9 minutes ago, UWSkier said:

The ECM cover is a nice to have, not necessary.

The skylon pole should have some nylon-clad cables that run to the bow from the top of the pole, however, since it's a V drive, I believe there should also be some support poles laterally.

I have thought the same about the support poles, and the fact that I didn't see any was put made me think that maybe there wasn't the proper gear for that. 

However looking at the picture of what was in the port aft locker suggests that there is in fact a vinyl clad Stainless cable there...

Got my boat back Friday from Tommy’s. They aren’t selling any boats right now. Sounds like some things are in the works, at least for the DFW dealership. I’m hopeful for a good outcome for the employees and current customers. Hard to imagine Malibu would give up one of, if not their strongest market in the country. 

The ECM cover is a nice to have, not necessary.

The skylon pole should have some nylon-clad cables that run to the bow from the top of the pole, however, since it's a V drive, I believe there should also be some support poles laterally.

Ok, lets forget about what you have done and try this.

Check the media unit FADE and BALANCE setting to make sure they are centered

Look at the suspect amp's settings to see if his has mode switch labeled something like 2CH and 4CH. If its 4CH move it to 2CH - Do the bow speakers work Y or N

Y = See yah!

N = swap the RCA from 1/2 to 3/4 and from 3/4 to 1/2 - working? Y or N

Y See yah

N = remove RCA from the working "working" amp and plug them into the suspect amp's 1/2 ports - bow speakers working Y or N

Y = issue with the four RCA feeding the suspect amp. They could be Y'd just behind amp wall and one Y is bad

N - Looking like an amp. However, I dont suspect amp as somehow some way you've made the bow speakers work and I cant make sense of it.  

FWIW my detail guy (40 years experience) who does a lot of ceramic coating advised me to stick with buffing and waxing vs ceramic coatings on fiberglass boats.  He said that he has found because of water spotting, river scum etc. ceramic coating still requires buffing and waxing to keep it nice, and it doesn’t last as long on fiberglass as it does on metal painted surfaces.  He basically did the math and said $3k+ for ceramic coatings pays for 6+ full boat details with buff and wax inside and out.  The only way the ceramic coat boat looks as nice as the boat that got 6 details in 3 years is if you still did the detailing on the ceramic coated boat, and even then it would be hard to tell the difference.