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Have had it out the last couple of days. The rear pedestals on the front deck lean slightly backwards but it’s comfortable. Included a pic of where they were reinforced with scrap aluminum back plate. Boat fishes really good. Just need to paint and get the rest of the wiring completed. Only...

Going to get it out this weekend or early next week. As a side, I had extra aluminum after putting the floors in so I used what was left for a back plate.

Yes, matched the slope of the front deck. Wasn’t a fancy method just put a level on the front deck and drew a line to the ribs and then used some judgment to account for the thickness of the aluminum. The vertical 1 inch tubing was fitted to purposely support the outer mounts. They are 33...

Added aluminum deck and test fitting of seat mounts. Setting boat up for crappie. Work in progress…

After sanding painted with topside primer then attached 1/16 angle using pop rivets. Left a small gap for aluminum deck.

Carpet glue was brutal. Will never put carpet down again. Heat gun and scraper for 4-5 hours then sanded down.

Prior owner was using lag bolts to attach to the deck. I used an endoscope to look behind the front deck. There is 3/4 inch plywood below the metal then a 1/4 inch gap then styrofoam. The model year of this boat is 2016. The issue with the lag bolts was that they would really only fasten to...

Plywood and steel.

Original casting deck when purchased

I have a 1648 with the lip on the front deck. I saw online where a DIYer was using pop rivets to attach angle directly to the lip. That’s what I’m going to try and use aluminum as the deck extension. In other words the angle will be attached just a little less than flush than the deck to...