Vinyl update complete, 2008 XLV

Well, my vinyl was pretty tired and was held together with tons of tear aid and vinyl tape.

Here was my old color scheme:

https://i.imgur.com/fBKmd5T.jpg

another pic. (ignore the air mattress in the middle, that's my "camping" setup)
https://i.imgur.com/yZI03KQ.jpg


I did the disassembly of the vinyl pieces. and brought them to the upholstery guy.
https://i.imgur.com/XkmGq7v.jpg

And about 5 or 6 weeks later I was able to pick them up. (it took 3 weeks just to get the special ordered vinyl).


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In hindsight, it would have been better to have just brought the boat to the shop and let them do everything. I ended up having to bring back the boat and have them re-stretch all the front seatback pieces.

I went with the following:

• Silver Carbon Fiber vinyl base color
• Medium textured gray border color
• Blue carbon fiber vinyl accent color
• Black carbon fiber vinyl accent color
• Blue Carbon fiber vinyl piping
• blue thread for stitching

I also told the shop that it was cool to be generous with the darker accent colors. They took me at my word and did the rear sun deck with a TON of the darker colors. If I don't like it, I'll have him swap out some of the black for more silver down the road.

So it's finally in. The pieces seem to fit together a little looser than the old ones. Not sure if that will change over time or not. It's also interesting that the lines from the rear seatback to the sundeck really didn't have continuity with the original vinyl, so without the boat, the upholstery guy wouldn't have been able to change up the OEM pattern to make the seatback to sundeck flow better. But it'll be fine.

I was told that what wrinkles remain will dissipate as the vinyl gets some sun...
https://i.imgur.com/ArHgo1g.jpg

And yes, that sundeck will likely get hot on a 90+ degree day, but we really don't get that many of those in the PNW and a big towel can be thrown over it pretty easily. and like I said, if it's a problem, I'll have a lot of that black taken out for more silver.

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Looks so good Trayson….amazing what that has done to the look of your XLV!

Great work they did!

Looks awesome. Can I ask what total cost was?
Debating doing the same on my 2010 Supra and have no idea how much to budget.

Also, if anyone knows of any good shops in the Houston TX area, would be interested in recommendations.


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Awesome color choices. My OCD would have left the middle of the seat back below the ski pylon silver. And the middle engine hatch silver with the small blue accents as opposed to the black cover. But, that is the beauty of these patterns there are so many ways to set up the color combinations. Looks so good, people are gonna think you're rockin a brand new boat!!

Damn! Looks like a new boat!!!

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Looks awesome. Can I ask what total cost was?
Debating doing the same on my 2010 Supra and have no idea how much to budget.

Also, if anyone knows of any good shops in the Houston TX area, would be interested in recommendations.


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Hit up David Langston for recommendedation in Houston.

Mine was gonna be $4k I'd I dropped off there boat I think. With me doing the removal and reassemble of the pieces in the boat, it was $3300. But then I asked the shop to install the front seatbacks in and that bumped it up $150.

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Awesome color choices. My OCD would have left the middle of the seat back below the ski pylon silver. And the middle engine hatch silver with the small blue accents as opposed to the black cover. But, that is the beauty of these patterns there are so many ways to set up the color combinations. Looks so good, people are gonna think you're rockin a brand new boat!!

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Hence the fact that in hindsight I should have given him the boat. Without the boat he wouldn't have been able to really know that the oem patterns didn't line up like you and I would have envisioned. In fact, I didn't even realize the lack of continuity between the rear seatback she the sundeck until I got it all reinstalled...

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Originally Posted by trayson

Hit up David Langston for recommendedation in Houston.

Mine was gonna be $4k I'd I dropped off there boat I think. With me doing the removal and reassemble of the pieces in the boat, it was $3300. But then I asked the shop to install the front seatbacks in and that bumped it up $150.



Hence the fact that in hindsight I should have given him the boat. Without the boat he wouldn't have been able to really know that the oem patterns didn't line up like you and I would have envisioned. In fact, I didn't even realize the lack of continuity between the rear seatback she the sundeck until I got it all reinstalled...

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That's the drawback off not having the boat at the shop for the install, when you install the pieces stuff may not line up or wrinkles in the corners or when seats are squished together. Still looks great, the only reason you notice it cuz you paid for it. Everyone will be in awe.

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That's the drawback off not having the boat at the shop for the install, when you install the pieces stuff may not line up or wrinkles in the corners or when seats are squished together. Still looks great, the only reason you notice it cuz you paid for it. Everyone will be in awe.

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Yeah, like I've owned the boat for years and I never realized the fact that the original vinyl didn't really flow right either! I question if he had the boat if it'd have been too much different given the OEM vinyl being "off" too.
https://i.imgur.com/fBKmd5T.jpg

If it's only a hundred or so I might have him re-do the engine cover and I'd get a lot better pattern flow after that. But I am having him re-do the seatbase of the rear bench. that's one I can make him do over. LOL.

Nice BBQ that you added, I mean sundeck. That is going to get HOOOOOOOTTTTT!


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Nice BBQ that you added, I mean sundeck. That is going to get HOOOOOOOTTTTT!


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For all the hot tail that I always have on my boat! LOLOLOL

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For all the hot tail that I always have on my boat! LOLOLOL

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Touche':cool:

Any contact info for David Langston in Houston. I have google him and can’t find contact! Thanks.

By the way, love the new seats trayson!!!

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Hit up David Langston for recommendedation in Houston.

Mine was gonna be $4k I'd I dropped off there boat I think. With me doing the removal and reassemble of the pieces in the boat, it was $3300. But then I asked the shop to install the front seatbacks in and that bumped it up $150.



Hence the fact that in hindsight I should have given him the boat. Without the boat he wouldn't have been able to really know that the oem patterns didn't line up like you and I would have envisioned. In fact, I didn't even realize the lack of continuity between the rear seatback she the sundeck until I got it all reinstalled...

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So I did not have a custom shop do my boat, I ordered the skins from the dealer through Rinkers and had a friends put them on for a small fee. I did just meet someone at work who had his older Malibu 247 redone by a guy in Conroe and he was raving out the quality of work. I will get his contact info tonight. I think he said he spent 3-4k and that included new foam I think and a 247 is ALOT more vinyl than a 21V.

Try sending a pm to RdLangston. Oh well he beat me to it.

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That's the drawback off not having the boat at the shop for the install, when you install the pieces stuff may not line up or wrinkles in the corners or when seats are squished together. Still looks great, the only reason you notice it cuz you paid for it. Everyone will be in awe.

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AGREE . When doing mine , i took the pieces out and test fit them to see if the curved pieces wrinkled to much to my liking etc . Of course they did ....so back in side more heat and stretching , massaging etc .

Im sure if you took the boat back they could do some quick stretching and heat to get them tighter and smooth out the wrinkles

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AGREE . When doing mine , i took the pieces out and test fit them to see if the curved pieces wrinkled to much to my liking etc . Of course they did ....so back in side more heat and stretching , massaging etc .

Im sure if you took the boat back they could do some quick stretching and heat to get them tighter and smooth out the wrinkles

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Overall it came out great. Yeah, I had to give him the boat for a week after the pieces were made and he got them stretched out better. It makes a world of difference to have the new interior.

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Overall it came out great. Yeah, I had to give him the boat for a week after the pieces were made and he got them stretched out better. It makes a world of difference to have the new interior.

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That it does !! Literally feels and looks brand new .

What brand of vinyl did you use?

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What brand of vinyl did you use?

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I'm honestly not sure. it's whatever the upholstery shop used. They had a big sample book, but I didn't pay attention to the brand.

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I'm honestly not sure. it's whatever the upholstery shop used. They had a big sample book, but I didn't pay attention to the brand.

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Spirit millennium vinyl, order a sample card to match colors.

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What brand of vinyl did you use?

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I talked to my upholstery guy. It's the Softside Marine Collection, by Spradling International.

https://spradlingvinyl.com/brands/softside/

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I talked to my upholstery guy. It's the Softside Marine Collection, by Spradling International.

https://spradlingvinyl.com/brands/softside/

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Spradling good too, it's what moomba uses.

Thanks, looks great!

is there a website or somewhere I can get those cushions in between like that? (thru the window and the bow)?

I love those!

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is there a website or somewhere I can get those cushions in between like that? (thru the window and the bow)?

I love those!

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You have an Outback V with a WALKTHROUGH bow, like 95% of the boats that are made. Mine is an XLV that has a Playpen bow. I have a big hinged cover over a huge storage compartment where you have more flooring that you can walk and stand on. The only boats that have the flip up backrests on the seats like I do are boats with playpen bows: A few supras of my vintage, a couple moombas, and a couple of the Axis boats. That's about it. The whole rest of the industry went to the walkthrough bow (which I don't like). I adore my playpen bow.

I'm sure you could fab up a REALLY LONG filler cushion. Anything's possible. You wouldn't get the deep storage I have (I can fit 3 boards in my big locker under my playpen or an 1,180 pound gravity games bag!)

I can't imagine not having the playpen after just one summer with it. We take roughly 10 people on our outings. That separation provides two complete atmospheres in the boat. Also helps keep the littles out of the business area of the boat. Mostly the teenage girls sit up there though. Gives them privacy especially with the windshield closed.

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You have an Outback V with a WALKTHROUGH bow, like 95% of the boats that are made. Mine is an XLV that has a Playpen bow. I have a big hinged cover over a huge storage compartment where you have more flooring that you can walk and stand on. The only boats that have the flip up backrests on the seats like I do are boats with playpen bows: A few supras of my vintage, a couple moombas, and a couple of the Axis boats. That's about it. The whole rest of the industry went to the walkthrough bow (which I don't like). I adore my playpen bow.

I'm sure you could fab up a REALLY LONG filler cushion. Anything's possible. You wouldn't get the deep storage I have (I can fit 3 boards in my big locker under my playpen or an 1,180 pound gravity games bag!)

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Dang, I might have to mock something up.. I love the “play pens”

Maybe I will just sell and find one lolol!

Had all my lower viynls completed last year minus the captains seat.

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Had all my lower viynls completed last year minus the captains seat.

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How much does something like that cost? I just got a 2000 moomba mobius. I would like to replace the back lid with 3 smaller ones and replace the viynls


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I'm in Canada and it seems way more expensive here, I had all the foam replaced and 15 pieces redone and it was around 7k

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I'm in Canada and it seems way more expensive here, I had all the foam replaced and 15 pieces redone and it was around 7k

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Thanks
Looks great.. More than i can even think about right now.

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