Malibu with RGB LED windshield trim
 

With all the talk about LED rub rails I have been getting this season I wanted to share something we did a little differently. We did a lot of upgrades to this Malibu including 6 Wet Sounds REV10s on the tower, building larger enclosures for the 8" front bow speakers, modifying the dash to fit 8" speakers, completely rebuilding the rear side panels to upgrade to the 8" speaker as well as angled it back and lowered the cup holder mounts for taller drinks, acrylic face subwoofer enclosures under the drivers and passenger dash, underwater transom lights and all of the LEDs and acrylic rings to the speakers and cup holders all tied into the Wet Sounds 4-zone shadowcaster controller. But one that we had a lot of fun with was the windshield trim. I was very happy with how it came out so check out the pics and for a video of it check it out here https://youtu.be/845UMGd1d1g

That's cool what did you use for the windshield trim? Looks like a clear rubber or some sort of frosted plastic of fiber optic?

That's wicked cool! Been wanting to do some lighting myself but hard to justify since I haven't been on the water after dark once...

WOW! Wonderful work...

Yea, what he said!

Been doing that for years, too bad the Lake Powell rangers don't share our enthusiasm...lol

Anyone care to share the details about the lit up window frame.

Might be cool to do the widow trim so you can have it red on one side and green on the other like the bow nav light . Then Johnny law might let it slide . Be cool if it was on a controller and you could change any color then to legal colors while underway . The cops arent playing when it comes to lighting I watched them bust over 20 boats for having forward facing lights (light bar) on while under way last year on the delta .

Thanks for all the positive feedback guys. This was definitely a fun and challenging project but the final outcome is always worth doing it.

Slap: what are u guys using to do this mod?

My MC has a small channel in the frames that fits the light strips perfectly. In the daylight you can barely even see the strip. I drilled a small hole in the fiberglass under the rearmost part of the windshield and ran the wires through then tied into existing led circuit.

https://www.superbrightleds.com/more...led-5050/1622/

Slap,
I didn't do the middle windshield section for fear of those wires moving a bunch and possibly getting snagged on something or someone. How did you go about doing it? Looks awesome!

Grant: We use a weather resistant polycarbonate material that we cut, bend and shape in house as well as frost both front and back pieces so you do not see the LED strip at all.

Ryan: On this Malibu there is a very small area where the wire can tuck into and not get pinched or pulled on by people so we used a black braided loom, heat shrunk both ends and made the wire exact so when the windshield opens it comes out with it and when it closes, it slides right back into place. I do not have any pics of it at all but I'll try to have the customer send me some during the day so you guys can see it more clearly.

Fudge... I want to do this to my boat!