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Planning on purchasing a XLV in the somewhat near future, just curious to see what all you other XLV owners have done as far as upgrades.
My plan will be to upgrade the swim deck obviously and add more ballast if it’s not already done on whatever boat I buy.
Well, I bought myself a brand new tow vehicle if you consider it as an upgrade. It's an upgrade in my life for sure, I just got rid of the other piece of junk :D I will move to France soon and I was thinking about buying a new tow vehicle since the first time I decided to buy a house on the French Riviera. My old one was causing a lot of problems but now eveything is fine.
You asked for it...
2008 XLV
- Hydroturf instead of carpet
- Hyrdroturf on bow and gunwale tops
- Metalflake vinyl above rub rail
- Metal flake vinyl on seat bases and sides of playpen walkthrough
- Ballast system gutted and replaced with 6 attwood T1200 pumps with 1" thru hulls and 1.25" hose
- Johnson reversible pump added to fill/empty 400 bag under port seats and another 400 bag under port bow seat
- rear bags upgraded to 1100's
- front bag upgraded to gravity games 1180
- LED accent lights on seat bases
- LED cabin speaker lights with plexiglass rings and LED angel eyes to light up the cones
- LED speaker rings on two 10" subwoofers with LED angel eyes to light up the cones
- LED Angel eyes on the four 10" drivers for the pair of REV410s on the tower
- LED front docking lights
- LED trailer runway lights on digital bilge switch
- LED front navigation light
- LED tower anchor light
- Machined tower extention to get wakeboard line higher than overhead board racks
- Homemade overhead board racks on tower
- Monster Cargo Bimini with bungess added to run the frame w/o the cover and still carry boards
- Krypt swivel wakeboard racks
- pair of 3 spot (wake/surf/wake) racks off Amazon
- Krypt pair of flag holders on tower
- Custom surf platform with stainless grab handles
- rear ratcheting trailer tie down straps
- Fulton F2 tongue jack
- Fulton F2 trailer winch
- 5 aluminum wheels for trailer with blue lug bolts and valve stem caps
- 8 Polk coaxial cabin speakers powered with PPI Phantom 4 channel amp
- 2 REV410's each powered with a PPI Phantom P600 amp mono
- added a 2nd speaker box with another 10" infinity sub (3 total subs) powered off a PPI Phanton P1000.1 amp
- Wetsounds 420sq zone controller
- Exile Bluetooth controller
- Wetsounds A-link
- Magents added to rear lockers and observer doors to keep them from blowing open
- all new vinyl with carbon fiber print
- Brass fittings for hose connection to manifolds
- HDPE custom made engine tray for storage above engine
- Bungee netting on back of observer door, underside of starboard cushion, above drivers cupholders, and tops of rear lockers
- All cupholder replaced with ones with translucent barrels and embedded LED's.
- Front cupholder and speaker LED's on a switch to turn them off for better night vision
- Rear transome LED's mounted to perimiter of wakeplate.
- Drain plug LED
- upper forward carpet partitions removed from rear lockers to allow bags to fill more
- 2 extra speakers mounted at rear of playpen locker and in the rear bench seat
- wakemakers locker panel reinforcements
- Acme 537 prop
- pss dripless shaft seal
- New torsion axles after mine failed, LOL
- Coleman party stacker cooler under cooler cutout seat
- rubber stopper added to in floor cooler drain hole
- OEM snap on cover & OEM full cover
- Ronix trailer guide pole covers
- window tint
- Ram Mounts suction mount with x-wing phone holder
- hard wired power for charging driver's phone
- monster detachable tower mirror mount with CIPA vision 180 mirror
- 4 port heater (with only 2 hot tubes hooked up so far)
- homemade suction wakeshaper
- prosport 20 amp 2 port onboard charger
- high output alternator
- attwood digital bilge switch with T1200 bilge pump
- rear achor pole plug in receptical reqired to be a 12v accessory plug in
- Box anchor, shore spike, anchor buddy, Danik hook
- OEM Moomba Raised lettering & registration letters in matching font in metalflake vinyl
- a few gopro mounts
- rudder position indicator gauge on steering wheel center cap
I think I got everything. So yeah, my boat's basically bone stock.
https://i.imgur.com/mUgPzlF.jpg
A few more bells and whistles, rack and peanut steering and you'll have re-created The Homer.Quote:
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You figured out my grand vision!Quote:
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I’ve actually seen and read a lot of your posts, your bait is an inspiration ��
You have any pictures of some of the cooler more custom kinds like the over engine storage and ballast upgrades?
Engine tray. built as 2 pieces with 1/4" HDPE and some aluminum angle with some SS Screws. Not all that deep with the XLV, but enough for some ropes, the flag, the throw cushion.... And it's a great pizza warmer.
http://i1070.photobucket.com/albums/...psu93ouxsi.jpg
Coleman party stacker cooler fits great. Lid is notched out on the lip of it so fit under the crossmember of that seat (the part that the braces fit into to turn it into a backrest)
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Z...2/GOPR1318.JPG
Here's a whole thread on my ballast system upgrade: https://forum.moomba.com/showthread....system-upgrade
I forgot my home-made surf pipe.
http://i1070.photobucket.com/albums/...pstf0uajlw.jpg
The downpipe has since been replaced with an aluminum one that's pressed to a narrower profile. But you get the idea.
https://forum.moomba.com/showthread....our-wake/page5
Cooler lid....https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...ce084e8896.jpg
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Pile of Wetsounds audio equipment
1180 front, 1020 rear bags
Full Wakemakers ballast upgrade system with BETTER wiring. I was amazed they shipped with scotch lock connectors behind the switches...
ebay version of the mission wake shaper ($129 shipped)
Ski Pylon delete with PVC cap & pipe
Full carbon feel interior
below rail custom wrap
This winter will be full SeaDek treatment.
I won't attempt to list the service parts I've replaced on both the boat & trailer. But hey, saved $50K off buying new so there was money to play with.
i'd love to see pics of the interior.Quote:
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Here is how mine interior turned out. I used a company called aqua traction. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...6b9ae47d49.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...22f225ea47.jpg
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That looks amazing! What did you use to fill the snap holes in the floor? My terrible rubber snap in flooring blew out on the highway. I will be replacing all mine with glue down.
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That looks awesome, I’m torn between the EvaFoam style floor like this or miners miss. Out 3055 has the foam and I like itQuote:
Originally Posted by Potsieuf
I didn't have snap floor before, just carpet. So I didn't have to do anything about snap holes.Quote:
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I went with this style because it's easier to clean and doesn't hold sand. We got it last year before our vacation and this year I pressure washed it and the color came right back.Quote:
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It looks just like your except orange / charcoal accent colors.Quote:
Originally Posted by trayson
https://i.imgur.com/qYub2oy.jpg
Potsieuf,
I'm guessing they now have your pattern on file? I'm planning a carpet replacement this winter but didn't want to deal with making patterns etc. Was just going to use sheet material from Seadek.
What did it cost?Quote:
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That looks fantastic.Quote:
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I think that it was around $1,200, but I don't remember.Quote:
Originally Posted by trayson
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Thanks. Just realized how horrible my grammar/ typo was.Quote:
Originally Posted by trayson
I have a 2006 XLV and have done some of the same things as you. I Have PPI amps as well and have been very impressed for the price. I use the same cooler under the seat. We upgraded the entire seating vinyl to add a silver carbon fiber accent. We added swivel racks as well as the stock fixed racks (great when friends bring their own toys). I had to modify the stock folding bimini rear straps so we could rotate the boards in, but I love it now. We upgraded all the interior speakers to Kicker and the towers to Polk Audio with a JL 10" sub under the helm. Next year should bring Wakemakers ballast upgrade kit, Z% cargo bimini and maybe a bigger Sub. Ours is a similar color pattern. Nice to get some ideas for ours from others like yourself. Great topic.
I want to add swivel racks to mine, how did you modify the straps?
Ill have to get some pics. I found some brackets for the tower that held 1/4" pins and cut down the rear straps and added in a D-ring swivel to go directly to the tower from the back of the bimini frame. It only has a 6" or so adjustable strap on the rear of it now. I put in quick release pins to hold in the rear D-rings. Worked out perfect...surprisingly!
Anyone else have any modifications to share?