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NCH20SKIER 
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 Posted: September-09-2020 at 8:09am |
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Perhaps speak with them and tell them as a result of this experience they should replace AND install the tower.
Pretty sure they are in TN which is likely 5-6 hours away from NC. Just a thought
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DockDoc
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Posted: September-09-2020 at 7:45am |
Thanks - yeah I’ve read some mixed reviews too but mostly from the late 2000s. The tower is overall beautiful and clearly well made. I’m bigtime dreading having to pack this thing back up and ship it. If I have to do that I may just ask for a refund. |
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1993 Sport Nautique
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DockDoc
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Posted: September-09-2020 at 7:43am |
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1993 Sport Nautique
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sport1999
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Posted: September-09-2020 at 7:27am |
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Feel your pain. That's a lot of money for it not to be perfect. I've heard mixed reviews on their customer service. Will be interested to see how this turns out for you.
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SNobsessed
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Posted: September-09-2020 at 7:15am |
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If you gave correct data to the manufacturer, I would send it back to have it cut , rewelded, re-powder costed. Don't preload it by bending, that would lead to cracks long term.
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Nautiquehunter
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Posted: September-09-2020 at 6:48am |
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I put a ND tower on my 89 Supra Sunsport it fit perfect right out of the package. Make sure you add support to the gunnels where it mounts the flimsy 1/8'' aluminum plates they give you suck.
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DockDoc
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Posted: September-08-2020 at 11:33pm |
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But I wanted one anyway. So after much searching around and coming up empty handed I finally pulled the trigger on a very expensive New Dimensions setup.
Received it this weekend, and tried to size it up on the boat this evening. Lo and behold, the front mounting pads are too damn wide. Some basic measurements of the tower feet width, assembled, suggest it's about 4" wider than it should be. If I move the whole thing farther back than recommended it does sorta fit (with a bit of pressure), but then the mounting location is inside the vent box and inaccessible for the backing plate so... that won't work. Also - packaging job was IMPRESSIVE (took me over a half hour to carefully unwrap) and yet there were still a few fairly significant gouges in the powder coat, suggesting that happened during handling on their end. I'll be calling them to get their take on this. Seem like a cautious ratchet strap could pull this into position while I mark the screw locations but that seems pretty dicey honestly. Spent a lot of money on this dang thing to have it be off like that...  |
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