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Is 2019 the year the freeride makes a comeback? :)

I know I asked opinions and I appreciate it. Just still trying to wrap my head around what a failure would look like on a 1ft section of silicone. It's not going to get hot and melt, it's way too far back for that. My rip hull has rubber all the way from waterbox to exh exit. Chances are I'll...

I searched around and couldn't find any threads relating to this. It was kind of difficult to come up with keywords. Anyway.... My tray is cut open for reasons. The old exhaust pipe was crushed (bad) from a previous owner for foothold fitment reasons. I know I can buy a drop in replacement, but...

Do you have any pics or anything that kind of shows what you're planning? Hard to picture it. toe hold - like a front foot hold against "dashboard" that I see people have?

Well I was told it was a wamiltons hull with visual cf reinforcement. I don't think the person I bought it from "built" it so I don't want to reveal the seller. Hull has some history for sure. Someone mentioned earlier that the weirdest part is this person obviously had the knowledge and tools...

In the bottom of the pic you can see how high the tray is built up where I didn't cut. I thought it was just thick turf

The saga continues. This was just the tip of the iceberg. The tray was even more magical. It all had to come out. I'll post a followup later with pics. The tray was just under an inch thick. Ive never seen an aftermarket full tray replacement but it looks like someone glued 2 whole trays and a...

So ya. Almost an inch above the bottom of engine bay. More fun. @Sanoman you're right. They clearly had everything needed to do it right but didn't. This ski is going to be so much lighter.

This is all I have on my phone currently.

So it's way worse than I thought. I'll post some pics tonight. The "foam" was over 1/2in thick at parts. totally water soaked. I removed part of the side and there was 1/4in of water covering the bottom of the engine bay, just from that. Also realized, there's foam under the CF on the bottom...

Thanks for your help clearing this up. @Req I agree. If I would have known, I would have torn it out years ago. I've been riding around with all this extra weight (and water soaked foam in between) for years. I should have known better. I also ordered a crane scale so I can beat myself up even...

Yeah the bond gap with foam makes sense. But the rest... I don't see how it even added any strength without being connected to the hull. Ugh. Guess it's coming out then. Probably save me a few lbs anyway. I don't care how pretty my engine bay walls are anyway.

I'll have to go double check, I thought the ribs were ground down but you're right, looks like they aren't. So people use foam to level it out if they don't grind them? Not sure I understand how that's reinforcing the hull if the mat is barely touhing the hull because of foam. It very well could...

See attachments. I've never seen anything like this before.

It wasn't the bond line, also wasn't 2 part foam. I don't think I was describing it right. Its like a super thin foam backing across the whole area. like a thin (like 1/8th or 1/16th) foam sheet or lining to decouple the cf from the hull. I'm tempted to rip it out, but the rest seems to be okay...

Bought a hull with "visual carbon fiber" engine bay, which is just a kevlar/carbon fiber mat. For brevity I'll just call it "cf". 2 years of riding and my bpipe wore through the cf. Didn't notice until I pulled it last weekend. I have no problem patching it up with some cf but I noticed...

Or even better, if you use google and put in site:x-h2o in the search, it will restrict your search to this site.

It's almost time.....

Never had a problem with this. it's a single trailer modded for 2 skis.

I wouldn't miss it!