tower speaker and sub install

[scottie4421]

We usually ride on Travis or Austin.

I got the system hooked up.....it sounds awesome....really loud and really clean. The Fusions sound really really good. I'm anxious to ride behind the boat to see how they sound while boarding.

How do you get to the Perd from south Austin?

I just moved here a year or so ago, so I'm not familiar with all of the area lakes.

How are the boat ramps on the Perd? Lake Austin and Travis are always packed so it's hard to find parking and smooth water.

[scottie4421]

Also,

One note on mounting the speakers on the tower, the Metcraft tower has wiring holes drilled in the front bar only (towards the bow). I mounted mine on the back bar (towards the stern) just because I thought it looked better. You'll see these holes if you look under the pads that hold your boards. There are also holes on the side bars to run the wires down into the hull. You'll notice when you remove your wakeboard rack pads that the metcraft tower is actually jointed. The center section is a seperate piece. It's held together by 4 screws on each side. When you try to snake the wire through this jointed section, it will hang. So, get a coat hanger or a good wire snake and use it to get the wire through. It's a pain, but it can be done.

[Guest]

Perd

Scottie442,
I live South also, in the neighboorhood behind Central Market on Lamar and Ben White. The Perdenales river is a great place to board and chill, it is almost all wakeboarders and even on holiday weekends it is not too crowded compared to Travis and Austin. It is too far up Travis for the Cabin Cruisers to mess up the water! Take 71 west past 620 to Pace Bend Park Road, FM2322. Take a right and go about 3 miles to Old Ferry Road, it sneaks up around a bend past two gas stations on your left. Take a left on Old Ferry and you will dead end into Camp Perdenales park. It is really small with a few campsite and two boat ramps, 7 bucks to launch. It can only hold maybe 30 or 40 cars, but I have never seen it full and I went almost every weekend last summer. One of the ramps is closed due to high water but the other is fine. The cooler thing is there is a bunch of boat storage right on Old Ferry Road, big covered stoarge for 60 a month, we keep our boat out there. Supposedly there is not a problem with break ins, but this will be our first summer out there. Let me know if you start going out there, we should meet up. If should be easy to pick us out when we are out there, our 2004 22V Tige is White with Pacific Blue center stripe and Rider editions graphics, haven't seen another one like ours out there yet. If you see us, cruise on up, my friends and I are really chilled. What is your color scheme?

Sounds like you got your stereo setup rocking! We mounted our fusions last week and I used a fishtape to get the wires thru the tower and it was suprisingly not that bad. I mounted them on the back bar also. I am not very happy that where the tower connects to the boat that they did not drill a factory hole so we have the speaker wires running down thru the cushions into the boat. While we are looking for a real good deal on an amp we have the fushions running of the clarion 100X2 factory amp. It sounds decent surpriingly enough. It will work as we look for a steal of a deal on an amp.

I am hoping to get out there maybe Sunday, but all my friends are afraid to go out because they think it is too cold!

http://www.martin247.com/camp_pedernales.htm

[Ruune]

Rules :

Quiet after 10

Every tent must pay

No large dogs, only small dogs are allowed.

Clothing optional after midnight

word.

[Guest]

Right on, need to get out there after midnight!

[scottie4421]

Thanks for the info AustinSouthSide.

We'll definitely have to meet up. My colors are charcoal and yellow. I'll let you know when we're heading out there.

I live about 2 miles from where you're at. I'm right off Monterey Oaks and 290.

Yah, I hear ya on the lack of factory drilling to run the speaker wire from the tower to the hull. I drilled my own hole. When you get ready to do yours, swing by o'reilly auto parts. They have this cool stuff you can use to cover up your wires. It's difficult to describe, but it's like a mesh tubing. It comes in different colors. I got mine in yellow.

I drilled a 1/4 hole in the hull, snaked the wire through the yellow mesh tube (leaving enough slack to lay the tower down if I need to), and used a 3/8" rubber grommet where the wire goes into the hull to give it a factory look. When you drill the hole, run the drill slowly in reverse until you get through the gel coat...otherwise you can chip the gel coat. I used this same method to cover the wires from the tower to the speakers. It looks pretty good. Last time I was there, they had the mesh stuff in blue. I don't know if it's perfect match, but I'm sure it's close. You should check it out.

I'll post some pics when I get a chance.

Thanks again for the directions.

[TigeDuner]

When I went to Southwest Texas back in the day, clothing on the Perd was optional-period. How times have changed....

[Beau McCrory]

scottie4421, got any pics?? I've got the 20v in yellow over grey hull...