2012 Malibu 23LSV VS. MC X-30 w/ Build Pics

Originally Posted by hco

Travis, I would take a better built boat with a shaky tower than a lesser quality boat with a 'more sturdy' tower. The illusions and their past towers are not without their faults as well. Not to mention that although the wedge is a great design on paper, although I have not owned hundreds of malibus, my family and some of my best friends have had nothing but problems with power and manual wedges, which Malibu has hung us out to dry over (have not used floating wedge though). If you plan on buying a boat and keeping it for 10 years, that extra 10-20k (depending on dealer, options etc...) becomes quickly justified in my mind. My cousins MC made it to 1700 hours with only routine maintenance, while our malibu (650 hours) has been an absolute ****spreader, with obvious design flaws and construction issues.

What issues have you had with the power wedges? I've had zero issues with mine, and I really haven't known anyone who has either.
In the end, just like cars, some boats are going to run forever and some are going to have issues. This is true across all boat makers.

Originally Posted by cjh1669

What issues have you had with the power wedges? I've had zero issues with mine, and I really haven't known anyone who has either.
In the end, just like cars, some boats are going to run forever and some are going to have issues. This is true across all boat makers.

My issues have been they flat out don't work. Also, nothing like being stranded in your lake late at night because the power wedge won't come all the way up, so the boat wont turn on (one hell of a safety feature right?). Also have had issues with the actuator's constantly breaking. On my friend's boats with power wedges, we just don't use them anymore.

Originally Posted by hco

My issues have been they flat out don't work. Also, nothing like being stranded in your lake late at night because the power wedge won't come all the way up, so the boat wont turn on (one hell of a safety feature right?). Also have had issues with the actuator's constantly breaking. On my friend's boats with power wedges, we just don't use them anymore.

Are you taling that they mechanically don't work or that they don't do the job they are supposed to?
Like I said mine has never had a problem, and I haven't heard of any real problems other than people breaking them off, and not calibrating them correctly. I honestly think they do a great job of adding a lip to malibus rampy wake.