Blue Rub Rail!!!

Neighbor Friend needs to replace on his 98' SN.

Do you guy's know which rubrail is correct, per posts above it is either
F92021 Uniflex Rubrail with F725 Rub Rail Insert 1-1/2" x 1-3/8"
or should it be
F92033 Uniflex Rubrail with F779 Rub Rail Insert 1-11/16" x 1-7/16"

Additionally depending on which one are there any color insert option out there??

Use this to check Funny Car rear tires. They usually come in between 43 and 47

8122pbrainard wrote: Blamey wrote: Sucks they don't have the colour inserts anymore, even though I prefer the look of the black insert I like to keep things looking original. . Isn't the insert plastic tubing? Blue tubing is available. McMaster has it. The challenge would be determining the durometer.

Yes it is, I have black MacMaster tubing as the insert in my rub rail. It works fine but is a little soft. They didn't have teal to match my original insert.

I got the rub rail in the mail today. It is the identical dimensions as the original. It even has predrilled holes. The rubber feels very high quality.

I also thought it was made by Taco but noticed none of the taco rub rails had the same shape. The sites that did sell the replacement rub rail referred to it as 'Dual Durometer' so I googled 'Dual Durometer Rub Rail' and found Integrity Marine and they had the matching rail with inserts.

Sucks they don't have the colour inserts anymore, even though I prefer the look of the black insert I like to keep things looking original.

Thanks for calling and confirming. I was gonna post to suggest that just to be 100% sure it was correct.

That's great. Happy my investigation last week was fruitful.

I may just order one too. 250 is a great price. My rail isn't as bad as yours but a new one will really freshen up the boat.

I was doing some digging and seeing if I could find some cheaper options for rub rails for my boat.

I managed to find these two products from Barbour Plastics.

F92021 Uniflex Rubrail.
F725 Rub Rail Insert

As far as I can tell these are the correct replacement Rub Rails and inserts for the 1987 to 2005 boats.

The F725 is the rub rail insert and is sold at http://www.integritymarinecorp.com/. Here is a link
Insert
Rub Rail



The insert comes in various colors including
Black, Dark Blue, Laser Blue, Charcoal Grey and Platinum.

Unfortunately the website doesn't give examples on the colors but the prices are low enough that somebody looking for a color insert may be willing to take a chance to see if they match the original colors..

Overall the cost is around half for the rail and insert what I have found elsewhere.

Hollywood wrote: Gary S wrote: I went to do it this summer. I did not like the fit, just way too loose. I was softer and gummier than original and it went down. There's always next summer Gary.

These things happen as men age.

I do not have any pictures. The boat I installed the new insert tubing on almost 2 years ago is holding up well!

I ordered the red and went to do it this summer. Got about 5 feet into it and did not like the fit, just way too loose. Combine that with it being softer and gummier than the original I felt like if I parked next to a pier post the insert could roll out with the up and down wave action. I ended up putting the replacement black one back in.

Wow, look what I started... We need some pictures from the folks who have used this idea on their boats. Mine is still a little work away from seeing daylight, although a rogue 70 degree and sunny day in April here in the Seattle area has me ITCHING to get the carpet down and get this boat in the water!

Gary S wrote: Scary thing is I knew exactly what he ment,must be a Midwest thing . Not to hijack Kevin,but do you have the original rear view mirror off of either boat? If so could you measure it for me and post a picture of it? Thanks

Gary, Do you need a dash mount bracket? Or a different one?

I ordered the black pvc tubing from McMaster today. I will post before and after pics soon.

harddock wrote: If you like the color insert try to find rope in the desired color. The fade factor may be much less. I originally did this with black on my 98 but it looked like a fatter rub rail. I went to the traditional three braid white and like the look. It was one of the things I had missed when I moved up from an 87 to a 98. It looks like it was factory installed and retains the classic Correct Craft feel.

Kevin (harddock) - could you post some pictures of what this looks like on your boat? If my McMaster-Carr solution does not last long for some reason I would be curious to try your solution. If we had an idea of what it looks like on a newer boat that would be helpful. I'm glad you found a good solution.

Looks good