Under $100 Mods

[iwakeboard]

jonyb, how'd you manage to do the under-platform LED's? Did you do it yourself? Was it difficult? Did you create them their own seperate switch? It scares me drilling gaping holes below the waterline, haha. And please tell me you did it for less than $100

[sybrmike]

If trying to keep the cost down - you can go with the Monster tower light & swap the incandesent bulb with an LED. Google & you can find LED replacements for just about any standard automotive style bulb for just a few bucks.

[87SunSportMikeyD]

Haha hes gotcha there that is a baller upgrade! Nice though. Love the cupholder LEDs, which ones did you go with, the single LED or the oznium superbright 4chip LED?

Another neat suggesstion from G on wakeworld is the millioncolor LEDs with a color controller so you can pick any color you want as well as have patterns, pulsing, etc. Neato.

[87SunSportMikeyD]

Sybermike - THANK YOU!!!! I will totally do this - LEDs are so hot right now...

[TayTay]

Get the prewired superflux 4 chip. they are 2.99 a piece and pretty dang bright IMO. Waterproof as well.

http://www.oznium.com/prewired-superflux

[Okie Boarder]

How about a wired remote at the driver's helm or transom? That's something that could be done under $100.

Windshield tint?

Throttle knob?

I definitely want to do some things with LED's. That's probably going to have to wait until next year.

I'll get my tower speakers powered with an amp and then see where I'm at with my budget after finishing the rebuild. Setting up the ballast hidden and semi-auto will be next. I'd like to get some board racks too.

[TayTay]

A few under $100 mods, flag holder (in down position), speaker sox "SUPRA" tower speaker covers/wakeboard rack covers, and gator grip on the top deck of the boat. The gator grip is awesome, especially with the Z-5 when you need to tie something down or quickly grab something...prevents a lot of injuries! So far it has been bulletproof.

FMAN, two questions. Where did you get the flag holder. Second, how satisfied are you with the speakersox? I just put an order together and its $150 for my speakers, mirror, and racks. Just wanted to see how much you liked them before I make my decision on if I want to buy them.

[tg0824SSVGG]

I am not fman, but I have had speakersox (with custom embroidery) for nearly 4 years and they hold up very well. I have driven THOUSANDS of miles with them on the speakers
at highway speed - they are out in the SUN 365 days a year and are still solid.

Only complaint, the black is now dark grey. Other than that, for the money they
worked great.

(this is on my old boat - do they make covers to fit our roswell lightbar?)

[TayTay]

Ok, thats a pretty good review. I dont think mine would get as much "abuse" as what you are describing. It is only a 5 min drive to the river and it is in the garage most of the time. I think I will eventually get them. If any body else has experiance with them, lets hear it! This a good cheap mod IMO

[Fman]

FMAN, two questions. Where did you get the flag holder. Second, how satisfied are you with the speakersox? I just put an order together and its $150 for my speakers, mirror, and racks. Just wanted to see how much you liked them before I make my decision on if I want to buy them.

As Todd mentioned, the Speaker Sox products are a very good product. I put them on last year and have had no problems. Have had no color fading problems, but my boat is stored indoors, only outside when using it on the water.

The flagholder I got from:

http://newtproducts.com/

Only recommendation I would make it get the 24" flag, not the 36", if you forget to pull the flag (which you will gauranteed) and drive the boat in the holder it will bend the flag pole, the 24" wont do this as bad. Nice thing about there flags is they all float as well. Another nice product.