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32 minutes ago, YeloBlammo said:

Having been a surfer (ocean) for years, the cost of these wakesurf boards blows my mind.

Yep. 
It's like everything else boat related, 100% markup above what's reasonable because if you can afford to boat you can afford the accessories. 
 

Hell yeah well done. 
Did you weld in plate and form to fit or were you able to source that oval tube to match?

If anyone wants one shoot me a PM they are easy enough for me to make and ship. 
 

27 minutes ago, Married2Maristar said:

want one so badly! how many btu? Also so confused you got a new boat? Didn’t you just do every project in the book on an older boat? Sold and traded up?

It's a 40,000 btu heater heat exchanger. 

And yep exactly, finished that one and sold it to upgrade to this one! 

On 11/13/2020 at 11:28 PM, Married2Maristar said:

Sweet documentation and result. Makes those high school chemistry classes seem worthwhile. So the heater hoses can be retracted for storage extended to the shivering passengers?

Yep they tuck into the housings and extend out 6 feet. Good for shoving up your pants legs when you get out of the cold water lol 

2 hours ago, MillerTime said:

I was really surprised how many spots of the floor were uneven, the hatch area in particular! The thin trim pieces were the only way to clean up the edges and not create a bump you would feel. 

The GatorStep was right around $950.

That's about what i expected, not terrible. 

Yeah the tige floors of the era are bad. Mine was the same. I just cleaned it up and dumped a couple gallons of epoxy over the whole thing to get it nice and level. 

Really nicely done, looks like  a totally different boat. 
Really well done on the addition of the aluminum panels on each side of the floor to clean up those lines for the Gatorstep. 
Our of curiosity what did the Gatorstep set you back for the custom layout?

Thanks guys, 
Having  nice boat makes it really hard to cut corners lol
Normally i would have just powder coated it black and called it a day. 
 

Finally got this finished up. Updated original post. 
 

On 10/9/2020 at 1:24 PM, jtryon said:

good call--i'm likely having the downpipe welded on rather than using a rubber hose to join it to the exhaust tip for extra reinforcement, so through bolts will make it stronger.  i'll also add another support either to the trim tab actuator mounting location or to the platform mounts.

Sounds like you've got it covered!

FAE has had a lot of failing welds lately on the stock Moomba pipes, If I were doing a single exit I would likely gusset it or attach it to the platform etc to take some force off the weld. 

Easy peasy right!?
Looks good. 

When you go to add the downpipe I'd swap the screws over to through bolts, seen lots of them coming loose/cracking lately. 
 

2 hours ago, N901 said:

I want to do this but I know it’s above my level

Nothing to it, just cut and glue some plastic pipe! 

Once again to each his own, but I disagree. 
To my eyes those rims belong on a police auction crown vic
I prefer the original
 

I understand my opinion is the minority lol

33 minutes ago, Landho said:

My kit came with 101XDS...

I'm having hell getting things setup to my liking on this '05 VLX hull - really wish I had gotten (and used) the spacer instead of trimming the hinge.  I'm sure once I get the mounting locations dialed in i'll progress quicker - I need another set of hands to help (the tabs are bulky/heavy), so going to pause for now until my son can come help.

 

Grab some rope and tie to tab to the lifting eyes on each side. That's how I got mine setup. Finding the actuator mount position is the hardest part of the whole thing haha

Nice! 
I've yet to figure out why none of the boat manufacturers insulate their coolers. It just makes no sense. 
I believe the new nautiques just started insulating like last year, it's just insanity. It costs them an additional 10 dollars to make happy customers I just can't fathom why no one does it. 

On 6/27/2020 at 9:23 AM, Married2Maristar said:

What does the Center tab do for  your wake in different scenarios? Speeds? Water sports?

the center tab basically lift the rear of the boat out of the water, so the more deployed it is the smaller the wake is. 
For wakeboarding you want it up so you've got more boat in the water (more displacement = larger wake) and for skiing you want it down to lift the rear of the boat and get less displacement for a smaller wake. 
For surfing you can adjust it to clean up the wave for different ballast levels. 
You can also use it to fine tune the wake, small adjustments can clean up the lip or flatten the top etc. 

helps keep the boat on plane with ballast too, you can put the tab down to offset some of the ballast weight. 

I honestly don't know why all inboards don't have an adjustable center tab, it's very useful. 

I mounted my controller under the dash. 
 

53 minutes ago, JWALL said:

You guys are right.  Its the same swivel on both sides which cause the look to be different on the top. I guess at the end of the day , they work great. I will stop being so picky. Thanks for everyones  imput.....this why i joined !!

It just saves having to make the same part as mirror images. Probably one of the reasons their stuff is reasonably priced compared to some other companies. 
They looks great. 

Same, looks like they use the same mechanism on each side so you have to flip it over on one side. 
I don't think I would care personally. 

12 hours ago, Married2Maristar said:

For your down exhaust: Could you use 45 degree angled to bypass brackets diagonally? Also you could by some silver shiny spray paint to give it that metal look. 

Besides bringing the bow down and bringing the boat on plane faster Does your center plate also lessen your wake? What have you noticed? Not sure what you use your boat for and curious what you noticed before and after the plate. Ive thought about installing a center tab/plate that raises and lowers by switch so lessen my wake for waterskiing when not surfing or wboarding

My (and all) Tige has a center plate with an actuator. It make a large difference for getting on plane quickly when deployed and is useful to fine tune the wake as well. 

10 hours ago, Married2Maristar said:

Looks nice. The bags get one line to the reversible  pumps for water, what does the other line off the bag do in your setup? Do you have them daisy chained to other bags besides the stern compartments bags?

It looks to be an overflow/vent. I run the same. 

This is one thing I have never understood.
If I'm going to throw 3 grand into my boat it's going to be to make it perform or look and feel better, not to bling my trailer lol

It's crazy popular and to each his own, I just don't get it. We've got plenty of folks running around here with rims on their trailer that cost as much as their bass boat. 

Honestly I'm surprised I don't see more of the high end boats with a teak deck and accents. It certainly has a higher end feel IMO than foam. 

My guess is it's maintenance. People dropping 150K on their boat don't want to have to oil anything (even the engine, they pay 900 bucks for that oil and impeller change lol)
 

It's just pure tung oil top and bottom. 

Mahogany is naturally oily like teak so it doesn't need much. 

Very cool man!
A great way to get involved and help out some kids while having a good time to boot!
I hope you're getting them involved in the build process as well? Nothing quite quite as valuable as learning skills in my opinion