I am putting back together a 72 Hondo that I have let sit for about 5 years. The drive shaft tube is in pretty bad shape(chrome flaking off) I am thinking of going with a powder coat on the tube and doing the color thing on a lot of the hardware. Is this a good idea? Does the powder coating hang tuff? This is going to be a lake boat on the east coast with a lot of tubing and skiing time so it gets more use than a lot of the boats people around here have. Also does anyone know anyone in the southeast (I'm in Atlanta) that does work on V-drives? I have never had mine apart and would like to have someone who knows more than I do go through it with me and check the bearings and gears etc. Wish there were more people out this way into V-drives.....AND YES AROUND HERE ALL JETS SUCK!!