Mudbone, Hey, sorry I did not get back to you right away. I trailered my “new” 06 PIV from Dallas to San Antone Tuesday. Got her in the garage and been busy detailing, registration fun, and loading her up for next weeks fishing trip. Basicly playing with everything to figure the new gal out. A man, she is sweet !!! The opti cover… Took 4 days to show up in regular mail. Opened it up and it had seamtress chalk line marks and #s all over it that were very tough to scrub off. I guess I need to try cleaning them again, with something else, as they have showed back up. Did not want to get the MEK out just yet ! The opti cover does not look like the picture you see when it is ordered. It is shorter and ends at the bottom of the engine cowling. Has normal strap that connects at center lower back of cowling. Nothing goes down. When I first left on my 4 + hour trip all was snug and tight. After about 1/3 into the trip, I noticed cover appeared to raise an inch or so. I stopped and tightened it up again. It was never going to come off though. Diffently waterproof and will handle many of sticks/brush encounters. (bottom of cowling and up) Grades 1 to 10, 10 being good. Fit – 8.5 Tight and snug on the sides, seems to be a bit loose on the top, but that may be the normal? I am not sure. Inside – 9.0 Nice and soft material. If cowl and inside cover are clean, no worry about scratches when installed. Appearance- 9.0 “Mercury” white letters on both sides. Small white “M” logo on front and back. Price – 2.0 The PIV I just bought also came with a Basscat logo motor cover. Strap connection is cracked, but I will fix that and compare.Last edited by basscatsmeow on April 4th, 2008, 10:00 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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