What a winter! It sure dragged on but I completed a few things this winter and am SOOOOO happy with the results. Changed props to an ACME 1615 for torque, installed two 12' subs and an amp, upgraded rear ballast to Wakemakers' new 880lb plug n play rear bags, made a custom swim deck, and designed and had some custom flooring made up and installed.
Prop: I'd post a pic but a prop is a prop.
Subs. I had two Phoenix Gold 12"s laying around so I figured I should put them to use. I ordered up an amp and had a local car stereo place build me a custom enclosure. We used the garbage can area and created a bandpass enclosure in there that ports out below the drivers' seat. They also completely tuned the rest of my stereo while it was there. It WAILS!!! :
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Rear ballast. I bought WakeMakers 880lb plugnplay rear bags and am EXTREMELY happy with the product. They fit right in place and go right up to the starboard side underseat cooler and just slightly into the uderseat storage area on port side. Still lots of room to store my top in there. These things fill the rear lockers completely up, it's a perfect fit. Only thing is the drain and vent lines leak a bit due to the water weight pushing it out so I'll be installing some small ball valves on those lines to keep 'em full all day. No biggie and not the fault of the bags it's just that the holes on the boat are lower than the bags. here they are empty:
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Here's a shot of where they enter the port side underseat storage. They really don't take any space at all but fill the void between the rear locker and there:
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I also replaced the cheap PVC check valves with some brass HD valves after one of the front ones cracked over winter. They were like $15cad eech:
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Swim deck. I got REALLY tired of surfing in the white-wash the factory RZ-series deck produces with the big lip underneath the damn thing so I decided to build my own. I decided to do something a little different than the typical cut and reshape of wood/fiberglass builds I'd seen. I built mine from 3/8" plate steel, had it powdercoated, and then had new decking installed after it was done. It's narrower, shorter, and WAY thinner than the factory deck and other than a small vortex at times it rarely has an impact on my wave at all. Before anyone says woah woah woah that'll never stay on, it's only 80lbs heavier than before. I'm more than confident in the deck not being too heavy, yet gives me a few lbs more ballast without taking up any room on board. Oh, and it looks sick!!! :
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Flooring. I had some custom decking made up and got rid of the factory removable carpet. I'd originally just gone in for new decking for the new swim grid but the shop owner upsold me on a whole package. Man am I ever glad he did, I looks AWESOME! Really brings the boat up to a 2018 look. I had him do a pattern similar to a design I'd seen on the Roswell boat a few years back, had it angled 45* to the boat length, and threw in a Tige Europe logo on the cabin floor and the swim grid. I love it and am super happy with the UltraDeck product:
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If you read this far then thanks for checking out my boat mods. I love them and have been riding since April. Hope you all have a great boating season and if you're around the BC interior at all gimme a holler, I've always got more room on my boat!
(EDIT: I have no idea why the pics are turning but oh well, deal with it lol!)
Prop: I'd post a pic but a prop is a prop.
Subs. I had two Phoenix Gold 12"s laying around so I figured I should put them to use. I ordered up an amp and had a local car stereo place build me a custom enclosure. We used the garbage can area and created a bandpass enclosure in there that ports out below the drivers' seat. They also completely tuned the rest of my stereo while it was there. It WAILS!!! :
IMG_7999.jpg
Rear ballast. I bought WakeMakers 880lb plugnplay rear bags and am EXTREMELY happy with the product. They fit right in place and go right up to the starboard side underseat cooler and just slightly into the uderseat storage area on port side. Still lots of room to store my top in there. These things fill the rear lockers completely up, it's a perfect fit. Only thing is the drain and vent lines leak a bit due to the water weight pushing it out so I'll be installing some small ball valves on those lines to keep 'em full all day. No biggie and not the fault of the bags it's just that the holes on the boat are lower than the bags. here they are empty:
IMG_8016.jpg
Here's a shot of where they enter the port side underseat storage. They really don't take any space at all but fill the void between the rear locker and there:
IMG_8017.jpg
I also replaced the cheap PVC check valves with some brass HD valves after one of the front ones cracked over winter. They were like $15cad eech:
IMG_7996 (1).jpg
Swim deck. I got REALLY tired of surfing in the white-wash the factory RZ-series deck produces with the big lip underneath the damn thing so I decided to build my own. I decided to do something a little different than the typical cut and reshape of wood/fiberglass builds I'd seen. I built mine from 3/8" plate steel, had it powdercoated, and then had new decking installed after it was done. It's narrower, shorter, and WAY thinner than the factory deck and other than a small vortex at times it rarely has an impact on my wave at all. Before anyone says woah woah woah that'll never stay on, it's only 80lbs heavier than before. I'm more than confident in the deck not being too heavy, yet gives me a few lbs more ballast without taking up any room on board. Oh, and it looks sick!!! :
IMG_7976.jpg
IMG_7978.jpg
IMG_7981.jpg
Flooring. I had some custom decking made up and got rid of the factory removable carpet. I'd originally just gone in for new decking for the new swim grid but the shop owner upsold me on a whole package. Man am I ever glad he did, I looks AWESOME! Really brings the boat up to a 2018 look. I had him do a pattern similar to a design I'd seen on the Roswell boat a few years back, had it angled 45* to the boat length, and threw in a Tige Europe logo on the cabin floor and the swim grid. I love it and am super happy with the UltraDeck product:
IMG_7977.jpg
IMG_7979.jpg
IMG_7980.jpg
If you read this far then thanks for checking out my boat mods. I love them and have been riding since April. Hope you all have a great boating season and if you're around the BC interior at all gimme a holler, I've always got more room on my boat!
(EDIT: I have no idea why the pics are turning but oh well, deal with it lol!)
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