My 08 Super Air TE 210 finally arrives

[nautiquenz]

She's the standard 07/08 bimini for FCT towers.

One she's up she works a treat, but I have two issues with it.

1. The spinners only go half-way around with the bimini on. I don't believe it would be much of a design tweak to crank the rear strut out of the way (you can see this in the pic) or attach it elsewhere on the tower (above the canvas?). Come on CC.

2. You need to stow the bimini completely inside the boat when towing- otherwise the screws holding the end swivel-locks in jiggle loose and fall out - as they did for me. My dealer (excellent as always) calmly listened to me bleating on the other end of the line for 15 minutes, then couriered me new ones.

3. Not really an issue, but it takes two people to make rigging it 'easy'. Maybe with more practice I could do it myself, but the struts tend to dangle everwhere and scratch everything. Would be a pain to always be riggng & de-rigging if you tow considerable distances.

4. Always operate the bungy cord from the back of the spinners; if you let go while in front of the forks, you're likey to lose your eye (especially after a beer or two). This is a real issue for those unfamiliar with bungy cords and spinners...

Will post side-on pics when I download my other camera...

[pjdave]

thanks for the reply. What you have is an 07 210 bimini, CC no longer sell an under style bimini for the 08 model boat. Had the the same binmini on our 07 220 and the same issues you have. Before mounting (or using the cc mounting diagram) we shorten the rear legs so they spun free of the spinnner racks. Would still love a side profile pic as we are going to get one made. (or we can swap for an overtop style if your into them .

[nautiquenz]

Side on pic attached...

[CradGen2]

NautiqueNZ,

I'm from Pittsburgh so those are Steeler football teams colors. Cool. Question, do you like the sound of the tower spreakers? I'm thinking of getting a pair, but have not heard any. Any comments.

[nautiquenz]

For sure! The factory amp settings are totally random and the way the speakers are hooked up to the amps / head unit is really weird, but once you stick your head under the hood and tweak the gains / freq cutoffs, she sounds really good.

We run the tower speakers on high-pass. Even though they are 6x9's, the enclosure doesn't handle deep bass too well (in my experience). We have also set the unit so it sounds good in the boat (stuff the rider), but could crank the tower sounds so you can hear while riding.

Overall I'm very impressed - get 4 x speakers for max results!

[Bevan]

NautiqueNZ........what motor are you running, excal or ZR6?