Matt99DECH
June 14th, 2004, 04:02 AM
Well, Saturday turned out to be the big day and one that I had been looking forward to ever since the order was placed back in January (H2X, 496HO, Boss Pack)
Long story short I am both very relieved and pleased to have the boat. Baja's are few and far between in these parts (I had only ever seen a H2X at the local boat show) so seing the boat for the first time and really loving the graphics scheme we had chose eased the nerves dramatically.
The boat looks fantasitc (IMO) and rides/drives like a dream (very smooth and tracks straight as an arrow). The 496HO provides plenty of grunt in the small H2X hull but I'm one of those guys that could always use more (can't we all?). Graphics/Gel coat are very impressive, nice shine and the overall finish is excellent. All the componentry in the boat seems to be of great quality (nice and solid). Vinyl is excellent; great feel, stitching, coloring etc (last boat had paper thin vinyl so this is a huge treat).
Only issues with the boat are fairly minor. The Baja emblem on the side was suppose to be solid BLACK but as you can see by the pictures that did not happen. We will have some black logos sent up and put on the boat ASAP. Tweeter on the left side of the boat fell out of its mounting hole and is dangling (the hole to mount the tweet was cut into a curve thus there is no flat surface to get a good bond. Fit and finish around the glove box is lack luster. And lastly, one of the CLarion speakers is blown.
Things i've found slightly odd.
EXHAUST: this took me by suprise, the boat is FAR FAR quieter than I could have ever imagined. With the pipes "open" at idle it sounds decent, but while under way at decent speed you cannot tell the difference with the exhaust thru-hull or thur-prop!!!?!?!?!!? I found this odd. I was expecting it to be similar to my friends 27' fountain with a 502 where underpower she really roars. Even the dealer employee dropping the boat off was confused mind you he had not had much experience with the H2X. At idle like I said you can tell it is thru-hull and it sounds good but by no means loud. Underpower there is basically no audible difference between thruhull/thurprop
PROP: I will admit, it has been awhile since i've been in the I/O scene (coming off an inboard wakeboard boat) but this drive/prop combo seemed finicky to find the sweet spot at a wide rang of speeds. It almost seemed like there was one sweet spot and than anything else just did not feel right, seemed like it was on the verge of cavitating. I know it will take some time to get back into the trim mode but this seemed slightly off (might need to get on the phone with Houston Prop).
Long story short I am both very relieved and pleased to have the boat. Baja's are few and far between in these parts (I had only ever seen a H2X at the local boat show) so seing the boat for the first time and really loving the graphics scheme we had chose eased the nerves dramatically.
The boat looks fantasitc (IMO) and rides/drives like a dream (very smooth and tracks straight as an arrow). The 496HO provides plenty of grunt in the small H2X hull but I'm one of those guys that could always use more (can't we all?). Graphics/Gel coat are very impressive, nice shine and the overall finish is excellent. All the componentry in the boat seems to be of great quality (nice and solid). Vinyl is excellent; great feel, stitching, coloring etc (last boat had paper thin vinyl so this is a huge treat).
Only issues with the boat are fairly minor. The Baja emblem on the side was suppose to be solid BLACK but as you can see by the pictures that did not happen. We will have some black logos sent up and put on the boat ASAP. Tweeter on the left side of the boat fell out of its mounting hole and is dangling (the hole to mount the tweet was cut into a curve thus there is no flat surface to get a good bond. Fit and finish around the glove box is lack luster. And lastly, one of the CLarion speakers is blown.
Things i've found slightly odd.
EXHAUST: this took me by suprise, the boat is FAR FAR quieter than I could have ever imagined. With the pipes "open" at idle it sounds decent, but while under way at decent speed you cannot tell the difference with the exhaust thru-hull or thur-prop!!!?!?!?!!? I found this odd. I was expecting it to be similar to my friends 27' fountain with a 502 where underpower she really roars. Even the dealer employee dropping the boat off was confused mind you he had not had much experience with the H2X. At idle like I said you can tell it is thru-hull and it sounds good but by no means loud. Underpower there is basically no audible difference between thruhull/thurprop
PROP: I will admit, it has been awhile since i've been in the I/O scene (coming off an inboard wakeboard boat) but this drive/prop combo seemed finicky to find the sweet spot at a wide rang of speeds. It almost seemed like there was one sweet spot and than anything else just did not feel right, seemed like it was on the verge of cavitating. I know it will take some time to get back into the trim mode but this seemed slightly off (might need to get on the phone with Houston Prop).