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1998 Cobalt 200 Upgrades
Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2020 8:21 pm
by Revolver1978
Thanks to everyone on this site - I've found a lot of great ideas and - of course - ways to part with some more $$!
Done so far:
Added Depth Sounder
Replaced Steering Wheel
Replaces utility bulbs with LED's
To do:
New snap-in carpet (mine are way shot and have shrunken a good bit)
Fill & Buff some holes from a old piece of equipment (maybe it was a trolling motor?)
Add LED gunwale lighting
New Stainless Cupholders
Upgrade to a Seastar Controller
I ordered the led's and templated the carpets. For the carpets, I went with Corinthian Marine Teak II "Coconut" woven vinyl. I will add before and after photos one they are finished.
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Re: 1998 Cobalt 200 Upgrades
Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2020 8:35 pm
by Big Block Power
Glad we are helping out!!
Re: 1998 Cobalt 200 Upgrades
Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2020 8:38 pm
by Revolver1978
New carpets came in - just finished installing the snaps. Have to do the grommets, but at least they are down!
Re: 1998 Cobalt 200 Upgrades
Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2020 9:20 pm
by Big Block Power
That looks awesome. I even like the headliner
Re: 1998 Cobalt 200 Upgrades
Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2020 8:01 am
by Revolver1978
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Replaced all my gauge lights last night. They were so dim or half of them burnt out that I did not know they were lit!
Typ with eBay buys, what you get isn’t what you expected. These were supposed to be warm white led’s. . . Oh well!
Re: 1998 Cobalt 200 Upgrades
Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2020 8:22 am
by AsLan7
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That carpet sure has a sea grass look. Let us know how the heat is on the feet. Looks great.
Re: 1998 Cobalt 200 Upgrades
Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2020 12:29 pm
by jhnmdahl
I like the traditional look of the "planks" on the seagrass carpet. A nice find - should help others who are trying to keep that traditional style going.
Re: 1998 Cobalt 200 Upgrades
Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2020 1:02 pm
by akorcovelos
Looks great!
Re: 1998 Cobalt 200 Upgrades
Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2020 7:38 pm
by Big Block Power
Looking great
Re: 1998 Cobalt 200 Upgrades
Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2020 9:54 pm
by Revolver1978
Thanks for the kudos! This color/pattern doesn’t seem to get hit at all, and we’ve had a few weeks in the 90’s.
If anyone is the the Pittsburgh area, the carpets were cut and welted by Shawn Yount at Marine Carpets and More in Butler, PA.
Re: 1998 Cobalt 200 Upgrades
Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2020 8:18 pm
by Revolver1978
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Swapped the less for warm white and added led strips on the sides.
Next I’m trying my hand at filling some holes from a trolling motor installation. We’ll see how that goes.
Re: 1998 Cobalt 200 Upgrades
Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2020 8:20 pm
by Revolver1978
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Re: 1998 Cobalt 200 Upgrades
Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2020 9:35 pm
by BigGib
Looking good! Nice upgrades!
Re: 1998 Cobalt 200 Upgrades
Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2020 9:00 pm
by Mbrockman5
Nice Job, @Revolver1978. I really like the LED upgrades. I just bought a 1997 Cobalt 200 (our first boat), and the LED's are definitely on my to-do list.
What size bulbs did you use for the footwell lights and the instrument panel/gauges?
I already have a roll of LED strip lights that I'm going to use for the gunwales. Which I'm thinking I could just tap into each of the existing footwell lights.
-Mike.
