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Looks awesome! How much did it run to send it out like that? I have a local dipper but he can laser etch like that.


It ran around $500 including them removing the wood, making a panel for the dash and return shipping.

I feel like this is a really good deal for the work involved. Definitely ...

Just a little update.

Got the dash back from Black Ice Coatings in Utah where I had the dash hydro dipped.

I can’t recommend them enough! They removed all the old wood, dipped the dash and laser etched in all of the labels. Huge improvement!! Definitely give them a call or email if you want this ...

Thanks for the tip.

Are you doing anything with the switches?


I will be removing them, it was just easier to do it outside the boat.

I am pretty happy with the switches themselves so I will be reinstalling them as they are when I'm done.

Currently I'm trying to find a place that can dip ...

I wouldn’t say this was hard work but it’s very stressful to remove everything without damaging the vinyl on the dash pieces.

You would think it should just unbolt, undo the wires and pull it off. Nope! You must unbolt the dash pieces to allow enough room for the gauge panel to come off!

Nope, but exactly my plan, except I'm going with burl-wood from grey.


Have you found a company to do the hydro dip?

I seem to remember a thread where someone on here did this but I can't seem to find it. I am curious how he did the glovebox as it looks like you would need to do the entire ...

UPDATE: I needed some 10 gauge marine wire for how I wanted to setup my stereo so I traced these back to under the carpet below the Perko switch.

They weren't connected on either end so I was able to remove them and utilize them in other areas.

The new stereo setup is awesome!! I am running the ...

I’m looking to redo the wood grain dash on my 206.

I would like to have them hydro dipped in carbon fiber look somewhere. If I do the work of removing everything I would rather go with something permanent and durable rather than vinyl wrap.

Has anyone else done this?

We had the boat on the water today as it was on the 80s!!

Had a great time!

I’m going to wire the stereo to the docking lights switch on the dash bc I dislike how it turns off when I turn the ignition on or off to move the boat.

I don’t have docking lights, wiper or Captains call. when I redo ...

Still working on the boat.

I was having some issues with noise at low volume that I was able to chase back to the NMEA 2000 power wire. I tried to get away with running it on the same wire as the head unit but guess I won’t be doing that.

Has anyone ran the wiring directly from the head unit to ...

Thanks everyone!! I am loving the boat. Progress is going pretty slow right now as we just got back from vacation.

I am hoping to have the audio done by this weekend. Looks like some decent weather is coming next week and I would like to get one good day on the water before I take the dash apart ...

Hello everyone,

I recently picked up a 2000 Cobalt 206 off FB marketplace. I wasn’t really looking for a new boat as I had a pontoon I was going to restore but I was really getting bored with it as it just wasn’t fast enough (26mph) to get me where I wanted to go on our lake. (Beaver Lake in ...

Thank you for your response. I did pull off the perko switch to see if the wire was connected to the switch itself and it wasn’t.

I should have investigated farther but I didn’t so it could be behind the carpet in that area.

I have been taking pictures of the progress and am planning to ...

Hello,

New 2000 Cobalt 206 owner here.

Currently I’m in the process of upgrading the factory stereo and cleaning up wiring.

I have these 10 gauge wires that lead to behind the glove box and go along the port side. The red goes somewhere behind the built in cooler and the black wire goes to the ...