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cab13367
01-13-2008, 03:31 PM
Finally got around to getting some pictures together of our boat. She's a 2006 Mobius LSV that we bought new late in 2006. Base gelcoat is sandrock, accent color is navy blue, spray pattern A.

Factory options are:
Performance package: Indmar Assault 325 HP MPI engine, wakeplate, perfect pass wakeboard pro
Gravity III ballast system
Wakeboard racks
Pop up cleats
AM/FM/CD/MP3 stereo with 6 cockpit speakers and driver's side remote
Cockpit Cover, snap in
Tonneau Cover, snap in
Tower Bimini
Depth finder
Tandem axle trailer

Now for the pics.
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg276/cab13367/boat01.jpg
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg276/cab13367/boat5.jpg
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg276/cab13367/boat6.jpg
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg276/cab13367/boat1.jpg
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg276/cab13367/boat2.jpg

In the pic below, note that my CWB Ride wakesurf board fits in the factory rack.
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg276/cab13367/boat3.jpg
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg276/cab13367/boat4.jpg

Upgrades and improvements since purchase include:

Supra steering wheel:
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg276/cab13367/wheel.jpg

Transom walk thru:
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg276/cab13367/walkthru1.jpg
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg276/cab13367/walkthru2.jpg

Polk Audio speakers and stainless steel cupholders:
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg276/cab13367/polks.jpg
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg276/cab13367/cupholders.jpg

Relocated fire extinguisher:
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg276/cab13367/fireext.jpg

Re-arranged gauges:
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg276/cab13367/gauges1.jpg
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg276/cab13367/gauges2.jpg
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg276/cab13367/gauges3.jpg

Monster tower mirror arm with quick release:
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg276/cab13367/mirror.jpg

Raised bimini height by installing longer front straps. Now I can walk under it without ducking.
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg276/cab13367/boat7.jpg

My ten year old son:
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg276/cab13367/Keenan1.jpg
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg276/cab13367/keenan2.jpg
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg276/cab13367/keenan3.jpg

04OUTBACK
01-13-2008, 03:58 PM
Looks great! love the colors. Kinda Eddie Bauer.. HA

Great pics of your son surfing

Tell me about the cover/transom walk-through over the ballast in the rear... I have wanted to find a tray to hang over for storage... Did you build those yourself? Great work..

deerfield
01-13-2008, 04:28 PM
cab13367 - Love the smile on your son's face. One happy boy! - Deerfield

cab13367
01-13-2008, 07:46 PM
Tell me about the cover/transom walk-through over the ballast in the rear... I have wanted to find a tray to hang over for storage... Did you build those yourself? Great work..
04outback,

Thanks. Yes, I did build it myself. Here is the thread:

https://forum.moomba.com/viewtopic.php?t=4098&highlight=

Al

cab13367
01-13-2008, 10:49 PM
cab13367 - Love the smile on your son's face. One happy boy! - Deerfield
Thanks Deerfield. That's what it's all about, isn't it?

Al

dtlaine
01-14-2008, 11:48 AM
Gotta' love those gray Oregon skies. I moved from Portland to Tampa exactly a year ago, and I love it.

Do you do most of your boating in the rivers?

Very nice boat. I like the tower arm and rear storage.

cab13367
01-14-2008, 02:59 PM
Gotta' love those gray Oregon skies. I moved from Portland to Tampa exactly a year ago, and I love it.

Do you do most of your boating in the rivers?

Very nice boat. I like the tower arm and rear storage.
Hey dt,

I moved here exactly a year ago from Denver, so the weather has definitely been a big adjustment. The pics of the boat in the water were taken at Hagg Lake but I do most of my boating on the Willamette river, from Newberg to Wilsonville.

Al

Sled491
01-14-2008, 08:48 PM
Very nice, couple of questions...did you rearrange the gauges to move the make plate guage up high? Interesting I intalled the same depth guage after market. Is that a picture of someone fishing on your ski boat? Say it isn't so :cry:

Love the pic of your son surfing, very cool 8)

cab13367
01-14-2008, 09:34 PM
Very nice, couple of questions...did you rearrange the gauges to move the make plate guage up high? Interesting I intalled the same depth guage after market. Is that a picture of someone fishing on your ski boat? Say it isn't so :cry:

Love the pic of your son surfing, very cool 8)
sled,

Yes, I wanted the wakeplate gauge up high since I look at it a lot. I also moved some of the other gauges so that the three gauges I look at the most (other than the speedometer) are all in the same area.

That is a picture of my then 3 year old daughter (now 4) "fishing" with her toy fishing rod, the kind with a plastic fish attached to the line. That's the only kind of fishing that goes on in my boat :wink:

cab13367
06-22-2008, 05:33 PM
Thought I would update this post with some recent upgrades that I've done.

Tower Speakers

The install thread is here:
https://forum.moomba.com/showthread.php?t=5467&highlight=tower+speaker+install

Pics below.

Aerial cans and Polk db651 speakers and transom remote:
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg276/cab13367/IMG_0945.jpg

Close up:
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg276/cab13367/IMG_0902.jpg

Routed wires thru port side front tower leg:
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg276/cab13367/IMG_0944.jpg

This old school, 4 channel Sony amp drives all 8 speakers - 6 in the cabin and 2 on the tower.
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg276/cab13367/IMG_0895.jpg

cab13367
06-22-2008, 05:39 PM
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg276/cab13367/IMG_0916.jpg
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg276/cab13367/IMG_0928.jpg
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg276/cab13367/IMG_0930.jpg
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg276/cab13367/IMG_0933.jpg

cab13367
06-22-2008, 05:42 PM
Replaced unused light pole receptable with 12V plug
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg276/cab13367/12vplug.jpg

cab13367
06-22-2008, 05:43 PM
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg276/cab13367/IMG_0438.jpg
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg276/cab13367/IMG_0439.jpg
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg276/cab13367/IMG_0433.jpg
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg276/cab13367/IMG_0434.jpg

jester
06-22-2008, 07:44 PM
[QUOTE=cab13367;38452]Replaced unused light pole receptable with 12V plug
[QUOTE]

I like the 12V outlit. Did you rewire it so it is no longer off the NAV switch? Did you have to do any fiberglass work or where you able to snap it in? I also like the Stainless Steel Thru Hull Fittings.

cab13367
06-22-2008, 09:45 PM
jester,

I did not rewire it and I need to as it trips the breaker once in a while. I use it to air up a big tube so after running for a while, it will sometimes trip.

In regards to the fiberglass work question, below is a link to the install:

https://forum.moomba.com/showthread.php?t=4035

Al

jester
06-22-2008, 10:59 PM
Thanks for the how too. This might be a project when i am floting on the lake waiting for the wind to die down.

tejansma
06-28-2008, 09:10 AM
How much work was it to change your gauges around. I'm not a huge fan of the placement of the wakeplate gauge and like what you did with it.

newty
06-28-2008, 04:18 PM
Great ideas! Love the 12 power on the side. Its beyond me why they put the light plug there anyway!:\ Love the stainless through hull hull fittings. Evry ploace I've looked they are like $35 a peice. Where did you get them and how much.
Your boat looks great! We need to get out together sometime. You going to the Portland reunion? I'm going to try to get there for a little bit but I have a wedding @ 4pm.

cab13367
06-29-2008, 07:53 PM
Great ideas! Love the 12 power on the side. Its beyond me why they put the light plug there anyway!:\ Love the stainless through hull hull fittings. Evry ploace I've looked they are like $35 a peice. Where did you get them and how much.
Your boat looks great! We need to get out together sometime. You going to the Portland reunion? I'm going to try to get there for a little bit but I have a wedding @ 4pm.

Newty,

Thanks. Got the SS fittings below on a tip from Razzman. I paid $37 including shipping for all 4 fittings.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Set-of-3-Stainless-Steel-Boat-Thru-Hull-Fittings-3-4_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ26448QQihZ001QQitemZ1 10251450566QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW

Yeah, I am planning to make it to the Portland Reunion. Would love to meet up - I'd like to check out your boat as well.

Al

cab13367
06-29-2008, 07:56 PM
How much work was it to change your gauges around. I'm not a huge fan of the placement of the wakeplate gauge and like what you did with it.
Wasn't much work at all. Below is a link to my original thread on this with more info.

Al

https://forum.moomba.com/showthread.php?t=3675

jimmobius
07-01-2008, 11:35 PM
Hello , I saw where you installed the amp , I have an old school kenwood amp about the same size and was wondering when you screwed the bottom screw in how did you do it? Is it into the fiberglass? I have a 05 lsv. Thanks, Jim .

cab13367
07-02-2008, 02:39 PM
jim,

I screwed it directly into the fiberglass, very carefully. Pre-drilled the hole and only went in about 1/8". I then used a really short screw. The weight of the amp is on the three top screws - the bottom one just keeps it from bouncing. That's why I only put in one screw.

After I did this, I installed the stainless thru hull fittings and saw that the hull is very thin in this area, only about 1/4". Had I known that before, I probably would not have drilled the hole for the bottom screw of the amp.

Be very careful!

Al

jimmobius
07-02-2008, 11:07 PM
Thanks man, you have a nice boat! My last boat took 10 years to get it the way I wanted it
and this one I am trying to get it done in a few months. Jim .

cab13367
07-08-2008, 03:40 PM
Thanks Jim. I enjoy tinkering with the boat to get it just how I like it. In a way, I prefer it this way to buying one that is already all blinged out. This way, I pick and choose what upgrades I want to do (and what I want to pay for) and how to do it.

I'm taking my time with this one. I've had it about 18 months now and do a little bit at a time. I think a 3 outlet heater will be the major project for the winter and I know just how I want it installed (and it's nothing like how the factory does it).

Al

moombadaze
07-08-2008, 03:53 PM
Al, thanks for that little hose modification for the 750lb back--looked at mine last night and that is way to easy a change. i will do it as soon as i get the 750 bag.

cab13367
07-09-2008, 12:46 AM
Stacy,

You're welcome. Always nice when you find a simple solution to something!

Al

Poikonen
07-24-2008, 04:47 PM
Look sgreat. I have the same boat and havea couple of questions.

1) How did you do the transom walk through
2) Where did you get the stainless cupholders
3) Where did you get the spacers for your tower speaker clamps

cab13367
07-26-2008, 08:06 PM
Look sgreat. I have the same boat and havea couple of questions.

1) How did you do the transom walk through
2) Where did you get the stainless cupholders
3) Where did you get the spacers for your tower speaker clamps

Poikonen,

Thanks.

Here's the link to the transom walk thru:

https://forum.moomba.com/showthread.php?t=3652

I got the ss cupholders from the local Rinker dealer.

The spacers came with the tower speakers. Got them from h20sportswarehouse.com

Al