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Me and the wife just purchased our boat and while everything runs great there are a few cosmetic items that I would like to fix. (railing, upholstery etc..) nothing is in dire straits but they are items I would love to restore.

Does anyone have any suggestions on where I might find replacement parts? I've searched but I lack the terminology to correctly find what I'm looking for.



Cheers,
David

Welcome!

A 1986 boat is going to be 95% off the shelf items with a lot of it being mostly discontinued and replaced with newer designs in the last 25 years. The upholstery any shop can fix all that, no big deal. The rub rail again is generic, just google search aluminum rub rail. It runs around $100 per 12ft section. If you need the upper railing on the bow? You can try to call a Four Winns dealer to see if they have any in their inventory collecting dust, but if yours is damaged that might have to be custom fabricated. To be quite honest, the boat would look better with it removed and the holes filled.

All the other little bits and pieces? Attwood should be good company to get most of it. Faria makes a good gauge set for under $200.

If you're going to be remodeling, the basic hull design is not much different then modern boats. Aside from the square windshield, a good interior guy and a little re-design can make that boat look 10 years newer. If you plan on throwing money at this boat I would consider your options, because you can easily pick up a late 90's Horizon RX/RS/180 in the 4-6k range with a much better and easier/cheaper to fix drive system. I just sold my mint condition/upgraded '00 H180 for $6500

http://www.fourwinns.com/past_product/catalogs//1986/Runabouts%20&%20Deck%20Boats/06%20170%20Horizon%20(p6).pdf

http://www.fourwinns.com/past_product/catalogs//1986/Runabouts%20&%20Deck%20Boats/07%20%20...%20Specs%20(p7).pdf

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2015 Yamaha FZR - 87mph - sold
2006 Yamaha GP1300R - sold
2003 Chaparral 215 SSI - sold
2009 Stingray 195CS - sold
2000 Four Winns H180 - sold
1976 O'day Daysailer II - sold
Rick's Four Winns H180 Mods/Upgrade Thread

Thanks!

Fortunately for us this boat has had a cushioned life and looks a lot better than a lot of the other boats that my wife and I were looking at. She runs like a champ but as with anything that has some age to it there are somethings that need to be fixed and there will be things that need to be fixed.

I've been an aircraft mechanic for over 13 yrs and have learned to adopt the "preventative maintenance" approach instead of the "reactive" approach.

I have two small children (4 and 7 yr old sons) so I will most likely keep the front rail installed as a deterrent for my boys if they should decided to act like boys in the boat.