel]

Congrats! Glad she made a safe journey!

 

[Kurtster]

Cant wait to see it in the water with some of those great backdrops you have over there!!

I second that......

 

[senator-holland]

Unwrapped it; install of a fridge for the beer.
Now going to wash it and do some clean up work.
Lost of salt dust. On the trailer and a little on the boat it self.

 

[senator-holland]

Thinking about tinting the glass of the windshield. How do you do that? Wrapping or painting?

 

[Problem Child]

I had a quality tint shop tint the 235 . They offered a lifetime guarantee if they put black vinyl on the outside of the radius pieces. They are Lexan plastic. And won't hold tint well. Nobody ever noticed a difference in material from the other glass sections. Some people paint them sections but can scratch easily .Still looks great after 5 seasons.

 

[RNGRDVE]

Glass can be tinted, lexan/Plexi glass can't due to outgassing. As Fletch sad vinyl or spray is the best route for that

 

[Kurtster]

Glass can be tinted, lexan/Plexi glass can't due to outgassing. As Fletch sad vinyl or spray is the best route for that

If you can get a shop to warranty/guarantee the work then vinyl is probably the best way to go.
If money is no object, then you could have a marine windshield company make replacements using tint infused lexan.
You could have a windshield company make purple tint windshield pieces and have the frame purple powder coated.

Just trying to spend someone else's money

 

[RNGRDVE]

The curved sections may actually be glass. Some are and some aren't. Easy way to test is get a big hammer and hit it, if it cracks it's lexan and if it shatters it's glass. Although that would result in the large expense of a replacement...

 

[corey331]

The curved sections may actually be glass. Some are and some aren't. Easy way to test is get a big hammer and hit it, if it cracks it's lexan and if it shatters it's glass. Although that would result in the large expense of a replacement...

Then refer back to Kurtster's post #156

 

[senator-holland]

I second that......

I heard that the track we are going to do sunday is stunning on that. Only thing is to have the right boat in front of you with one of the picture guys on it.
There are a lot of pictures taken on those events. Sometimes too much lol

 

[senator-holland]

Congrats Helmich!!! Glad to see it made it in one piece!! Cant wait to see it in the water with some of those great backdrops you have over there!!

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