Raising Up the Seat for Surfing

[TowerPower]

If you have a wife or daughter like me or another boat driver that has trouble seeing over the front of the boat while surfing, you might want to elevate the driver's seat a bit more to help them see better.  After pulling my seat out and thinking about how to best elevate my driver's seat, I ended up just buying a new swivel base to add to the existing seat base arrangement. I had to go to the Malibu dealer, which set me back about $130, but with the addition of four stainless steel bolts, made the modification quite simple.  The net result for us it raised the seat up another 4" so the driver's view is much better over the front of the boat.  And the beauty of it is that the seat still pivots as before without hitting anything new.  For the record, this is on my 2007 VTX.

[jcon44]

Or you could have bought the riser for about the same $. two ways to skin a cat.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Malibu-boat-driver-seat-lift-riser-4-inch-higher-than-original-CNC-machined/183847408769?hash=item2ace28d481:g:WhYAAOSwJZRcq-X-

I am waiting to see someone install one of these with suspension.

https://shockwaveseats.com/s5/

 

[TowerPower]

Yes.  I looked all over and couldn't find anything like that and had a feeling that it would cost too much to have something machined to fit.  Thanks for the tip.