2004 towers

[malport]

hey does anyone know what the 2004 tige's come with, for towers.
I know that they used the wake designs tower last yeah, but just curious what they use this year. if anyone has any pictures of these please post.

[Banks]

i think its wake designs but i don't know for sure, i will say they don't look as good as the 2003

[Ruune]

they're just like the 2003, but at the top, the bars are closer together, and the board racks can be mounted anywhere... those are made by wake designs though.

[Richard Rees]

I have a 2000 21v Limited and was thinking about updating my old tower with the newer model. Mine has the board racks up on top and are just terrible to use. Any suggestions?

[Banks]

i'd buy more racks to put on the side before i blew the money it would take to get a new setup, not to mention you never know when you may need to be able to hold more boards than you can now

[Ruune]

Richard... FYI, the new towers are $2300 for black or white, and $2900 for any other color.

[Domsz06]

Originally posted by Banks
i'd buy more racks to put on the side before i blew the money it would take to get a new setup, not to mention you never know when you may need to be able to hold more boards than you can now

amen to that. I need to get some more racks, but too dang expensive for me for now. I think I should get on ebay and build my own.

Dom

[Hoots]

subtle difference but the 04 towers have lower horizontal bars that parallel the windscreen. the 03 towers had them a little higher so you could mount racks there without blocking your view.

[Banks]

i don't know about your area but the towers here are way diff. as for buying board racks go to buywake.com can get racks from $160 to $340 take your pic.
when i have more time i will post a pic of the tower from 03 here and the one from 04 here, meaning SC

http://buywake.com

[Banks]

2003 tower in SC

[Banks]

2004 tower in SC

[Ruune]

Hey banks... I was looking at that exact 24v used in the photo shoot. They've still got it at the ski dock in austin... phenominal boat! Anyways, that is the 1st rev of the 2004 tower, which has also been on all the 2003's I've seen. I think that 22v LE above is a 2002... even though it's listed in both the 2003 and 2004 catalogs :eek: . So, that said, the towers went through one revision and the racks have gone through two. The pics below are of a 2004 22v we demoed in December on Lake Austin. Notice the different bend in the tower bars, and the lack of mounting locations on the horizontal bar at the bottom. The racks are mounted above the Tige' symbol at the top.

Since this revision, Tigé has switched to a Tigé-specific Wake Designs rack that you can mount anywhere.

[Ruune]

here's a closeup of the tower itself...

[wakeborder5]

I think that banks posted the correct tower, at the boat show they all had that right tower, at the boat show they had that tower on all the boats at the boat show

[Hoots]

I concur and so does the Department of Redundancy Department also concurs and so do I.

I tried to order the 03 tower on my 04 22V but my dealer said it wasn't available from the factory. I prefer the higher horizontal bar near the windscreen. I'm going to have to mount the Wake Designs racks that came with it on the forward vertical supports so I can still fold the tower back into the boat.

I think Banks posted the correct pictures of the towers he posted were correct pictures of the towers were the right ones.:D

[wakeborder5]

ha ha ha, i didnt think i had said at the boat show already so i put it in, next time i'll read over it;)

[Hoots]

I need to do the same. I type some random stuff compared to what I am usually trying to say.

[Wake Air 1]

I am curious what you guys think of our Slider tower on our Tige 21V. Check us out at www.wakeair.com
Brian
1 877 Wake Air

[Banks]

looks pretty cool, don't like that color of yellow though looks kinda faded.

[David]

I like the towers and how they look but I'd have to see one on a Tige before I made a decision...

[Jeff]

Brian,

The towers look good, and I know from experience you guys have some of the best board racks.


Jeff Morales
The Slalom Shop

[Domsz06]

Originally posted by Banks
i'd buy more racks to put on the side before i blew the money it would take to get a new setup, not to mention you never know when you may need to be able to hold more boards than you can now

that's what I'd do.

Dom

[blr]

you should be able to get just about any tower you want on your new boat, just order yours from the factory w/o one if you don't like the stock option(s). i have also "heard" that there are 2 options from the factory. 1 - metcraft and one Tige in house. not sure on the validity as it came from the grapevine highway.

[devonb]

I dunno if any of you guys have the older tower... the one that was on the 2000 tige's. I was wondering if anyone has had any problems with their tower as far performance. I'm looking at buying a second hand one