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mparcel

Member Since 26 May 2006
Offline Last Active Jul 09 2007 11:16 AM

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Active Posts 11
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Member Title SeaDooSportBoats.com Owner's Club Lifetime Member
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Year of DOO
2005
Model of DOO
Challenger 180 CS
Engine in DOO
Rotax 4-TEC SCIC
Hours on DOO
10
Real Name
Mike Parcel
City
Great Falls
State or Province
MT

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[How-To] Key thingy

30 May 2007 - 05:14 PM

Is it possible to remove the key thingy (I can't for the life of me remember what it is called) with a standard type keyed switch? Has anyone ever done this and if so how?
Thanks,

Mike

Yuji – I have read several forums by you and by the sounds of it you have the most experience with tweaking the 180. I have a 05 180 and want to make some of the mods that you have done to yours. My question is where did you acquire the parts? I have looked all over the internet and can’t seem to locate the parts you describe. Also when you rerouted your exhaust what did you use to plug the factory hole? I guess all in all I think it would be great if you could elaborate a little more on what you did and if after you put the work into it are you satisfied with the performance of the boat overall (was the work worth the effort)? I am sure that other 180 owners would love to hear your comments – you have put allot of effort into your Doo. The biggest issue I have with mine is the noise level - where you able to reduce that at all – I hate having to turn my stereo up to a deafing level in order to hear it because the engine is so loud. I finally got to test the trim plates this weekend that BRP put on last year and I can’t say enough – I am amazed what a difference two aluminum plates made. I also got my factory tower put on a couple of weeks ago and I am very happy with the way it changed the look of the boat and it really didn’t take that long to do – I wouldn’t say it was worth the 3 grand I ended up spending on it – but almost. I also have Hydro-turf ordered that will be here tomorrow and can’t wait to put that on. I think what I am really asking of you is after using your 180 is it worth the time and money to make the mods that you have done or should we be thinking about doing something different in order to get the most out of our investments?
Thanks for your time.

Mike

Tower Specs

04 May 2007 - 02:53 PM

Hey after a year of fighting with Sea Doo I finally got my factory tower – to make a long story short what happened is that the dealer sold me the boat with the tower. When Sea Doo said that I couldn’t have the tower the dealer sold me I said that I wanted out of the contract and they could come and get the boat. Well they sent me a tower shortly after that ended up being a tower for a Utopia – then the fight was on again – they would only send the replacement tower to the dealer and the dealer refused to pay to have it sent to me (it is about 600 miles away) so I once again had to fight with Sea Doo. This January I finally got the correct tower (I think) and it is getting nice enough here to start working on it. I would love some measurements from your tower (leg length to first cross bar) so that I can make sure before I cut any holes in my boat that it is for sure the right tower.
Thanks for your help.
Mike Parcel

180 Trim Plate Adjustment

25 July 2006 - 05:14 PM

Is there a way to adjust the trim plate on a 2005 180? The excessive bounce, bounce, bounce, bounce (you get the idea) is about to drive me nuts - between that and my wife asking me "is it supposed to do that" :surrender:

every time it does it - I am ready to drive the boat into the rocks. What is everyone else doing? Help!!
Thanks,

2005 Challenger 180
215 SCIC