Are the Seams as Bad on the Newer Tiges

[kana12]

lamanfromtx...... that 04 is pretty clean man. u bet you can get them to come off about another 3 grand or so.

i have a 2002 tige 22i with almost 700 hours on it and i am about to replace three seats where the thread started comming undone but i have a guy that does it here for 75 bucks a seat so no big deal. i want to rplace the seat covers so that its in good condition when i sell it.

[TigeDuner]

Funny how we fix the boat for others, but not for ourselves.

[Ruune]

I'm still considering a 2004 with only 80 hours on it. After carefully looking over the seams, I only found one seam that was coming undone and it appears to be caused by someone constantly stepping on that area.

You guys are making me nervous though. Anyone else have an 04 22V?

I have an '04 22v, and I replaced all of the seating surfaces within 1 year, save one. The last one now needs to be replaced. I use fantastic and 303 aerospace protectant. The boat is kept indoors when not in use.

In 2005, they changed the interior to where the front "roll" is a separate
piece from the main panel. From the main panel back is where you remove the seat cushion. The new vé series is like this, but the RZ series is not. The front roll is fixed to the seat, ('05v-present vé) holding the panel in. Previously, the roll was part of the rest of the seating surface on all boats, and its at this seam that they're all splitting. I've seen an '03 with the same issue. The owner of that boat actually sent his '03 back to the factory and paid to have a new interior put in. I wont even mention how much that costs.

Regarding the RZ series- whats up with the dark metallic strip on the front of the back seat? I've seen this in all of them, and it seems like it would get pretty hot:

[Happyboater]

Mine have been fine.

[Ruune]

I have an '04 22v, and I replaced all of the seating surfaces within 1 year, save one. The last one now needs to be replaced. I use fantastic and 303 aerospace protectant. The boat is kept indoors when not in use.

In 2005, they changed the interior to where the front "roll" is a separate
piece from the main panel. From the main panel back is where you remove the seat cushion. The new vé series is like this, but the RZ series is not. The front roll is fixed to the seat, ('05v-present vé) holding the panel in. Previously, the roll was part of the rest of the seating surface on all boats, and its at this seam that they're all splitting. I've seen an '03 with the same issue. The owner of that boat actually sent his '03 back to the factory and paid to have a new interior put in. I wont even mention how much that costs.

Regarding the RZ series- whats up with the dark metallic strip on the front of the back seat? I've seen this in all of them, and it seems like it would get pretty hot:

correction: the 2008 22vé and 24vé dont have the split like the '05v-'07vé boats did. Apparently, they're using a different vinyl and now have customizable color piping stitched in for reinforcement. Found this out at the Austin boat show.

[chadster2]

04 22 V. I've had problems. even the replacments they gave. Mine is well kept. (cleaned with 303, kept inside, no dogs or kids) just messed up seams.

[dogbert]

The real problem is that the seat cushions have seams in them and that's where water gets in. I'm having the indentation where the seams are smoothed out so there's no seam. I'm also putting some kind of no-skid material under my center rear cushion for people to step into the boat. That should address most of the issue. The older V-Drives really had no good place to step into the boat with out stepping on a seat cushion. The rear seats get the most abuse.

[chpthril]

If someone was redoing the vinyl, I dont see why you couldn't do a carpet backed seat cushion like in the Ve's and RZ's.

[dogbert]

If someone was redoing the vinyl, I dont see why you couldn't do a carpet backed seat cushion like in the Ve's and RZ's.

Because even if you flip it over, it still has a seam on the other side that will get wet, stress and break. If you look at the Ve/RZ corner cushions, there is no seam down the middle of it to have that problem. My bow cushions don't have seams and they were in much better shape than my rear seat cushions.

[chpthril]

Because even if you flip it over, it still has a seam on the other side that will get wet, stress and break. If you look at the Ve/RZ corner cushions, there is no seam down the middle of it to have that problem. My bow cushions don't have seams and they were in much better shape than my rear seat cushions.

I'm not talking about putting carpet on the bottom of the existing seat cushion, but completely redoing the seats (new bottoms, foam, vinyl) so you have a corner insert like the Ve's and RZ's that can be flipped over to walk on. This would distribute the load across the whole cushion instead of pull on the current seams. Is that making sense

[Domsz06]

Other than reading all the posts you do it sounds like a sweet deal with the rep and the dealer. On the Wet Sound P60's I was quoted $800 for the speaks and up to $400 to install. I knda told them where to put it. Kinda of same thing with self rachteting tie downs. $92 for the tie downs and $72 to bolt up probably 8 bolts. What a rip. They must think I am senile at $50.

not trying to take this off topic, but 400 bucks to install P60's is a good deal. You don't realize all the work it takes to install those, wire them, hide the wire, run the wire in the tower, hoook up the amp run the wire to the amp, etc etc. I know I have spent easy 100 hrs wiring my boat up.

[dogbert]

I know I have spent easy 100 hrs wiring my boat up.

That's because you've run more wire than AT&T on your boat

[Guest]

The real problem is that the seat cushions have seams in them and that's where water gets in. I'm having the indentation where the seams are smoothed out so there's no seam. I'm also putting some kind of no-skid material under my center rear cushion for people to step into the boat. That should address most of the issue. The older V-Drives really had no good place to step into the boat with out stepping on a seat cushion. The rear seats get the most abuse.

What we did with our old FourWinns after the rear bench seams let go the first time is put two throw square life preservers on the seat for the passenger to step on. Our first bench was replaced by FourWinns when the boat was 7. By using the square throw life preservers to step on the next 7 years had no seam problems and they did not redesign the seat. Cheap unelegant solution but it worked. One cushion on port and one on starboard sides.

[dogbert]

Well, I plan on putting a non-skid surface underneath the middle rear seat cushion...same concept as flipping it over, except you'll have a more solid step.