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In answer to your last question, plumbed for boots is not very useful, but not for the reason you described. You *can* find the parts, there is an outfit that has a display ad in trade-a-plane that can do the whole thing for you, but it is incredibly expensive when you include installation labor (I remember 30K plus, but that is a very vague memory). The real reason that plumbed for boots does not mean much is that you still have to open everything up to put in the needed valves, etc. So plumbed for boots is a very small advantage. Search for the words "boots" or "plumb" use the board search function and you will find more on this if I recall correctly.
In the end, you are way better off to pay for an airplane that already has boots than to grow one yourself, unless you have access to free labor and get a great deal on a non-deiced airplane.
Kevin
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