113HLW/JVARIANCE SIDE COVERS

[BMITCH]

What about flex on the stock plates? Considering this is a wide do you think the metal side plates would be better?

[broschro]

I believe that the one I have is the maroon internal drag model. I have upgraded the gears to Nemell 4:1 and had to grind out the side cover to fit them. The gear sleeve is from Alan, which is SS. The spool is the wide version from Penn and the frame is the Tib wide. The only thing missing is a SS bridge plate ( is this available?). I'm trying to get this with double dogs and just wondering if it's even worth the effort to upgrade to the JV side plates? I might have to do a lot of modification to the handle side to fit the second dog. What's your thoughts about this?

It's a lot easier to do the double dogs on the stock plates, but I did my Jv plates and it is working fine. I like the way the plates look and think it does make the reel a little stronger, but  everyone has deferent tastes  go for it.

[alantani]

there is generally not much side to side motion.