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Doesn’t seem like they are ready to Fire Sale their boats yet. They are quoting 28-30% off MSRP on leftover 2023’s.

Hi, looking for a measurement(s) from anyone running a 2014 - 2016 VTX with the "Wakesetter" graphic decal on the side. I have a 2012 and will be doing a logo delete this spring and adding a set of 2014 decals. My question is if anyone can provide measurements for vertical spacing from the bottom off the rub rail to the top of either end of the Decal? I would like to get it as close to factory placement as possible. Thanks in advance!

M5. I hope they take responsibility.

That sucks! At least it should fall onto the dealers responsibility. That a M or raptor engine?

Welp, got my boat back from the dealer (warranty work) recently and took it out to the lake for the first time this season. Started it up and checked the engine to find water dumping out the exhaust manifold on the starboard side. The freeze plug had popped out which seems to me they did not winterize my boat before the big freeze in January here in North Texas. My plan is to take it back to them (Tommy’s Lewisville) and have them check the block and the exhaust manifolds. Anything else I should be concerned about here? Guess I’m wondering my recourse if they didn’t winterize it after all and I have engine damage.

Ok thanks for the advice. I found a video of the fumes if that helps.https://youtube.com/shorts/P5dM53fUkE0?si=hYDM9xagVuYgRNiI

Took our new boat out for the first time and after about two hours had the autobildge warning keep kicking on. Confirmed no water pumping out the sides. Opened the floor hatch mid ship and only a small about of water. Manually turned on the bilge and nothing. Noted on the small screening where you turn on the bilge the sensor seemed to be indicating bilge off/on but not turning on. Stuck sensor? Thoughts? Thanks in advance! Hoping to avoid a trip to the dealer.

Does anybody have a file for just the sunset? I am making a new bracket for a new winch and figure I could cut the logo out into the supports using the CNC plasma table.

Welcome! I had an older VLX and we always liked that boat (it was a 2005). 2013 will get you power wedge and surfgate tech so that's a great starting point. I can't comment on screen tech for that era boat, but I'd recommend that you take it for a test drive before buying. Press every switch to make sure things work. Page through the menu and make sure there are no active or inactive trouble codes listed. Make sure surfgate and wedge work. Make sure ballast tanks all fill and all drain. Run it up to wide open throttle. Make sure the steering is smooth (if not might need steering cable replacement, they wear and corrode over time). Make sure there are no strange vibrations when underway. See if they know when the impeller was last changed (it's a rubber part that sucks water from the lake to cool the engine - most replace annually as a precaution). Find out when the V-Drive and Transmission fluids were changed. Oil is pretty easy to tell if it's clean or dirty on the dipstick. When running the boat on the lake, open all the hatches and make sure there isn't any sign of water leaking from anywhere in the engine, from ballast, etc. That's most of what I can think of - good luck!

That would get interesting real quick.. lot real estate/price just went to the moon if so! Haha Honestly I believe they got a deal on that samsclub building.. but over the past two years a lot of that got eaten up by new boats.. storage alone could keep going them going there... There is not a lot of good indoor storage options around that also service or not enough at least...

I wonder if their storage business is in a separate business entity.

Sounds like a good old fashioned fire sale to me! Move as much inventory as possible because it is no longer yours to move. I currently have my boat scheduled to visit Tommys Walloon for service and I am pretty nervous about leaving it there! If they were to close up shop, getting my boat could be difficult if it was even still there! I'm not sure what I will be doing.

2018 22 MXZ Bought this boat with SumoSac 650s in the locker. Removed them for the season and found a tank leak, which resulted in a some factory warranty work to replace all the hard tanks. While the boat was away in TN, and at the dealer in SC and in storage, I picked up Wakemakers bags. Went to install today and found the fill fittings have a 90 degree bend on them and exit to the SIDES of the boat. There is not spinning, or adjusting to be done. They are firmly in place, but now don't line up with the fill fitting on the bag. I've got an email into Wakemakers to double check my order, make sure I got the right product, but can anyone confirm my PNP valve setup as correct or altered? Photo is port side PNP fitting underneath rear bench seat, taken from the back seat looking down. Engine on left, port side of boat on right, transom at top of photo and forward of storage locker at the bottom.

Boat storage is huge cashflow. Hundreds if not thousands of boats for a few hundred dollars a month. Tommys has also established such a large cliental they can continue to service and store customers boats without selling a new malibu and still be successful.

Hi Everyone - new to the wakeboat world and wanted to get into it while my kids are still around. Found a 2013 Wakesetter 21 VLX with about 400 hours on it. Looks like it's barely been used, interior and exterior wise and was professionally winterized and summerized? by the local marina every year - didn't even hit the lake last year. I read about the screens and the surf gate actuators on a different post as well as a different propeller, but is this a good entry level boat? It's in that $60k price range. Anything else you guys can tell me about this year and model is all new learning for me! TYIA

I don't want to read between any lines, but this sounds optimistic at least. Versus news that could be worse.

Follow up from original post, boat is out of storage April 2024. Dealer looked at heater and found 2 hoses that were kinked. Seems like others reported the same cause. Hopefully that solves the low temp heater issue.

Storage facility will still be a cash cow for the future - even if they don't sell boats anymore.

That is funny you mentioned that. That crossed my mind. I also found it odd they are wanting to show off their storage facility with so much pride. They are one of the Tommy's with a new building and now a massive storage facility. Lots of debt going on there.

I just bouht a 2006 247 LVS with the Indmar 8.1L. Sounds like you indicate the Big Blocks are not impacted, which I would assume 8.1L would fall into that. Any confirmation on that statement tho? My first time out I heard some knocking, and was told that it might be the Damper Plat. So for I'm chocking the knocking up to using 85 octane fuel at 5500 ft elevation. I will be siphoning that out and only using 91 octane in the future.

How well do you trust them to join them on this 3 mile ride?! Will you come back?? HAHA

So, got the seats redone and back. Don’t have the boat yet. We go get it on May 4th. Seats look good. Better than they were that’s for sure. He had to replace a bunch of foam so of course the price was a bit higher. I thought the corners could have been a bit straighter. Or curved better. Those will work themselves out with use I’m sure. Don’t get me wrong. Not complaining in anyway. We are redoing the whole interior later on so it will all be different anyway. Couple pics

They say you can go 15 mph with it setup on the back and 5 mph setup on the front. The poles are flexing pretty good as I have it setup, I don't plan to go over their recommendations.

@NorCalSurfer thanks for the pics! I have mine sitting in a box and will install down at the lake this weekend when I splash the boat. I like the front mount idea as an option, I will play around with it and see what works best for us - love the fact that there are no vertical poles and the headroom/clearance is so high up. Perfect!

I have been getting emails from my Tommy's dealer about their "Spring showcase" this weekend. I received a text yesterday and looks like they are continuing with business as usual, or at least perceiving to be as normal. Here is the text I received last night. Greetings from Tommy's Grand Rapids! Come join us this Saturday the 27th 10am-2pm for drinks, snacks and games. We'll have amazing discounts on all models of boats in stock & pro shop gear will be up to 50% off (see our Facebook page for more details). We'll be giving tours of our brand new massive indoor storage facility, if you take the 3 mile ride over there with us we'll have an additional coupon you can use back at the pro shop for even bigger savings! See you Saturday! Txt STOP to unsub.