Jump to content

Welcome to TheMalibuCrew!

As a guest, you are welcome to poke around and view the majority of the content that we have to offer, but in order to post, search, contact members, and get full use out of the website you will need to Register for an Account. It's free and it's easy, so don't hesitate to join the TheMalibuCrew Family today!

Illusion tower remove on a VLX'08


Wakesetter2008

Recommended Posts

Recently i noticed some cracks in the gelcoat near the tower mount points. For future crack problems i want to remove the illusion tower.

I red on this forum that i have to chamfer the holes (gelcoat) to prevent cracks in the future.

Is it easy or difficult to remove the tower and most of all, how do i have to remove the spings that hold the tower (when collapse) ?

Has someone experience or tips to remove the tower ?

Link to comment

How bad are the cracks? I have some small cracks in the gel behind mine but it's nothing to be concerned about. Fiberglass is flexible and gelcoat is not so it will crack. Have tubes ever been towed from the tower? If so that is probably the cause.

Link to comment

the cracks are smail (until now), but i think they will be larger in the future.

The cracks are only on starboard. But i think that the other port will be in the comming years. (by doing nothing).

Did you ever retighten your bolts ? Someone told me to do this every year.

Has someone already took the illusion tower off the boat ? how to release the spings ?

Link to comment

I haven't re tightened them. It is still very tight. I think you will find most people with the Illusion tower and more than a couple hundred hours of use are going to have some form of cracking. It isn't structural as said before but if the cracks bother you you can remove the tower and put something like a Titan 3 on there. Seems like a lot of work and money for something that is just cosmetic.

Link to comment
  • 2 weeks later...

Still is the question,

How to remove the illusion tower, how do i have to remove the springs that hold the tower (when collapse)

Anyone experience to remove this model tower ?

Link to comment

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Restore formatting

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

×
×
  • Create New...