2004 sante 210

[Chris5084]

Picked up my first big boy boat. 2004 sante 210 with 170 hrs on it. As good of condition as a 2004 can be. Only issues.... One ballast gauge is out, gas and oil pressure gauge also. Talked with faria and we think it's the gauges (info still comes through on lcd panel in speedo). If it's the box, I picked up a new old stock gateway off of eBay. What are some mods to be done to this era 210?




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[vanhanbr]

That's an awesome looking boat, but that's not a 2004 tower. Only thing I would consider is fresh air exhaust and making a suckgate.

[Chris5084]

Thanks! Yeah, previous owner hated the 2004 tower and bought a 2003. Already in the process of researching suck gates and will have to look into the fresh air exhaust.


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[nautiques4life]

Great looking boat. I think swapping the tower was a great choice, I never liked the 04 tower. Could leave the boat stealth or update with newer side graphics. If it wasn't already done, there is a thread on here about getting more from your stock sub, and the perfect enclosure to build to maximize it... Cheap/easy upgrade at relatively low cost.

[markj]

Nice boat. If you want to make it look newer/cleaner, ditch the trailer pinstripes and find some nice wheels. (mostly black) If you're into loud tunes, you can fit a ported 12" sub under the helm.

[markj]

Just noticed you have spinner racks. That's a nice feature. Another thing to do with a boat of that era is yank the hard tanks and have some custom sacks made.

[Chris5084]

Nice boat. If you want to make it look newer/cleaner, ditch the trailer pinstripes and find some nice wheels. (mostly black) If you're into loud tunes, you can fit a ported 12" sub under the helm.

Never thought of that for the trailer. I'll look into it. It already has the wetsounds sinister sd6 and a jl w6 sub. Previous owner sunk about 4K in the stereo.


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[Chris5084]

Great looking boat. I think swapping the tower was a great choice, I never liked the 04 tower. Could leave the boat stealth or update with newer side graphics. If it wasn't already done, there is a thread on here about getting more from your stock sub, and the perfect enclosure to build to maximize it... Cheap/easy upgrade at relatively low cost.

Thanks. I am on the fence about graphics.....one day I want them, then next I don't. I'm set on the stereo. I didn't know what that speaker was in the panel under the steering wheel. I do now!


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[Phil8uga]

Gorgeous boat. My boat is almost identical but blue and an '05. My FAE was delivered last week and I plan on installing soon. Maybe surf pockets on the Bimini but you may not need with your tower board racks. Either way nice boat!!!!


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[Chris5084]

Gorgeous boat. My boat is almost identical but blue and an '05. My FAE was delivered last week and I plan on installing soon. Maybe surf pockets on the Bimini but you may not need with your tower board racks. Either way nice boat!!!!


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Thanks Phil. Let me know how the FAE works. Surf pockets on the Bimini??? Haven't heard of those....time to research. The board racks won't fit a surfboard, I think.


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[Schwiiing]

I think the graphics are fine as is........ dont think surf pockets would work well with that bimini but you could update the spinner racks with new wider tines to fit surfboards.

A nice update would be to replace that carpet with Seadek. they make a very nice set in Gray/black

[Chris5084]

I think the graphics are fine as is........ dont think surf pockets would work well with that bimini but you could update the spinner racks with new wider tines to fit surfboards.

A nice update would be to replace that carpet with Seadek. they make a very nice set in Gray/black

Where would I get the wider tines? I think the seadek is a pain in the *** for my year model!


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[Schwiiing]

Give Mark at N3 Boatworks a call. He got mine and they are rubber coated!

As for the SeaDek... the swim platform would be easy and the seadek is SOooo much softer on the knees!

[obd666]

awesome that it has the preferred tower, major score ... regarding the wake (which is what truly matters) go ahead and plan to pull the hard tanks in rear and throw in 750 fly highs, then add some form of weight to the nose. can plumb in another sack or add some lead. boat looks mint, congrats

[fb_rider]

I have basically the same boat. I had the same iissue with the gauges. The fuel guage is available for $80 but the oil pressure is not. The good news is that they are wired in series - when I replaced my fuel gauge the oil pressure started working too. If not, you can get it rebuilt by the manufacturer for about $50.

One great mod was to replace the manual ballast valves with electronic red hat valves - makes life so much easier.

Congrats on the purchase. Let me know if you need more info.