Tower choice

My boat is a 92 SN closed bow. I am down to a New Dimension, factory look or a Titan 2. I am also undecided about the finish. I think either black or white powder coat or fully polished. Any thoughts? Grant...I need some heavy bling advice!!!

fully polished or black power coat. dont go w/ white

What's the draw-back to white?

I had a black tower, but eventually the birds powder coated it white.

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i just think it wouldnt look as good as black or polished. only a few boats can pull of a white tower and make it look good, that ive seen

So I can assume a New Dimesion Tower since nobody has weighed in on that specifically?

IMO white or that gray/off-white color on your boat would look best with your colors. i really like the way a Titan looks on older CC's, and they are a very proven design. check Titan pricing on wakeside. Monsters look good on older CC's too.

Titan all the way, by far. Easiest to fold, and the strongest design in the industry.

I like white towers, but only on all/mostly white boats

I say go for polished

Not that it matters I suppose, but I went with the black FCT tower. I opted for fully polished board racks and will likely add an all white tower bimini top. I figured the black matched the windshield frame and ultimately I valued it looking more factory even though they never put a tower on my year and model. Thanks for your suggestions.

Here is white on a SN. Stays cool to the touch in 100+ degree heat.

Looks awesome! Did you do the install yourself Darrel? How hard was it? I anticipate the worst part is actually bringing yourself to drill throgh the boat.

Its not too hard depends on your skills. Mine is an FCT i got on Ebay pretty cheap and had new smaller lower legs fabricated to fit my boat. Mock it all up on your boat first and make sure it pivots freely. I reinforced under the gunnels and up front w/ plywood. Had to cut away some floatation foam, and to make a solid fit i slathered on a load of bondo to the plywood and pressed it up tight. Chamfer the holes larger than your bolt diam. A 1/2 in. drill bit will work if you dont have a chamfer bit. Use drill in reverse. This should protect you from spider cracking. Drill and bolt the rear feet first, I used the tower as a template. Then press the front feet down, i again used them as a template for drilling, bolt tight. Its silent, no sway no problems. After buying the Ebay tower, fabricating new legs, powdercoating and misc nuts n bolts it was only slightly more than a monster tower. Good luck.

Samson towers look good on a SN.

Maybe they do, but that wasn't one of my choices. My tower is being built by New dimension, so the legs should fit without a lot of effort I hope! Three to Four weeks for delivery though, which should give me adequate time for the rest of the interior work. Gotta be ready for April 1, 2006...first ride of the year.

Nice choice on the ND FCT....imo, if you can handle the $$ its the only choice for a Nautique. I love the white FCT Darrel, I was actually going to suggest white or even that teal color(stripe color) for Eric's.

April 1 in OH....man, I thought I had balls to ride 4/1 here in NC. And I can ride near a steam station outlet where the water is heated.

It's a wetsuit situation for sure. Last year the ice had barely left the lake!!! I like the idea of NC. We were talking about making it down for the Easter ride at Hyco, but the weekend doesn't match up with the time my daughter is off school, so I guess that's a no go. I would like to make it down there some weekend though...I have a nephew in the Raliegh area.