1996 Tige

[tige96]

I am looking for pics and specs for 1996 model Tiges .The Tige web site only goes to 1997 , and their is a 21 foot open bow 1996 Tige posted for sale on a web site near my home , but there are no details posted with it . Thanx

[Dents]

the '97 and '96 line up is basically the same. I am not aware of any changes.

[lee]

1996 Tige Website

[Moki]

Originally posted by lee
1996 Tige Website

Lee,
That is pretty cool, do you have the link for 2000?

This link should work above, you had an extra "http"

[stanger]

this is my 1996 pre 2002 wt

[lee]

2000 Tige website

[lee]

1996 website

[tige96]

thanks for the links , it looks like it could be a pre2002wt . Any commenys on the Taps system on these earlier boats , and what kind of power did these boats come with . Thanx Again .

[spharis]

I have a 97 2002WT and with TAPs, I would say it rivals some new model boats with ballasts. I can throw a massive surf wake, and enough wakeboard to do w2w and other medium jump tricks. Throw in a couple of sacs, or a fat bench, and you have a really good boat with a really good wake. There is no way to make no wake in the "no wake" areas. It's not a brick wall, like an X-Star, but it is really good for about 1/3 the price. I find my boat to be really good in chop too for a "ski" boat. This TAPs system is electric pump driven hydraulic actuators. I do not think mine has ever been serviced, and it still works great. It is also a simple enough setup that it could be repaired/refirbed if required. I think the 96 TAPs was a toggle on the dash, whereas the next year they went to a throttle trim type unit.

Those boats also had the limited lifetime warranties on hulls. Of course it probably will not apply to you, but it was there at one time. Many of the build features of the current models were the same then.

BTW be prepared to drop about $350 in gauges once you get it. The VDO factory ones are about as crappy as they get. I sent numerous messages to some Tige' dealers, but apparently they don't like making money from parts sales. I still cannot get a response on a stainless bezeled TAPs gauge. It is all I am lacking.

The only issues I have had (I have only had mine this summer) so far:
Speedo pickups clogging
Gauges cracking-redoing some pisspoor wiring
Motor (5.7 merc ski/tourn) burns some oil (what small block doesn't)
Fuel gauge bounces alot (most boats do)
Some places in the compartments the glue is beginning to get old, needs redoing. Mostly on the small trim areas.


Also be aware that is is near impossible to tell the models apart from far away pictures like the above, as all the paint, and hulls are very similar. The larger boat (2100) had a slight bit of difference in the rear of the hull. Those have sort of an angle down to the swim platform, the smaller boats are almost a right angle. They also have some minor differences on the vinyl, like a swoosh instead of the symetrical color highlights, and vinyl sides on the walkthrough instead of carpet. You can see the edge of the black carpet below, and the white vinyl on the walkthrough with a pocket on the other.

Symetrical Vinyl - Flat rear slope


This one doesnt have the swooshy vinyl- angled rear
Maybe that wasn't until '97?

[Moki]

Originally posted by lee
2000 Tige website

You da man!

[tige96]

Great info , Thanks for the post .

[NICKYPOO]

Maaaaannnn, I can't see it. All I get is those little white boxes with the red Xs. Anybody know how to fix that? I really want to see the 2000 page.

[lee]

Try this link then!

[NICKYPOO]

Negative. Me puter no likey.

[dogbert]

Originally posted by NICKYPOO
Negative. Me puter no likey.

I didn't have much luck with many of the links on that site either. The '97 seems to work pretty well, but anything else seems very broken.