Hello,

New to the forum. I recently purchased a 2005 NX882 took the boat out a few times and was going over the back of the boat resealing the transom area with filler and noticed the jack plate was cracked. I reached out to slide master and turns out the plate that they produced for that boat was specific for the boat and no longer made. It was a 7" with I believe a negative taper (someone at a dealer thinks that is whats on there). The question is has anyone out there put a new manual jack plate on a NX882 and if so would you go with 6" or 8" as well as any suggestions on model? I am likely going to take to a dealer to do and hopefully put a metal plate by transom to sturdy it up. Have been around boats my entire life but this is the first Bass boat that I have owned. Any thoughts, suggestions or experiences would be greatly appreciated.