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I believe they are stainless

I have received my new stainless brackets and I'm happy to agree! The transom mounts are remove and replace, with the holes lining up. The old mounts had countersunk screws, but the new mounts are not countersunk. So, I'm going to see if there is enough clearance between the transom mounts and the brackets to use stainless hex head bolts (hardware was not included). The new platform bracket holes are the same pattern as the old, but the new bracket is wider so the holes are relocated barely 3/8" from the original. Troy answered my question as to the composition of the plate (aluminum). I may try to capture one side of the original holes with the new bracket, and redrill/tap the other. However, I don't think the geometry from the mount will work. Troy, how close were you new holes to the old, and did you have any problems? J

I decided to just do the upgrade/conversion over to the Valterra valves since I have the Ramfill. The kit I got from Fineline for the conversion had zero instructions, after about 6hrs of cussing and busting my knuckles cause I could not see anyway that the pieces when together perfectly..... I figured out a way to do it. I decided to just replace the 1) Ramfill valve on the fill gate so I could test before doing the rest of them. Good news is that after a 3hr surf session things were all good. The day after converting that fill valve to Valterra, Labrandon (who is the admin for the Centurion FB page) was able to track down and get me the factory instructions for the conversion. Funny cause the way they said to do it was impossible so I felt better about all the time I spent cussing when I tried to figure it out with no instructions or pics. The reason the factory instructions did not work exactly for me boiled down to all these boats being slightly different so the way the instructions read were impossible on my boat because one of the fittings for the vdrive was in the way by about 1/2". I was able to further confirm the difference when @JJOcean sent me pics of his Valterra conversion today that a dealer did for him (he has identical boat to me) and I could see from his pics that his fill gates had more clearance than my boat, between the hull scoop and the vdrive so factory instructions worked for his. Weird how identical year and model boat with basically all the same options were that different (by several inches at least). Stoked I got it figured out and working tho! Was also nice to see his pics and confirm I did it all correctly. I documented my conversion from the Ramfill to Valterra so I could post up the pics/info after I get time to finish the full conversion, still need to do the other fill gate and then the 2 drain gates (drain gates are easy, just need to tilt them so they clear the engine dividers....it was the fill side that had me stumped for a while since its definitely NOT plug and play). Figure that way in future if someone else wants to DIY this conversion at least there will be some searchable instructions and installation pictures. Appreciate everyone that tried to help me figure this out