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I bought this here: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Marine-Carpet-Trim-by-Trim-Lok-for-Bass-Boats-Marine-Carpet-/272062904501?hash=item3f583678b5:g:33wAAOSwcBhWXeye&vxp=mtr It has a 3M backing. Its surprisingly strong. My plan was to use a couple of screws + some contact cement, but this is stuck so...

The boat is about done at this point. I'm supposed to get the cowling back from paint today or tomorrow. I took the old decals off to put on some new ones and it ripped off the 20 year old paint... and cost me an extra $300 #-o Will post a few more photos once its all together 8)

Bass boat carpet trim here to finish up this piece. I couldn't take the old carpet out here without really taking the boat apart. It made sense time-wise to just cover the old section up and finish off how I did. Talk about cutting it close on carpet material. I orders 25 ft of carpet for...

I didnt have much trouble getting the old stuff off... my misery came in laying the new one down. I used a heat gun on the old tracker decals and got it off in almost 1 piece. There is an art to the heat gun though. Too much and it melts :)

The boat is called "Can of Whoop Bass" it is sort of a double pun :LOL2: If nobody else thought it was funny, at least I did :lol: The back deck has some large holes where the foam goes. The old carpet was so thick that it didn't show through. I filled the holes with foam and did an...

The boat is ready for carpet now. This is the second boat I've done carpet it. Using a new blade every few cuts goes a long ways here. The blades dull quickly and wont make a smooth cut through the rubber carpet backing. I went with 20oz carpet in gunmetal color. Its a blue/gray looking...

Before putting in fresh carpet, I wanted to do my painting. Makes sense not to even mess with painting around new carpet. I still did a lot of taping and prep here for the bedliner spray around the top of the boat. I did a bit of sanding and used self etching primer to get the bedliner spray...

The real work started after all these little upgrades. The boat had 2 layers of carpet. Removing the first layer was pretty easy. It was held in by 1000 staples and rusty screws. I was able to get it out without any trouble. A lot of scraping, sanding, cussing, and stripper, and the carpet is...

I used the boat quite a bit while working on it. At one point I broke the trolling motor head off, was a quick end to my day. A little JB Weld and its still holding up. Likely will have to end up putting a new head casing on it.

Next up was to remove the decals on the side and apply a camo vinyl wrap. That proved to be a lot more challenging than I had expected. The first few feet had me ready to just pay a professional to get it done. Even on a flat surface its not entirely easy to get it down without any bubbles in...

Next up was the trolling motor. Needed more power for navigating in some current and who doesnt need more power? Put a 74lb 24v on there. Had to add a battery, but worth the extra weight. Also laid down some hydro turf and new LED light bars on the front step area to finish that up nicely...

Next upgrade was to the outboard motor. The boat ran about 22-23mp with the 30HP motor. Not quite enough speed and the 30HP did not have power trim which is something I want for running shallow water. Buddy of mine had a 60HP merc with less than 20 hours on a fresh rebuild. Picked that up and...

First thing to do was replace the tires with some that have tread on them. As it turned out the rims on both sides were different, and different size. I ended up just putting new wheels, tires, and hubs on it. about $500 with labor, not too bad to make sure it travels around safely. Was a...

Saw a lot of ideas on here, so I thought I'd share the project I've been working on since October 2015. Picked up a 93 Tracker Pro 17. Everything on the boat works, so it was a good base. It came with a 30HP Evinrude outboard and a 40lb thrust trolling motor. Both will be upgraded, but they...