New 2004 Air 216 Team With ZR6!!!

[AbunDiga909]

I know I've been talking a lot of stuff about this boat! Well, here it is! Signed this weekend! Totally loaded! (As far as I know....) All the standard stuff with the Team Package plus the following:


PCM Vortec 6.0L MPI (370 hp)
Automatic Fire Extinguisher
Battery Safety Switch
Clarion 6 Disc CD Changer
Cleats - Pull Out Stern
Custom Cover
Custom Paint on Tower (tentative)
Custom Step Plates
Dripless Packing Gland
Flip Up Drivers Seat
Heater - 3 Speed & Defroster
Oil Drip Pan


Now I ask one for opinion from everybody... colors colors colors... the hardest decision of them all. I've got two weeks to make this decision then it hits the molds! I was thinking something that was fun, something that makes this boat stand out from all the rest, something that will me matched by any other boat. Frankly, I like the Fusion Green, however blue is still a contendor. We saw a couple boats with the Titanium Gray and Blue at the New York Boat show and it was absolutely bautiful.

Deos anyone know how I can save what I make from CC's color selector so I can post it here without a scanner?

[Onthewater]

just give the color combos you chose. we all have the internet and can go to the site ourselves...or do a screen capture....or just print them.

i'd stay away from really wild colors as the main stripe or hull.

[AbunDiga909]

We are considering some of the following...

[AbunDiga909]

Gotta be different... :wink:

[jroyal]

Congrats on the purchase.

When you select your colors, press Ctrl + Print Screen (the key to the right of the F12 key to take a screen shot. Then go into MS Paint. From the Pull Down Menu, select Edit, Paste. Your screen shot will be pasted into Paint. You can then save it to jpeg for posting.

I like these colors:

http://www.planetnautique.com/CorrectCraftManuals/color_selector.jpg

[Hollywood]

That green/black combo reminds me of unpleasant things.....I dig the blue gray. One thing I may suggest is a TEAK platform.

Oh, and nice wallpaper, I had that for a while on my machine.

[jroyal]

Interior recommendation:

[AbunDiga909]

jroyal, I can't believe thats what you sugesst. Its just that the other boats we were considering have those exact same colors! And the interior is the exact same too! Anyway, its that color combo that really turned us on to the gray. I really do think the interor does go well with black and gray. So we try to keep that. The blue and gray is nice, but not as nice. And the green and gray (interior wise) is ok. The only reason i dont think it is hidious is because i saw an orange and gray interior and i thought it looked kinda nice. Anyway, the thing about the black and gray is as we've been told, its not a "fun" color. It looks real sharp and beautiful! but its not necissarily as "fun" as a green or an orange. Do ya see what i mean? That's why we get Nautiques, to have fun on them. And also, think of how many black boats you see on the water compared to how many green and orange boats ya see on the water...like i said, gotta be different. :wink:

[AbunDiga909]

Not sure if you guys have noticed, but the lettering of "nautique" in the air logo is outlined by the color of the primary stripe. When i saw a boat with a green primary stripe, it looked real nice outlined. So that also makes me wanna have a color primary stripe cuz you just wont get that outline feature with lets say white, gray, or black.

[Hollywood]

A little cropping wouldn't hurt either. To me, colors aren't "fun". I like the classic colors such as black, red and white. 10 years down the line the boat will still look new.

[Laptom]

Like the green with grey/white combo. Don't think green with black is a good combo.
Same question about the teak platform, that is the first option I would get..

[SGY]

I too like the classic colors. Check out this 206 owned by Seth Stisher. If I were buying a new boat, these are the colors I would seriously consider. (I know CC only offers silver cloud fo rhe deck color now--but even with a silver cloud deck, your boat would look cool.)

http://www.ski-it-again.com/sia_index.html

Click on "comp boats" and go the the 2003 206 limited. The boat is black wiht a silver cloud secndary stripe. Very cool.

I also like the combination of the dark blue (patriot blue?) hull with the titanium main stripe. Here is an example.

http://www.iboats.com/sites/clearlake/site_page_812/item_image_13178-1.html?listing_page=listing_sum_index_1.html

[AbunDiga909]

Thats where the blue comes in handy, i think it is the perfect "mix" between a "fun" color and a "classic" color. Blue can be both, at the same time too!

[jroyal]

I like the all black..........it's extremely sharp looking...........but you're right, it may be a maintenance issue though. I might suggest reversing it though. Kind of like what I have now, except with a updated graphics package. It still would look good with the interior that I recommended.

Good luck!

[NautiqueChick]

Personally I like all white, with black accent tape and a black tower. I know it sounds boring, but I think it looks really awesome. If I was buying a boat that is what I would go with. I also like all black with that neon looking green secondary stripe and then a black tower.

[AbunDiga909]

How will the color affect the maintenance? What do you mean? Are you talking about how I think blue is the perfect balance between a fun and a classic color?

[Hollywood]

Scratches and water spots. The darker the color, the easier these things show.

[lcap]

I going simple with a teak platform and black trailer. We'll see if it works

[jroyal]

Yea, Hollywood is correct. By "maintenance issue", I was referring to waterspots and scratches showing up easier black. I have a silver cloud (white) hull with a black stripe. While I wipe the whole thing down after each use, the black is the only area that I really have to wipe down extra hard. It shows water spots pretty easy. I could only imagine that if I had to do that to the whole boat. Also, the black stripe shows scratches alot easier than the white. Scratches are much more noticeable on the black.

[gatorgates]

I would shy away from a dark colored hull or deck. My last cc had a red hull and red deck and waterspots were a drag. If you paste wax, you can't miss any spots or the swirls show and even little scratches show up white unless you buff like crazy. Go nuts with the stripes, leave the hull and deck white or budget for the cost of a neigborhood kid to wipe and buff.

[AbunDiga909]

We are leaning towards a colored hull and its probably gonna be gray. i dont think i would ever get a nautique without a colored hull, that option is just too cool to miss. Like i said earlier, dont let this money issue get in the way of your favorite choice. I'd rather be extremely careful and anal about keeping it in good shape to try to keep it in good shape.

[Onthewater]

gray should be very easy and be just as easy as white to maintain.

[gatorgates]

Back in the day, I had a black and grey stars and stripes mastercraft which was probably the coolest looking boat I have owned. Grey hull and deck, black stripes, grey stars.

[AbunDiga909]

gatorgates, thats sounds really sharp, have any pics of it? Theres one on your lake (or used to be) a blue one with white stars, and I thought that was nice also.

[redelf75]

So how can one prevent water spots and how do you get rid of them once they're there?

[Onthewater]

To avoid - Wipe down, wipe down, wipe down. Keep it in the shade when possible.

To remove - cleaning/buffing aka elbow grease and lots of it.

[Edwin]

Washing the boat with Lime-A-Way will remove all water spots. Make sure to rinse well afterward, as well as re-apply wax.

[redelf75]

But what's the best stuff to use in wiping and buffing? Are you suggesting waxing?

[Hollywood]

A vinegar/water solution also works at removing water spots. The "buffing" referred to is just rubbing.

[Grant_West]

I Like the Green and Black one totaly cool and diffrent it remindes me of Team Green

[Grant_West]

Oooo wait that all white one looks killer also, Sean Murry had a Natique Like that All white it looked great Boss Tower all white

[skinautique]

Abundiga,
If you guys want to save some money, don't bother getting the oil drip pan or the dripless packing gland. The packing gland is easy enough to service on that boat and I have never seen a newer engine drip oil so you wouldn't need the pan. If you like the blues, go with Navy primary and zephyr secondary with a wineberry piping. Sounds kind of odd but it looks really good and it will grow on you. Or try the vapor blue primary with charcoal as the secondary or leave the secondary stripe in silver cloud. Congrats on the new purchase! When is the build date?

[AbunDiga909]

Not sure when the exact build date it, but we only got like one week to finalize colors!!! we're going up to teh dealer this weekend.... Thanks for the imput on colors everybody! The dealer said it should only be six weeks from the day it hits the mold.

[AbunDiga909]

Heres a couple exotic solutions...

Sry so big again...

[NautiqueChick]

Shaun Murray's all white SAN was pretty sweet, that is what I would want mine to look like. I found a pic of his boat, here it is...

[AbunDiga909]

That is an awesome boat. However, since he is one of Nautiques best team riders, wouldn't you expect him to at least have a FCT??? After all, wouldn't CC want this person out of all to spread the word about the thing they invented?

[skinautique]

Abundiga, Boss Towers is a sponsor of his also. He couldn't have one on there in 2003 though. That boat was awesome though. What a killer wake he was putting up behind it!

[AbunDiga909]

When does he expect his 04 and will there be a FCT or a Boss Tower on that one? Or does anyone even know that?

[jefe]

I know that he won't have a Boss Tower again, its really too bad because the tower he designed fit the 210 perfectly. As far as getting an 04, he usually gets his new one in May.

Below is his Belmont Tower on a '03. *For Sale*

[skinautique]

Hey Jefe,
Still no luck getting rid of that beauty? Did you try flipsell or boattraderonline.com?

[redelf75]

Which do you like better? The green is much nicer in person than on the color selector. See the real deal below.

[skinautique]

Between those two, I like the second one better but for my personal tastes, that is too much green. Try a black hull and primary stripe with green as the secondary stripe and a grey pinstripe. Leave the tower black or silver and let me know what you think of that!

[redelf75]

I would definately agree with you , but then I saw this orange boat. in the bright sun it looks really good. From the inside, there really isn't much color at all, so the tower doesn't seam overwhelming.

[skinautique]

Try silver cloud primary, black secondary with a patriot red hull and tower and black pinstripe. I like that combo alot!

[Tony-M.]

I just put down a deposit on a 2004 Air 216 limited. The dealer I am going though is using wake design racks. Are dealers having trouble getting the new flight clips? Also, What company has the best design this year? Any suggestions??

Thanks

Tony

[AbunDiga909]

Our dealer seems to have no trouble getting the new flight clips. They seem to work great and look great now that they clamp on to the tower oppose to being drilled in. If I needed board racks, they are defenately a must. I have two great pics of them, I'll post them when i get home.

[SuperAirDave]

My dealer has them sitting in his showroom new in boxes. He was installing a pair on a new 216 that day. I have the new clamp on style on my 04 SANTE and they work great. I like that they are made of steel. They are indestructable and you can powder coat them to match or offset the color of your tower!! Stick with the Flight Clips, you won't regret it!!

So AbunDiga, what color did you decide on??? The suspense is killing me!

[AbunDiga909]

haha...looks like this is a contendor...

Green Primary
White or Gray secondary (I like white better)
Silver Metallic Piping
Black Hull
Silver or Green Tower

Same applies for interior except with gray or black secondary, I dont' want a white secondary in the interior, i dont think it will look as nice...

[SuperAirDave]

Sounds nice... I would go with:

Green primary
Grey secondary
Silver metallic accent tape
Black hull
Silver tower

Interior: Green primary
Grey secondary
Silver metallic piping

The silver tower balances the grey secondary nicely, and the silver metallic piping balances the silver metallic accent tape. Just a suggestion... play with the accent tape color between silver and black, it really does make a big difference. At first I wanted silver, but black ended up looking better on mine.

Great choice with colors, I have seen an orange one on our lake very similar. It looks awesome!!!

[AbunDiga909]

Our dealer was lucky enough to win an order for an 03 Air 216 last year. His choice of colors were orange tower, orange hull, orange primary, and gray secondary, dunno his accent tape. It looks real nice and when your in the boat, the orange tower looks awesome suprisingly. That boat was the one what turned us on to gray. And btw, it has an orange duel axle ramlin trailer with brushed aluminum fenders... You may think it is too orange, but when you see it in person, it really just looks simpy amazing... I'll post a pic later of it...

[Tony-M.]

Has anyone put a fat sac under the take out cooler on the 216? I would think that you could rig it to fill like the other tanks. I think that the switch for the belly tank is already there but not being used on the 216.

[AbunDiga909]

True, there will be two "useless" switches on our boat. The Belly Ballast and the Shower. However, we hope to make one of those switches tower lights, and if we dont think the curtesy lights arent good enough, we may do some customizing there...

BTW, here is our dealers orange 216...

[AbunDiga909]

These is just a fitted picture post test...

[redelf75]

The silver tower balances the grey secondary nicely

THe silver does look great and does pick up the secondary stripe as well as the graphic. And, from the side, one may think the a primary color and matching tower could be overwhelming, however, from inside, there really isn't too much color at all and the colored tower looks very cool and different.

I also agree about the tape colors, but I'm not sure exactly how many colors are availble as tape. The color selector offers all of them, but that seems doubtful. On the other hand, I know that Ramlin has green tape...

[NautiqueJeff]

These is just a fitted picture post test...

Much better! Thanks!

[SuperAirDave]

I like the 216 above alot!! I don't think it is to much orange at all! We were going to go with orange in some type of color combo. I think the green and orange are some of the most eye catching colors out there.

I remember when I was looking at used boats prior to buying ours new. I came across this absolutely flawless SAN. It had around 50 hours on it. It was priced way below market value. Only thing was...It was PURPLE! The guy that owned it said when he bought it, purple was the hot new color. He later wished he had gone with a more traditional color. The boat sat on the market for months and months.

I always kept that in the back of my mind. I didn't want my boat to ever look dated, or out of style, so we went more traditional colors. (Midnight blue primary, Gray secondary).

However, I'm glad we all have different opinions on colors and boats. How boring would it be if we all had the same boat with the same color.

Whatever you choose, it will look awesome. After all...it's a Nautique!

[NautiqueJeff]

...Only thing was...It was PURPLE! The guy that owned it said when he bought it, purple was the hot new color. He later wished he had gone with a more traditional color. The boat sat on the market for months and months.

I always kept that in the back of my mind. I didn't want my boat to ever look dated, or out of style, so we went more traditional colors.

Kind of sounds like this boat that White Lake has been trying to sell for a few months...http://www.planetnautique.com/modules/PNphpBB2/images/posticons/image_23.gif

http://www.whitelake.com/usedboats/Beard_01_SAN_ext.JPG

[ag4ever]

I have seen a couple of boats that looked almost identical to mine, and I was kinda offended. I wanted a one of a kind, not a mass produced combo. Both boats were still at the dealer (Sail & Ski, not my dealer) and I am sure they got the idea after seeing mine, but then again, my boat was not special ordered, and was used in the houston boat show, so many peopl saw it before I even knew it existed.

[AbunDiga909]

I know there is gonna be a point in my life where I'm not gonna have the money for a new Nautiuqe, and I'm gonna have to pay for a boat on my own. That is where I would rather buy a 4-5 yr old Nautique over a new Mobius, being that the prices are on the same page. When I get to that point, color will not make a difference to me, to a certain extent of course...

[AbunDiga909]

Here are the pics of the flight clips that someone wanted...

[redelf75]

IOnly thing was...It was PURPLE! The guy that owned it said when he bought it, purple was the hot new color. He later wished he had gone with a more traditional color.

Dave
YOu really have a wonderful attitude. I commend you.

THere is no doubt the green or orange are risky colors. I was really into the teal/purple combo that CC was pushing in the early 90's. In a funny kind of way, I'm glad I didn't get a boat back then because I can't stand those colors now!

I'm affraid I'm making a mistake with the green, but my little girl ( 8 ) really digs it, so I'm stepping up to the plate to have fun, for how ever long it lasts. If my family grows tired of it, I hope I'll be in a position to upgrade, and do it again!

[Onthewater]

I'm affraid I'm making a mistake with the green, but my little girl ( 8 ) really digs it, so I'm stepping up to the plate to have fun, for how ever long it lasts.

Isn't that what it is all about though?

[SuperAirDave]

Hey, you and your family like the green, and that's all that counts. I don't think you can go wrong with what you like. There is a reason CC picked the green and orange boats for their website and brochures...They look good!!!! Great choice, you'll love it!! :lol:

[lcap]

If you ever fly out of DFW to Houston look out the port side of the plane. On top of a high rise you will see two giant patios painted fusion green.

My brother liked the color so much, because it reminded him of summer, he had to paint the patios. At night, it looks like the water in the Caribbean.

Nice!

[redelf75]

OTW and SAD,

Thanks for the support. Green it is!

Icap, that's pretty funny. I'd like to see that one day.

[SuperAirDave]

You guys gotta post pictures as soon as you get your rides!!!

[AbunDiga909]

You guys gotta post pictures as soon as you get your rides!!!

I think it would be cruel and unusual if we didn't... :lol:

I'm also really pleased/suprised by how much people are interested in this... :lol:

[Tony-M.]

abun....when are you suppose to be getting your boat? I ordered my boat Tuesday. I called today and got them to upgrade the engine to the ZR6, which they really tried to talk me out of doing. I'm not sure why. Do you guys know what is being used in the closed cooling system and is the motor box any bigger? Someone was telling me that because of the closed cooling system it would be bigger, which I don't think is correct. Every picture I have seen with the ZR6 looks lke the standard motor box.

[skinautique]

The engine box is the same size as far as I am aware. Your dealer should be able to confirm that. I know nothing changes on the vdrives when you put the zr6 in them. It only changes when you put the 8.1 liter in there. I did see that the super charged 6 liter (not offered to the public) had the larger box. What do you mean by what is being used?

[AbunDiga909]

Tony M., We ordered our boat the monday after V-Day but the CC factory got the official order a coupel days later. The EDD (estimated due date) :) of the boat is late April/early May. That still leaves plenty of time, thats about when the real season starts anyway.

I don't know if the engine box for the ZR6 is larger dimension wise, but I know that from the ones i've seen, they do not look large at all. Like ski said, the python was another story. That engine cover would go right up to the pylon, top to bottom, and slant very far backing making very little leg room for the rear bench.

I'm not surprised that your dealer tried to convine you out of the ZR6, NECC tried to do the same with us. Personally, I think the dealers just wanna work with what they're used to and know the most about. Tony, where did you get it from?

[Tony-M.]

We are buying from White Lake Marine Graham, NC. Great people to work with and they have been in business for 49 years. I bought my last ski from them and they have always given me good service.

ski... I was just wondering what coolant was being used. I saw one picture and it looked like the environmentally safe rv antifreeze.

[Hollywood]

This thing has the ZR6 in it.

[NautiqueJeff]

We are buying from White Lake Marine Graham, NC. Great people to work with and they have been in business for 49 years. I bought my last ski from them and they have always given me good service.

Ken and Shannon are great! They're the only people I allow to work on my boat. I drive for four hours just to get to their location, but it is worth it. Great service is hard to find these days.


I was just wondering what coolant was being used. I saw one picture and it looked like the environmentally safe rv antifreeze.

Looks like DexCool is the recommended fluid for the closed cooling system.

[AbunDiga909]

We gotta problem guys...

We need to get our color combo in soon! That means our deadline is Monday! It looks like we won't be able to check out colors at the factory or even at our dealer... And one more thing just in case that didn't make a big enough problem, the "scheduled" date it should arrive has just been postboned (spell check anyone??) a month! Looks like end of May.

So if you've been wating to the last min to post your combo... please post them now! For those who've been longing to find out our color combo, looks like your not gonna have to wait as long as I thought...

Questions we are still thinking about:

Do we want a colored tower?
Which main color, Green, Blue, or Yellow?

We are sure that:

The hull will be black
The accent piping will be silver cloud
The secondary stripe will be white or gray, defenately white if yellow primary...

And thats as far as we are now....

[skinautique]

Pick the main color and go. The tower is done at your dealer and you can decide that while the boat is being made. You just have to specify whether you want the tower silver or naked. It is about the same price for either or so you could just order it naked and paint it silver if that is what you decide on.

[skinautique]

Tony I would answer the question about the coolant but Jeff took care of it! The motor is awesome!

[AbunDiga909]

Yeah, but as far as I know, the dealer needs the money the same time CC needs the order. And theres is a couple hundred dollar price difference for us because the dealer gets it done by somebody else. We'll see...

[skinautique]

The dealer needs every last penny before it is ordered? Doesn't sound right to me.

[AbunDiga909]

I wouldn't say every last penny. However the option to have a colored tower is part of the order, it is an option. So, we need to know how much to pay the dealer before it is ordered. Its not so much getting the dealer the money, its knowing how much to give him. Does that make sense? Don't quote me on this stuff, I'm not so sure myself...

[AbunDiga909]

What would you do...

One of the original reasons we didn't get an 05 promo at the end of this year was so we could have this boat for the beginning of this season. When you ordered your boat, how much time did you have to choose your colors? We were told 2-3 weeks. Those weeks have gone by and we have our colors. However, even though our dealer accepted our order without colors, CC won't. So as far as we are concerned, the order hasn't been placed officially until just yesterday. Now that the ordering has been delayed three weeks, the date of arrival has been delayed six weeks! Looks like memorial weekend is out of the question and we are now hoping to have it for Ceder Point! Its been delayed from late April/early May to mid. June!

Now I feel we may have gotten a better deal with the 05 promo. We are gonna be in Fla next week and maybe if we can't get a tour, just see Jeff or something. What would you guys do? We want it for Ceder Point and will be very dissapointed if we can't get it for Memorial Weekend.

[skinautique]

What would you do...

One of the original reasons we didn't get an 05 promo at the end of this year was so we could have this boat for the beginning of this season. When you ordered your boat, how much time did you have to choose your colors? We were told 2-3 weeks. Those weeks have gone by and we have our colors. However, even though our dealer accepted our order without colors, CC won't. So as far as we are concerned, the order hasn't been placed officially until just yesterday. Now that the ordering has been delayed three weeks, the date of arrival has been delayed six weeks! Looks like memorial weekend is out of the question and we are now hoping to have it for Ceder Point! Its been delayed from late April/early May to mid. June!

Now I feel we may have gotten a better deal with the 05 promo. We are gonna be in Fla next week and maybe if we can't get a tour, just see Jeff or something. What would you guys do? We want it for Ceder Point and will be very dissapointed if we can't get it for Memorial Weekend.

I think you spent too much time on PlanetNautique and missed your boat :lol: j/k
My question to you is where are you going to find a 216 promo at? Last time I checked, only the 196, 206 and 210 are promo boats for CC. I think you better go through with your order and be happy with it and use the heck out of it. You put this much time into it already so why not go through with it?

[MinnesotaNautique]

...Some one please kill this thread! What's with the whining?

[Rick]

There is a product called quick clean Marine by Mequires Its really fast and does a great job on my Black Stripe 200SN

[AbunDiga909]

MinnesotaNautique, don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining. I know it may seem as if I am, but really, since there's nothing that can be done, theres no use for complaining. I have to admit, I was a little dissapointed at first, but **** happens....

skinautique, At the time we were considering getting an 05 promo, it may have been a 210. We would have made a deal with dealer x that if he got this boat with this options, we would buy it at the end of the season. I'm not sure now that I think of it if he did do promos for 216s, but I remember the guy saying something about a 216 about this... I could be wrong...

This topic is long enough, so I'd like to end this forum now officially like asked for...

And if your still wondering...

Primary: Vapor Blue
Secondary: Silver Cloud
Accent Tape: Silver Metallic
Hull: Onyx Black
Tower: Vapor Blue

[Onthewater]

:bang: vapor blue