Vinyl update complete, 2008 XLV

[trayson]

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

Here was my old color scheme:



another pic. (ignore the air mattress in the middle, that's my "camping" setup)



I did the disassembly of the vinyl pieces. and brought them to the upholstery guy.


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).



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.

[trayson]

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...


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.

[trayson]

[trayson]

[jcredible]

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

Great work they did!

[mgswake]

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!!

[Leebo]

Damn! Looks like a new boat!!!

[ajbrooks1]

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

I love those!

[trayson]

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

I love those!

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!)

[BrentC5Z]

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.