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Supra 24 SSV In Red and Black Goes Custom

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A demo boat for Marty at Waterski Boats of Dallas. Marty has a great eye for color in designing his boats and outlining his system selections. This gives us the best boat to build on.With each new demo boat we work to improve on the previous and introduce new creative.

Starting with the tower which received six oversized 8-inch pods with separate tweeter pods, six LED light rings and twelve halogen lamps. The midbass and tweeter pods are powdercoated in red with clearcoat. All collars including the cargo top collars are coated black to disappear into the black tower. The center speakers and light bars share a double-bolted collar. Fewer collars create a cleaner look. Custom collars with right angle extensions allow us to arrange the ideal spacing while missing the crossbars. The Polk dB series separate component grills are dyed gloss black (versus the original graphite) to conform to the red/black theme. The halogen light bars are red with black lamps, eight rear-facing and four front-facing. 2 ½ - inch extensions elevate the light bars above the cargo top and position them more forward to help clear the tow rope.

Concealed within the rear observation bench, a Polk down-firing 12-inch subwoofer vents through a custom grill. The Supra gothic ‘S’ is featured in the center of a two-color four-piece aluminum and acrylic fixture with a stainless steel mesh. This rear grill was built intentionally to be shallow.

Under the driver’s helm console a second Polk side-firing 12-inch subwoofer is concealed behind a carpeted birch façade. The gothic ‘S’ is enlarged plus we added an elevation ring surrounded by red vinyl piping. We gave this grill more depth. The front enclosure and façade are elevated to provide the full original legroom.

Concealed within the passenger locker, we installed two four-channel amplifiers in a custom rack, a custom battery rack, battery charger and more.

Two blue-top Optima batteries are built into a carriage with a cover façade. The batteries are trimmed in a red & clear powdercoated panel which is backed up by black acrylic. The entire fixture is protected by a clear acrylic cover panel.

Within the amp rack a removable panel contains a battery charger, Perko switch and factory helm circuit breaker. All power distribution is concealed within. The carpet-clad birch amp rack is elevated off the sole with polymer spacers.

Large insulated terminals are available for an emergency jump or to attach a larger power supply/charger.

In the rear port storage compartment an inverted AC inlet allows EZ access and hook-up for a standard AC extension cord. This will power the battery charger while in dry storage or help maintain power when the audio system is played in the slip.

Two Boston Acoustics one-ohm stereo stable, fan-cooled amplifiers do a great job of driving fourteen speakers and two subwoofers. The larger four-channel drives the six tower component speakers with two channels 1.33 ohm stereo high-pass. Two channels run two dual-voice-coil twelve-inch subwoofers low-pass. The smaller four-channel operates eight combing coaxils two-ohm stereo high-pass. A custom shroud conceals all cables.

Pair of Polk dB coaxils in bow.

Two pair Polk dB coaxils in cockpit combing pockets. Again, all grills are dyed gloss black to fit the scheme.

We added addition coaxils to the pass-through between the helm consoles. The vinyl-clad birch bolsters feature a raised gothic Supra ‘S’ and are trimmed in red piping.

Six aluminum trim pieces around the instrument cluster were converted to red and clear powdercoat to follow the color scheme.

Underdash iPod mount and connection. The single connector provides battery recharger, DC power and audio output. In this version the menu stays on the iPod. Other options are available where the CD source unit and remote control will command the iPod.

The factory courtesy lights were removed and replaced with five-LED red fixtures concealed behind knurled aluminum cover bezels. The bezels are powdercoated in red & clear.

Red LED light bars are installed into the rear engine compartment vents for a fiery taillight effect. The entire interior pocket behind the grill received a reflective treatment so that the indirect-mounted LEDs illuminate the whole vent.

Courtesy lights added to the bow.

The recessed courtesy lights in the combing pockets were removed and converted to red LED fixtures. Red-lit clear acrylic diffuser rings behind the Supra badges. Black acrylic trim was added behind the light rings.

Passenger side locker lit-up in red.

Overhead LED light bar casts red light under driver’s helm.

Lit-up cockpit.

Beveled acrylic light rings on the tower pods.

While this 24 SSV is certainly loaded up with custom appointments, it adheres to a consistent cosmetic scheme and looks very classy. Check it out at Waterski Boats of Dallas in Lewisville.

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