10 hours ago, dwc032 said:

Thank you @Brandonloos21 for making my amp plugs for my 2023 M220!  Went together seamlessly and the stereo rips!!

Glad the install went well, it looks great! Thanks for the shoutout as well. To polish it up, get ahold of wetsounds and they can send you new amp logos to orient upright!

13 minutes ago, dizzygti said:

Not so much "the market" as the players who keep things moving even if when don't have to.   With money not being free, they don't have to.  Wake boats are going to appeal to a much smaller percentage of boaters than pontoons, runabouts, cabin cruisers, etc....hence like The Hulk keeps saying, they are hurting the most.   But it'll come back in time, it always does.  

My point is, there used to be years with no changes whatsoever. No new models, perhaps a change from rotary switches to backlit toggles, maybe a new gel color, etc. and people were still upgrading and entering the market.  I remember when the original MLS system came out, which was all a wake setter had for ballast, which was a 500# fat sac in the ski locker.  I remember when the sun kicker came out, which was only a Sunsetter LX with a tower and MLS.  My point being, inexplicable new entrants to wakeboats have come out of the woodwork for decades, and eventually that will resume.

I had an 05 r Lxi.  Loved it.  Only thing I would caution is that that era hammerhead was one of the more problematic engines Malibu put its name on.  That’s not to say you won’t have great luck with it, but there were more problems with it than the monsoon. That’s for sure. That said, a new long block can be had for less than you would think.

11 hours ago, uk_exile said:

@23LSVOwner wow! By far the best set of Malibu wiring diagrams I've ever seen. Do you have them for other years too?

Depends. I have to check my source.

5 minutes ago, 85 Barefoot said:

I”m not saying you’re wrong, but my family’s first boat was a mid-80s Nautique and we’ve had inboards, sometimes multiple, for almost 40 years (damn that makes me feel old).  The  feeling that the market must be saturated has been around for decades.  This is a significant blip, but it due time, we will all once again be scratching our heads as to who is buying these boats 

Not so much "the market" as the players who keep things moving even if when don't have to.   With money not being free, they don't have to.  Wake boats are going to appeal to a much smaller percentage of boaters than pontoons, runabouts, cabin cruisers, etc....hence like The Hulk keeps saying, they are hurting the most.   But it'll come back in time, it always does.