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It’s a special plasticized coating process that’s supposed to be more durable than powder coat - both a cosmetic and a protectant. It’s the same coating as offshore oil rigs...

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For any owners specifically with Toontint - have you had your boat detailed yet this year, or cleaned off hard water spots from the toons?

Robert - I would love to have those on our boat! We planned to go with the Sideshift PT360 system, but there wasn't enough room to mount with the Sea Legs. If we were on the ocean instead of lakes with sand bars, I would have gone with the Sideshift instead of Sea Legs

We have a 10 year old Nissan Armada with an 8,500 towing capacity, and I routinely pull our 28QXFBWA with a Verado 425. If tank is full, weight of boat + trailer is 8,100 lbs (the Sea Legs are 800 lbs of that) but the Armada handles it just fine. Only three thins I'd add are (1) I don't...

Yes! Today the dealer replaced the SmartCraft Connect module so it is now is capable of sending info to the engine (instead of only reading data), and I can now see and activate "Sport Mode" under the Mercury app in the Simrad. Mystery solved (I think) - the part that Bennington installed on...

Yep - the older version has that

Yes I sent an email explaining that without them adding this part, I was permanently locked out of sport mode on my new engine, so they agreed to have the dealer order the part and install it

Okay figured it out and it's related to the newest Simrad NSX unit/software. There is no longer a "Vessel Control" in the newer streamlined version. Did some deep AI research to find out that with the new set-up, my Simrad is reading the engine data but can't send commands back to the engine...

Yes all the screen shots above are from those menus

Clicked every button – nothing!

Yes I think the issue is I don't have "Vessel Control" loaded in the Simrad. Tried to download the Mercury VesselView app and connect it to the Simrad but couldn't get it to work either. I'll see again on the boat this afternoon...

Anyone had luck finding where you can toggle to Sport Mode on the Verado in your Simrad? I've tried everything I've seen online and every drill-down on the menus but cannot locate it...

Thanks for the recco, Jack! I didn't even know that was a thing for stainless steel. I did that and am pretty happy w/how they turned out. Posted the pics in a different thread in case other QX/RX owners with this type of rail are looking for solutions other than Bennington's plastic...

Hey guys - I didn't want to go with the Bennington option given reports of them breaking easy, so I went with these instead. Several folks talked about the "EXfender" - which I liked as well, but I went with these which are (a) a little lower profile without the ring in, and (b) I wanted...