I wanted to start a conversation about modifications that everyone has done to the Sun Dolphin Pro 120's.
I got a Pro 120 a few months back and I am totally redoing it (extending decks, adding storage, lights, depth finder, etc….) I am wanting to split my hull to run wires for all my accessories. I do believe this would be the easiest way to run wires and hide the wires. If I split the hull, I believe I could wire everything up in a few hours, but I have been told that it is not worth splitting the hull just to do wiring. Has anyone done this just to run wires? For those of you that have split the hull, did you put staples back around the seam? If so, what kind of staples did you use? Did it take a special staple gun? Were you able to reuse the "rubrail"?
I emailed KL Industries and they replied with the process of joining the two parts of hull together, but couldn't tell me exactly what staples or staple gun were used.
I have taken the control panel off and tried to use magnets to run fishing line through the hull, but there is styrofoam up towards the top of the hull, so this method isn't going to work. I thought about getting a fiberglass fish tape and try to push through the styrofoam, but haven't tried it yet. So if anyone has run wires through the hull without splitting it, what did you do that worked?
Any advise or pics would be greatly appreciated.
Posted by No-Branch3616
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I’ve run wires through a similar hull with foam filling. I used wire kit similar to [this](https://www.harborfreight.com/3-16-inch-x-33-ft-fiberglass-wire-running-kit-65326.html) along with a cheap ebay endoscope to watch it’s progress. I had filed some teeth on the last ferrule to act like a saw. When it got to the foam it took a couple tries to get the tip into a good spot so it wasn’t touching the hull shell. Then I pushed it a bit and twisted it at the same time and bored a hole through.