heehee... took a peek!

[Ruune]

Well my boat was delivered on Friday, its paid for, now it just needs to be prepped. I was 1/2 way to austin today, for another reason... so my brother and I decided to go take a peek. The boat isnt prepped yet -we didnt think that the wire transfer went through before the banks quit transmitting yesterday, so they didnt start prepping it. Plus, I didnt want them to rush it, and DEFINITELY dont want the service guys pissed off.:D :p :D

Anyways, here's my baby... its on diff trailer, but I've got a pic of the trailer its going on.

[Ruune]

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[Ruune]

:D

[Ruune]

:eek: This is the actual trailer and rims...

[Matt Garcia]

SAWEEETTT!!! Man I love that color scheme!

[Ruune]

Me too!:D

[David]

Awesome colors!!! Never seen those before they look great. Have fun with your new Tige!!!

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ruune -
that looks sweet! i'll bet your itching to get her out! the colors are trick. can't wait to see the ones with the tunes installed! have fun with it.

[pickwickin]

Ruune .. u bee the man .. sweet as honey and twice as pretty .. congrats to the max ..

George

[Ruune]

couldnt resist one more.... :D Grin from ear to freakin' ear!

[Domsz06]

Looks very nice!!!

[Ruune]

thanks! ...ok, this is the last one before I take delivery. :D

[shane]

how did you attach the pictures, I tried to attach the ones I took with my digital camera but the site said they were too big ....exceeded the maximum size limit for file attachment....

[pickwickin]

You will need to reduce the file size and one way is to email it to yourself .. no doubt there are more ways to do it .. probably better too .. good luck ..

George

[Ruune]

if you've got windows XP, right-click on the image, choose edit.

This will open XPs native image editor. I believe its called "paint."

Once the program is open, click on Image, and choose Stretch/Skew. From there, you can reduce the image size by inputting a percentage less than 100 in the stretch line.

[pickwickin]

Ruune .. you be plenty smart .. just tried it and you are 100 % right .. thank you for another great tip .. and you have a very, very beautiful new Tige' baby ..

George

[Ruune]

no problem.... and thanks for the compliments!

[shane]

Thanks Ruune,,,here is my 1999 2200V

[Ruune]

heres a pic from the first time on the water, which shows the interior. My brother is standing, and Damon from the Ski Dock is driving.

[jeffro]

heh...she looks so bare without racks, tunes, boards.....man, but good lookin ride.

[Ruune]

We put the racks on last night, plus started the stere install. I'm taking it to my buddy's shop to get the hole cut for the head unit today too!

[Matt Garcia]

Ruune...post some full side pictures! Come on man dont be stingy!:p

[Ruune]

haha... will do. I'm at work w/o my memory card, but I'll email my brother and see if he's got them.

[Ruune]

ok Matt, you asked for it! I think the pic is a little dark, but its still a good shot.

[Ruune]

off the trailer for the 1st time...

[Hoots]

Glad to see you finally got it wet. Gorgeous boat; I see DW is still earning his pay.

[Ruune]

yeah, he's a great guy... heard nothing but good things about him and the ski dock while I was looking for what boat and dealer I wanted, and still have nothing but good things to say.

[jeffro]

hey T, did you get a bimini to go with it? what color?

[Ruune]

not yet... that'll be later, but it'll be red or black or both. I just talked to the guy thats installing the head unit... taking it over there at 5 today.

[Matt Garcia]

oohhhhhh ya.....very, very nice! I bet it looks ten times better in person.

[Ruune]

mmhmmm... I'm supposed to be writing my thesis right now, and all I can think about is the boat!

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thesis smishish - go boarding!

[Ruune]

I know, I know... and we start our monsoon season tomorrow. :(

[Banks]

your boat looks great man

[Hoots]

gorgeous boat. glad you finally got it wet. good to see DW earning his pay.

minor note: I moved my mirror to the port side windscreen so it wouldn't block my forward view. If you're not going to get a tower-mounted mirror you may consider that also. Any feedback out there on that?

Congrats! enjoy it.

[bigD]

That is one good looking boat, I really like the color combo.
your going to have a kick a$$ summer.
:cool:

[Ruune]

hoots... yeah I did the exact same thing when I got home. Actually my brother did it. The racks are on it now too... and I'm in the middle of the stereo installation, hoping to have everything but the subs going tonight.

[poohpotta]

So Ruune, I got an all black 22V coming in a few more weeks. How has that red/black combo been on water spotting?

[djdc]

Ruune---- that's a nice ride. What lake is that and what lake do you go to.

[Ruune]

thanks guys- As far as water spots, as long as you wipe it down every time, it doesnt get too bad. I use something called "The Absorber" (available at pep boys), and wont be going back to a leather chamois again! Also, I use Ducky water spot remover for the stuff that gets on there when I've been out all day.

Now that I've said that, you might want to invest in a transom guard. Noob boarders have a bad habit of letting boards scratch up the transom... and black shows scratches pretty easily.

[poohpotta]

That is why I make them put their boards on in the water. : )
However, I was looking at investing in some 3M paint protectant @ http://cms.3m.com/cms/US/en/2-168/czuzlFH/view.jhtml

[Ruune]

let me know how it works! Oh yeah, I ride on medina.

[bigD]

Originally posted by poohpotta
That is why I make them put their boards on in the water. : )
However, I was looking at investing in some 3M paint protectant @ http://cms.3m.com/cms/US/en/2-168/czuzlFH/view.jhtml

poophotta
I bought some of that from Cabelas It works great. I've got some
11-13 year olds that ride with us and I know its saved my transom from scratches.

[poohpotta]

bigD - Excellent to here that it worked for you, did you apply the film yourself? I was under the impression from the 3M site that you had to take your car/boat to a professional applicator. Could you post some pics of the installation locations when you have time?

Ruune - Be sure to let you know and post pics of before/after the installation.