Wakeplate install has any one done this

North,
Here are 3 options based on size of boat:

Bennett X-14 , X-18 and X-22

http://www.overtons.com/modperl/prod...browse&aID=23C

found this as well:
https://forum.moomba.com/archive/index.php/t-552.html

I got my kit from my dealer in Illinois. I payed $830 for the kit shipped to my house. I am glad I added it. The plate helps clean up the wake and is great to plow the bow down in choppy water so you don't get beat up. I was told not to get the one from overtons or barts because they were not as good quality as the ones skiers choice has even though they were both bennett plates.

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Originally Posted by Northofthe49th

For the do it yourselfer's
I have 2004 OB ,No wake plate
I would love to have one
But being in Vancouver there are no dealers nearby

Has anyone ever done one themselves?
How difficult?
Where can I purchase one?
Any special instructions for set up and length of time for install ?

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North, you will need the Bennett X-22. I installed one on an outback about 4 years ago. You need to make some minor mods on the plate that attaches to the boat (round the corners so it will fit where the old plate is attached). You will need to feel comfortable drilling holes through the transom of your boat. You also need the holes to be exact. It's a bit of a pain but definitely doable. If you do this, I would recommend the guage that goes with it. Running the wires and hydrolic tubing is really the simple part. The guys at Bennett were very helpful. If you decide to proceed, there are a couple other tips I can give you to make this easier.

So are you guys implying that on an Outback DD, the trim tab works the oposite of a trim tab on other boats? In other words your saying that lowering the tab will drive the bow deeper creating more wake, and then raising the plate will put you back at the stock AWSA ride?

Sled,

On the LS it does lift the rear end out of the water, it really changes the angle of the bow, it drops it way down, and the wake gets..................much smaller. :confused:

Z, I absolutely agree with you. But in the end, while we both have DD power plants, our hulls are a bit different. This is what I'm wondering. Are the hulls different enough that the wakeplate would work opposite for my boat vs yours.

This seems to be the impression that the others are trying to make.

I wonder that too, the back of the MC was flat like the rest of the hull. The back of the LS is carved out some, I have heard to suck it down. Putting the slalom plate down (Upppps wakeplate) raises it out of the water and smoothes the wake.