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 Post subject: My 2011 H240
PostPosted: Mon Jul 20, 2015 10:20 am 
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I bought her in May with 69 hours on it, Volvo 5.7 GI. The first impression wasnt all that great when i test drove it. The red was oxidized real bad, trailer was in need of paint and the wheels and tires were just not that appealing. I could see the potential in what was there, and my wife asked me if i thought i could get it look the way we wanted, and i really thought i could so we bought it 2 days later.
I bought a buffer with pads, oxidation remover, polish and wax and went to town. after a couple days i had it looking a ton better, but my shoulders weren't doing so well. haha I pulled off the pin stripe with a hair dryer and a plastic card, it would smear with the heat from the spinning buffer, and replaced it with a new stickers after i was finished buffing.
The interior was almost flawless, seeing as how it had the snap on covers on it. So a little magic eraser love and the interior was looking new.
I painted the trailer with a couple cans of spray paint and it made a huge difference. Me, being pretty anal about my things, wanted the ENTIRE package to look good, so i had to get news wheels along with the new tires.
To top it all off i had the windows tinted a couple weeks ago to really give it that over the top stance.

All in all, we are THRILLED with our purchase.
thanks for looking

day 1 looking at it
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Oxidized
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Polished up minus the pin strip
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Pin stripe and trailer done
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Windows tinted
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LEDs in cup holder compartments
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Underwater LEDs
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 Post subject: Re: My 2011 H240
PostPosted: Mon Jul 20, 2015 11:30 am 
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Congrats, but Can't see pics say's bandwidth exceeded


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 Post subject: Re: My 2011 H240
PostPosted: Mon Jul 20, 2015 11:47 am 
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well crap


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 Post subject: Re: My 2011 H240
PostPosted: Wed Jul 22, 2015 7:14 am 
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Looks great. Congrats on your purchase and hard work.

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 Post subject: Re: My 2011 H240
PostPosted: Wed Jul 22, 2015 9:21 am 
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Aside from black, I have always found red a difficult color to maintain on a boat. Your work is making this boat look very good. Congrats!

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 Post subject: Re: My 2011 H240
PostPosted: Wed Jul 22, 2015 9:27 am 
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Well done, looks really clean! Amazing what some compound and wax will do

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 Post subject: Re: My 2011 H240
PostPosted: Wed Jul 22, 2015 9:59 am 
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Nice job, looks great! I like the LED additions. I plan on doing that someday.

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 Post subject: Re: My 2011 H240
PostPosted: Wed Jul 22, 2015 11:59 am 
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Thank you very much! its nice to sit back and look at what my hardwork has accomplished. Next is to upgrade all 6 speakers and add a 10" sub with amps.


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 Post subject: Re: My 2011 H240
PostPosted: Wed Jul 22, 2015 7:37 pm 
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Nice work. Now go enjoy the fruits of your labor.

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