Shoreland’r Painted Trailer Color

[Madman]

I bought a set of guide posts for a new 252SD that won’t be here for another month or so, but in the meantime, I’d like to get the metal supports powder coated to match the trailer. I don’t remember if the trailers are gray or black. Does anyone know if there is a specific color code Shoreland’r uses or are they just straight black? Also are they gloss, semi or matte finish.

 

[zipper]

I used VeVe guides. They are galvanized. I also used the pads that slip over the guide pole pvc roller.





You can paint the white pvc below the pad, black, but I used the black/white change in color as a backing guide. Dipping the trailer until the water level hits the pad. It was easier to see than painting it all black. My $.02.

 

[biffdotorg]

I bought a set of guide posts for a new 252SD that won’t be here for another month or so, but in the meantime, I’d like to get the metal supports powder coated to match the trailer. I don’t remember if the trailers are gray or black. Does anyone know if there is a specific color code Shoreland’r uses or are they just straight black? Also are they gloss, semi or matte finish.

If you bought painted, it is black. If you paid the extra for galvanized, it is that gray galvanized color.

I bought a set of VeVe guides for our previous boat and used straight black paint on the hardware and lower section of the PVC. It looked great, but as noted, they will be tough to see. But when on the street, it was a sharp combo.

You can powder coat with the understanding that the bolts/nuts will chip a fair amount off. When I assembled mine, I even gave it a quick spritz to cover any scratches done on install.

The trailer for my yamaha sits in my pole building mostly, so I didn't even give any thought to painting it. But our previous boat was black, so it was a different story.

Good luck,

 

[Madman]

If you bought painted, it is black. If you paid the extra for galvanized, it is that gray galvanized color.

I bought a set of VeVe guides for our previous boat and used straight black paint on the hardware and lower section of the PVC. It looked great, but as noted, they will be tough to see. But when on the street, it was a sharp combo.

You can powder coat with the understanding that the bolts/nuts will chip a fair amount off. When I assembled mine, I even gave it a quick spritz to cover any scratches done on install.

The trailer for my yamaha sits in my pole building mostly, so I didn't even give any thought to painting it. But our previous boat was black, so it was a different story.

Good luck,

Thanks for sharing biffdotorg, I only looked at a boat on the showroom floor briefly, but for some reason I got it in my mind that the trailer may have been charcoal or a hammer finish (definitely not galvanized). My mind seems to play tricks on me a tiny bit more every day!

 

[biffdotorg]

Thanks for sharing biffdotorg, I only looked at a boat on the showroom floor briefly, but for some reason I got it in my mind that the trailer may have been charcoal or a hammer finish (definitely not galvanized). My mind seems to play tricks on me a tiny bit more every day!

Since you are in Wisconsin you would be like the dealers here in MN. All Yamaha boats are shipped with painted to our dealers unless the specify galvanized. As freshwater should not require it. On the flipside, coastal dealers order galvanized by default unless they specify painted for the same reason. You don't want to stick a painted trailer in saltwater on a regular basis.

It's totally possible you got galvanized, but either way, it will say on your invoice, as it is the only option available on most Yamaha boats that effect price.

Good luck,

 

[Madman]

Since we’re buying the boat from River Valley in Rochester, I reached out to Mike. He said the trailer will be a textured black and sent me a pic. Based in the pic, it looked to be a bit gray. Looking at color swatches on PPG’s powder coating site, there are a lot of different shades of black, so I asked Mike to reach out to Yamaha and/or Shorelandr to help solve this mystery!