Inside, the boat is colored light and dark gray with a red pinstripe and black tribal accents. That's not the high point of the interior treatment, however. Obviously, Wet Sounds needed to make a point. So the company tapped Brent Davison of BD Audio Creations in Austin, Texas, to go crazy on the craft. Starting with Wet Sounds signature upgrade, the tower speakers, BD installed a pair of Wet Sounds PRO 485 wakeboard tower speakers that pack a total of four 8-inch midbass and two HLCD drivers into two gloss-black enclosures. Built to inspire your ride at 80 feet and beyond, they can also be removed and turned around easily to face forward to entertain partiers on the beach. A second set of speaker assemblies-in this case, PRO 80 speakers-are ready to be mounted to the tower to demo Wet Sounds' second (and only) tower speaker product at shows or to have one set of speakers firing forward and another backward for a spherical blast of sound.
Four of the six 12-inch subwoofers are mounted in a custom enclosure that sacrifices a seat location rather than cargo space in the holds. It is made of fiberglass and wrapped with the same vinyl MB Sports uses in the rest of the boat, and it doesn't bolt directly to the boat. Instead, it uses one of the Wet Sounds wakeboard tower clamps to secure it to the hull, making it easy to remove from the boat when need be and eliminating the need to drill into the boat to accommodate more traditional fasteners. Sharing the enclosure are a pair of 6-inch coaxials driving more mids and highs, while another pair is mounted in the forward factory speaker locations and another set was built into custom pods in the sides of the boat. The remaining two subwoofers are under the driver's console. Six Arc Audio Foose amplifiers power the boat's speakers: an FD 4150 for the PRO 485's and an FD 2100 for the PRO 80's; also, three FD 1200.1 amps for the subs and another for the coaxials. These amps are in a rack built under the passenger compartment (the driest location).
BD built a custom space in the passenger-side console for the new Kenwood Marine KTS-MP400MR AM/FM/CD/MP3/Sirius Satellite head unit, dual Arc Audio EQs, voltage meter, and a 6-inch coaxial. Then they rebuilt the driver's dash to match, adding a 6-inch coaxial, discarding the factory radio, and rearranging the gauges. A Kenwood remote allows the boat's driver to control the head unit in the passenger's side, and another remote in the stern area gives rear passengers some control as well. Kris at Wake Specialty installed one of his Spydr wire marine LED kits, endowing a red glow upon anyplace he could put an LED, which contrasts with the blue glow of the Ice Glow kit mounted in the factory cooler.
Powering the boat is a 375hp ZR6 6.0L V-8 boosted by an Edge programmer. The boat comes with a triple-up ballast system that adds an extra 2,500 pounds of ballast to ensure that the boat leans back low for a high wake. A custom boat also requires an upgraded trailer, which is what Wet Sounds got thanks to Extreme Custom Trailers in Riverside, California. Extreme built a dual-axle trailer with full LED lighting, stainless steel accents, disc brakes, and colors that match the boat's. It rolls on Extreme's 17-inch custom wheels that complement the wheels on the truck. Toyo Proxes 225/55R17 tires hold the wheels in their rubbery embrace.
Wet Sounds thanks all those who participated in this project: Eddie at Extreme Trailer, Travis at Rize Industries, Marty at Truck Toyz, Matias at Toyo, Chris at Arc Audio, Dave at Kopriva Bodyworks, Kevin at MKW Wheels, Bryce at Edge Products, Mark at Amp Research, Jodi over at Pace Edwards, Kris at Wake Specialty, Julie at Hog Performance, Klay at Avenger Stingerz, Tony at IcedOutEmz, and, of course, his wife and family.