sunedog
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The rocker switch covers on my 2011 2275 GCW were well worn and mostly illegible. And I added LED lights under the edge of the skirt to one unused switch and flashing color-changing LED's to the underside of the seat edges on another unused switch. I clearly needed new rocker switch covers!
I did some searching on here and learned Bennington uses Carling Contura style rocker switches. After some Googling, I found a great source for my new covers: New Wire Marine out of Charleston, SC. The stock etched style covers are $7.99 each, the custom ones are $10.00 and the tool to pop covers off is $4. (It was $8 or $9 on Amazon.) The de-installation / installation process is dead simple and it didn't take 5 minutes to make the swap. I ordered the covers on Thursday and received them Monday. Total cost including postage was $61.95. I'm a happy boater.
Before:
After. I chose the circle graphic for my interior color changing "Dance Floor" LED lights because it reminds me of a mirror ball:
The top of the left switch is for the blue LED's below the skirt. The bottom of that switch ius unused, so I had a little fun with their novelty graphics. And I like the appearance of the right switch much better than stock. It originally just said "ACCESSORY."
The $4 tool you use to remove the original cover:
This is the part of the switch you are trying to contact to pop the cover off:
I did some searching on here and learned Bennington uses Carling Contura style rocker switches. After some Googling, I found a great source for my new covers: New Wire Marine out of Charleston, SC. The stock etched style covers are $7.99 each, the custom ones are $10.00 and the tool to pop covers off is $4. (It was $8 or $9 on Amazon.) The de-installation / installation process is dead simple and it didn't take 5 minutes to make the swap. I ordered the covers on Thursday and received them Monday. Total cost including postage was $61.95. I'm a happy boater.
Before:
After. I chose the circle graphic for my interior color changing "Dance Floor" LED lights because it reminds me of a mirror ball:
The top of the left switch is for the blue LED's below the skirt. The bottom of that switch ius unused, so I had a little fun with their novelty graphics. And I like the appearance of the right switch much better than stock. It originally just said "ACCESSORY."
The $4 tool you use to remove the original cover:
This is the part of the switch you are trying to contact to pop the cover off:
