Both of my friends have Cobalts with a flip down swim deck, so I figured it would be less expensive to add one than to trade for an R7. (Maybe someday). Here is the abbreviated process I went through to add the deck- 1) Ordered a swim deck for a later model 262 ($4000.00)(part #620253S) 2) Did a rough fit of the deck 3) Trimmed the deck to fit better 4) Rechecked the fit 5) Created a paper template for the strut 6) Created a wood template (same thickness as final) 7) Had a set of aluminum struts made ($300) 8) Added a light while the struts were being made ($10) 9) Drilled holes and bolted on the struts (Massive sweat- first hole is the toughest) 10) Bolted on the swim deck
Walt, Awesome write-up! Newbie to the forum specifically for this post so I apologize for reviving such an old thread. I have an 01 262 and have been searching for this same exact solution. Now that I know what part will work and trimming looks fairly minimal I am going to start the search for that part number from my local OK dealers. Since you had a machine shop make those "struts" did they happen to put it into a digital file? If so I would be interested in who you used to possibly reach out to them to see if they could make and ship another set. Please don't go to any work on my account as I need to source the platform first. Thanks again for the post and if I can find one I will be reaching out to you for pointers if that is okay. Again, Looks phenomenal. Awesome job. Thanks JL
