New to me 99 388 Slingshot
 

New to the Hustler name...owned a ton of Baja's and boated for many years, worked in the biz for a long while too. Wife and I just picked up this 99....HP500's, 220 hours. Transport is picking it up tomorrow and delivering it to us down at Canyon Lake in Texas. Hope to meet some of y'all sometime!

Congrats you will love it!

Congrats....looks real nice !!

That thing looks like a beast!! I bet you cant wait...I just upgraded tow vehicles so I know how you feel!!

Eddie and the guys at LOM are awesome to deal with. Great experience! We are really looking forward to getting back on the water!

Congrats! :drink:

Congrats Dave

Congrats on the new hotrod, wow that low hours, Hey have fun and run it.

Post some more pick when ya get it


Rob:ernaehrung004:

sweet ride!

[ATTACH=CONFIG]530796[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]530797[/ATTACH]Thanks for the warm welcome y'all! Too bad it was fully detailed before leaving LOTO in the rain...and is rolling all the way to South Texas in the rain. But still stoked! Guy I bought it from had all new interior and gauges put in and I had a few touch up things done. May look into painting it next Spring or something. Les at Precision paint Worx at LOTO is great to work with.

looks clean

Congrats on the 388. They are great boats!

Congrats, great boats! You will be impressed with the rigging, especially the wiring. Great boats, I know a handful of people that own them, and have even worked on a few. They tow light, and ride light. They put down some impressive speed numbers with stock power.

The headliner falling down seems to be the only complaint I have heard from friends. And the sink in the cabin drains to the front bilge, so be sure that pump is working before you start dumping stuff down the drain :D

Thanks for the heads up 4BUS! I realized that after the transport company towed with the cover off...in the rain...stopped overnight...in the pouring rain and towed it the next day...in the rain that the cabin bilge pump did not come on... FREAKING PO'D! Water was up to the cabin step. Batteries were off and when I turned them on I had to manually turn the pump on...so looks like I will be getting a new pump to put on. But all cleaned up and drying out nicely! Couldn't run it due to the weather and had to get back to Dallas. Hope to be back down on Canyon in 2 weeks to run it weather permitting....working this coming weekend so that's a no go (5 hour drive).

Question for y'all. Owner had 28's and 30's. I opted for the B1 30's to LAB and work over. What are y'all running with 500HP's?

Man that sucks about the rain! That step pump should cycle automatically about every 10 minutes even if the battery switches are off. What ratio are your drives?

I was just about to say that you should tow with plugs out....... Got caught in a rain storm and it rises pretty quickly.
Good looking 388. I had a 01 and loved. it.

Chris

Nice colors !! looks SHINY

Thanks guys.... The plug was out of the transom...but the cabin doesn't drain to the bilge so it was a great fish pond (ugh).

Drives are 1.5's XR's

congrats on the new rig....

if ya tow with cover on tape the front and about 4-5 ft down the side the snaps will come undone, been there.i usalyy use the blue painter tape,its weaker ,i scared it might peal clear off, dont leave it on in the sun, gets sticky ,

the front bilge pump on the early models had a timer, it would cycle every so many min, it would run the battery down, there is a toggle switch under rear seat,probably pre 2000 they tell you to flip the switch, turn off

Ive seen some changed pump over to one that has float built in, dont think many kept them, mine is rigged up just on the dash switch, there's a brown wire and a auto wire that are wired together for the dash switch, best i can remember, ive got a wire diagram if ya need

Also another reason to tape the front is if it rains the rain will run under the windshield and run into the joints, the track the cabin door runs in to, all those drain forward, ie front bridge, also most all step hulls have the front sump,

The water,stringer area, behind the dash, behind the port switch/110 panels drain to the sides and back, under the back seat the side compartment round covers,that area hold water and could run back forward and will drain back to rear bilge if raised high in the front, It will always hold about 1-2 in of water, just the design, also i would feel around in there , ther is usually trash, fiberglass chips,etc, and mine has a few screws in there, that could stop it up some.

the rear cockpit drains and under seat, drain into that area behind the round inspection plates, also if ya jack up the front or in the water make the nose high like getting on plane most would run to the rear,

remember the interior when get wet, trailering or getting caught in the rain water goes thru the seams and gets the foam wet,it will hold water,nothing you can do about it, after I had all my interior redone, i make it a POINT not to get it wet, i added vent.drains and covered foam is a plastic they call silk, its still gets wet,

also if ya pull the 12vt/110 panel there is usually trash/again screws from build in there too,drain holes in mean,,,,,,

the front bilge if water sit in there it will mold, and stinks,pump still leaves about 1 inch of water, i usalyy vac out and if i use the sink or know ive got some water i leave ba fan running in cabin blowing toward the door and leave the round inspection door of let it dry out, if it molds/stinks ive used bleach, and viniger to kill it

Hope this help,sorry the jumping around and spelling,alittle anal,lol

hollar

Rob



oyea the ice box/compartment drains forward, ive used it before ,help on # of icechest in boat,never had it over flow above the sump, the water tank is around 13 gal i had a line break once it will put about 2 inchs in the floor up front,a girl used the potty came out asking if that was normal one night,lol

Thanks for the heads up Strip. When I was in the boat biz and with all my old boats I would always tow with the cover on and tape it down like you say. The transport company refused to tow with it on "in case" it broke loose, they didn't want to be responsible for the paint. I get that but they left it uncovered overnight sitting still here in Dallas....we had about 2-3" of rain that night in areas of town. The cockpit drains nicely as well as the anchor locker seems too. I have all the cushions out of the cabin and all storage compartments open and have had a fan going since Sunday. My inlaws have been checking on it since it't in their garage and they say everything is dry. Still think the step pump is a poor design how they have it rigged...especially if the ice chest and sink drain into it? The lake we are on is small so we have our normal ice chest we use and the inlaws have their cruiser out there when we go raft off so not really concerned with the sink...but now know not to dump stuff down it! Like the name says "OCD Overload" that is me as well...anal about all my stuff. Cannot wait to run it next weekend!

Thanks everyone for the replies!

Congratulations!! Beautiful boat!

congrats on the boat. Looked like it was in good condition and priced right. That's hard to find now days

Thanks everyone, really appreciate it. We looked for a long time... Wife has always liked the 388's but thought we'd never be able to afford one after the ups and downs of the past couple years and being pretty humbled. Very happy we stumbled upon this one and she is really clean for a 99, survey was good so we jumped on it. Don't get me wrong she's not perfect but I like tinkering and making things my own. Very thankful to have been able to pull this off!

Nice buy! I have always loved the slingshot, and was looking at one when our Eliminator popped up........Eliminator was too good of a deal to pass up.
Hope you get on the water soon and have some fun with it!!

BTW, one of my friends hooked up his sink and ice chest drains to a shower box, which is a sealed box found in cruisers with a pump inside it. It was cheap and kept his front bilge dry. He left the regular pump for rain water issues.

Make sure you dry under the bench seats, they are a mold trap!