04 SAN Team Edition

[bbc3]

oh...btw, are you concerned with rusting at all...

[SuperAirDave]

They are aluminum so they can't rust. Upkeep is no different than an aluminum wheel. Throw a little aluminum polish on a soft cloth every once in a while, and your good to go. The more polished the aluminum is, the easier the upkeep. Then you can wax it along with the boat for protection against the elements. I am going to pull off the aluminum clamps for my flight clips and polish them too!

[OnlyNatique]

Boat Looks Great! I really like the colors and the Truck even better...U put any sacs or anything in there to make the wake bigger! Remember Bigger is Better

[SuperAirDave]

No, just using the factory ballast for now. Not sure if I need any more wake than I have.

[bbc3]

I thought the plates were aluminum...what about the screws? If they are steel and you removed the paint "protecting" them, do you think they'll rust. Or do you know if they are stainless steel? We have the invert clips, so polishing up these intakes would ice the cake for our boat.

[SuperAirDave]

The screws are stainless steel, just with a machine finish. (Not smoothed out). Put some Mothers Mag Polish on a rag, lay it on a smooth hard surface, and take the screws one at a time and rub the face of it back and forth on the polish. The hotter the metal gets, the softer it gets. (The faster it will polish up). It will slowly turn into a mirror finish. Took me about fifteen minutes to do all of them.

[OnlyNatique]

Is there 3 tanks in that or just 2?

[skinautique]

If it is a team (which I think he said it is), there are 3 tanks that hold a total of 850 lbs.

[SuperAirDave]

Skinautique is right on the money, "Team's" have 3 ballast tanks, for a whopping total of 850 lbs. Alot of guys run additional bags, but I don't need it for my riding level.

[skinautique]

For a good amount of people, 850 is sufficient. Then you have those people that just like to build as big of a wake as they can just to out do their friends! j/k

[AbunDiga909]

Next thing ya know one day people will start taking out all of the extras like carpets, stareos, extra gear seats (to a certain extent) windshields, upholstry etc...to out-do the their friends wake on one's 196! :lol:

[bbc3]

thanks SuperAirDave...we're definitely going to do it. Appreciate the info... I'll let you know how they turn out...cheers!

[SuperAirDave]

I know you'll be pleased with the outcome. Only thing better would be to make them out of stainless and polish those. Then upkeep would be next to zero. I would, but noticed they have been put into a press and bent to keep with the contour of the boat. They have just the slightest arch to them.

[SuperAirDave]

Had her out Sat and Sun this weekend, here are a couple of pics...

[SuperAirDave]

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