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How do i order something from the store? I wanna order a prop but when i click on the photo it says error.

Thanks in advance.

Im sure this question has been beaten over and over again but im in the market for a new prop.

04 avalanche. 1600lb custom port ballast and 400lb center ballast. We will add another 500lb bag depending of we have riders along or not. Full throttle and pp set to 11mph i cant reach speed or it takes forever and my pp gauge keeps flashing more throttle but i dont have more to give! So im looking to swap my stock prop out before i destroy the engine. And no engine is not weak. Boat has 118 hrs on it.

So ive been told the acme 911 is the prop to use. Is this best for surfing and occasionally pulling a tube around at 20 mph?

Thanks in advance guys.

So i ended up getting the skylon 8 pin harness. Does anyone have a tower thats factory wired? Id love to see pics of locations like the plug through the hull and how the wire was routed.

I Checked the tower over again and no wires what so ever. Im adding 4- 6.5" tower speakers and yes they will be driven by a 4 channel amp. Amp will be mounted on the cubby under the observers seat. Probably make a false panel under the heater blower next to the batteries. Just concerned about routing them thru since theres some joints on top of the tower where they obviously wont go through. That why i was hoping someone would have some pics of factory wiring to help out.

Ive had my eye on this for a bit.

http://m.ebay.com/itm/SKYLON-8-PIN-TOWER-WIRE-HARNESS-KIT-MARINE-BOAT-/231362484672?nav=WATCHING_ACTIVE

Im going through this issue on my 04 avy. The fill pumps were in the transom next to the stock center ballast pumps. I added 2 tsunami 1200's there for fill. The wires were already back there and taped off. Iirc it was brown w/blue stripe and black w/blue stripe for port and brown w/white stripe and black w/white stripe for starboard. Thick tush wires! I ran new drain pump wires since both of my drain pumps were under port seat. Under the switch cluster you will see a group of wires with tags on them. The 2 fat black wire get attached together to complete the ground. One fat brown wire is 12v lead from fuse panel. This goes to center pin on switch. The other fat brown wire to bottom pin. Top pin is for drain pump power. On the other side of the switch is a ground and 2 blue wires. This is for illumination.

Im told by skylon that i have a wiring harness existing in my tower on my 04 avy. I have yet to see evidence of this. So let see some pics or ideas of how you guys did tower speaker installations! I wanna make this as clean as possible and would like some kind of disconnect at the hull for tower removal, which i need to do every winter for storage. Im getting ready to install 4 - 6.5" cans on the tower and could use some ideas.

Thanks.

Yeah that basically what happened to us. Was rain as we put it into the garage.

Thanks for the info.

Is 303 protectant best to use? I want something that keeps the vinyl soft but helps repell stains. So far, ive had good luck with it.

No mine has the walk thru transom. I wanted a C4 but couldnt find one within 300 miles all year. Ended up buying mine last september out of holland michigan. Got a hell of a deal. 04 avy with only 98 hrs on it for 23,5k. Interior was 9 out of 10 just cause i saw a few little spots of mildew. Hull was 7 out of 10 just cause they removed the oem decals and put custom ones on. Some of the fade marks from the old decals can be seen yet. Im going to have that fixed this fall. Im ok with the walk thru. Everyone that goes out with us is regular footed except one guy and he can ride switch. It saves my rear locker and sundeck from people walking on it.

Found the mushroom strainers. Their made by attwood to fit the tsunami t1200 pumps.

And i was going to drill by the v drive but decided to try and keep a factory appearence as much as i can. So im going thru the transom right next to where my stock center ballast pump is. Im even going as far as to order the factory oem rocker switches for the rear ballast also. Ive found with boats if you dont spare expenses and do everything correctly, it doesnt hurt resale value. We are all pricks when it comes to buying a boat! I know i was when i got mine. Talked down from 25k to 23,5k just from nit picking.

Thanks guys. Ill give the starbrite a try. Im using 303 aerospace protectant directly after everythings dry. Ive heard that stuff is the best for vinyl conditioner.

And yes i do try to let it get as much air as possible when we have dry days. I noticed some very small spotting when we purchased the boat last fall. Then after putting it in storage there must have been moisture in there yet.

So over fall and winter we had some spots of mold and mildew on the vinyl. Gave our avy a good cleaning yesterday with simple green cleaner. It worked pretty good but some of the mold stains didnt come out of the white vinyl. Anybody have any reccomendations? Picked up this stuff recommended by local boat guys called armada mighty brite but doesnt work very well. And i'm going be very picky on what goes on my vinyl. Its an 04 avy with 101 hours and in vinyl is soft and perfect condition minus these few spots. Ive been told stay away from bleach and harsh chemicals.

So i ordered a custom bag from flyhigh to fit the rear locker and inder the seat of my 04 avy. Im gonna be using dual tsunami 1200's for fill and dual 1200's for drain. Im looking at putting the fill pumps in my transom next to where the factory center ballast pump is. Does anyone know if they make a 1-1/8 mushroom strainer? Id like to just run the pump inlets through the transom and add a mushroom strainer on the outside like the factory one.

Otherwise any other suggestions?

Thanks in advance guys. Can wait to start surfing again but water is still cold as hell here in wisconsin so ive got a few weeks to get this ballast install done.

I have an 03 avalanche in Sheboygan, but ill be heading up to Crivitz with it this evening to store it. Stay away from that elite v that skipper buds in Madison has. Its in rough shape and they want too much for it in the condition its in.

I saw a 02 avalanche post on craigslist in the rice lake area. Dont know if it sold yet but looked like a nice boat. We were gonna go look at it but i found a way better deal in Michigan. We upgraded from a moomba mobius to a avalanche and couldnt be happier!

Yea, Lake Geneva is a big lake but way to busey on weekends. During the week it is not bad. Delavan is about 6 miles SW of Geneva. A little less known of a lake about 1/2 the size. Shaped like a kidney so if one end is rough from wind the other end is generally calm. From Kenosha you are 35-45 minutes to Geneva/Delavan. Delavan is a great fishing lake also so for water sports if you get up and go out at 6-6:30 on weekends you have the lake to yourself and fishing boats till around 9:30-10 AM then again after 5 it clears up till dusk.

Pretty much every time you go out you will see someone surfing. Not any Centurions that I know of. A lot of Tige and MC on the lake. Let me know i you venture down next summer and we could meet up.

Will do. I'm always up for checking out new water and meeting new people. There's a group of about 8-10 of us that go out here. I have the avy we strictly surf off of. One buddy has a 04 supra launch that we wakeboard and surf goofy on, then my other buddy has a 01 Air Nautique we board on also.

I have a cottage on Lake Delavan in SE WI. Live in Chicago but go up weekends in the summer. Can't help out on the surfing.......Just bought my Centurion and gone be experimenting myself on ballast next spring.

Thats not a bad ride. I can make it to Racine/Kenosha area in just over an hour. I think Lake Delavan in about an hour and a half down 43 South. I've heard Lake Geneva is nice too, but busy.

Minnesota is a hike for me. That's about 10hr ride one way. Im right on Lake Michigan. And there's no way id ever drop in there! Lake stays cold and 5-10ft swells are frequent and common. I see eough of the crazy fishermen capsizing with 22ft and 24ft fishing cutters in that water. Lake Winnebago is fairly close but again, super shallow and gets very choppy out of nowhere.

I live in Sheboygan. Not much around the area for boating. Small lake about 20min away called Long Lake in the kettles but most of it is ~15ft. Not enough to make a solid wave. We try to spend most of our time up at our place by Crivitz. Go out on high falls flowage there. Been wanting to check out Green lake this summer and i've heard Lake Wisconsin by the dells is nice. We usually dont see anyone doing what we do. I see a couple decent boats on long lake but they're pulling tubes and maybe a little wakeboarding. I saw a guy with a newer Axis on the flowage surfing a little, but was a straight radio-edit when i tried talking with him at the dock. His buddy that had a older lxv malibu was alot more plesant, but they were just pull tubers. We tried the wolf river up by fremont last year too and its wayyy to busy of a water way to play in unless you never go down. Saw 1 or 2 people surfing there by the Moomba dealer. Lake Poygan and Partridge Lake are super shallow Also.

I don't think of Lake Minnetonka for purifying. I've noticed more centurion pics on Instagram coming from Lake Minnetonka this year. I only saw one older one when I was on it earlier this summer. I usually go on Long Lake if I use the boat in the cities. Typically trailer to various cabins... Resko, where in Wisconsin? My family has places closer to Hayward that I go to a few times a year.

Checking if any of you guys here are from Wisconsin. Would love to meet up next spring or summer and check out new water. Maybe get tips on weighing my boat / ballast setup or other things.

No comparison between the two.

I would choose the avalanche even if it was 10k more than the moomba and had no stereo.

110% agree! I just traded in a moomba for an avy with walk through transom. We all ride regular except one of us and hes leaning to ride switch so we dont have to fill and drain all the time. The moomba is like a chevy cruise and the avy is like a bmw or audi. There was a huge difference in the wake also. We tried a goofy wake first thing out. With to 550's on the goofy side and a 450 behind the capt chair it wasnt too bad. Its totally surfable, just a PITA with the fill and drain of bags.

Thats cool as hell! Something like that is what i was looking for. Illuminate the water around the boat at night.

Would something like this work for a normal exhaust without the sideswipe? Wouldn't mind quieting down the exhaust note to hear the stereo better

And for reference, this is the avalanche i bought 2 weeks ago. Still haven't taken the posting down. And its an 04, not an 03 and got it for 22k. And you read that correctly. Hour meter read 95.8 hours and engine ECU confirmed it! Its in immaculate condition. Interior was like new.

http://www.boattrader.com/listing/2003-centurion-storm-series-102843384/

And for tower speakers im thinking of going with the rockford fosgate m282's in white.