Hey everyone im new here but not new to boating. i have had a love obsession with bajas for most of my life. the outlaw imparticular. i have recent come on to some money and am going to buy one soon. i found a 1998 24 outlaw se. with 240 hrs. on her. the boat is in overall good condition however the rear engine cover is busted up. the hindge is rotted and the moter to lift it is shott. the guy wants 18,500 for it. no trl. is this to much? and not that this is a big deal but the decals are faded dont know if they can be saved. thanks in advance.

I would move on and look for something else. Normally when you find a couple of issues wrong there are more to follow. There are a ton of outlaws for sale, I would keep looking or try to shoot the price down more and make it more worth it.

Agree. Seems a bit dated and resale will be tough. You are only seeing some of waht could be many issues.

Hey welcome to the board and I hope you find a Baja that you will like and enjoy.

I agree with the above comments and would move on. There are a lot of nice boats out there at stupid low prices right now.

If any part of that boat was neglected then all of it was probably neglected. Sounds like one of those that you will have way more in it then it is worth in no time.

Happy shopping

If you are still shopping around i have a very clean 97 24 SST with 255 hours i would get rid of (im looking to upgrade)...however i cant let it go near that cheap. if interested give me a call 615 872 2139 lv message pls. boat is white with the purple lightning graphics and matching trailer...freshwater only.

Keep walking on this one, there are much more lucrative deals than that out there.

Here is a nice looking one

http://chambana.craigslist.org/boa/1160970895.html

well then heres my options. 1. is that 1998 outlaw 2. is a 1997 boss 302 w 160 hrs and fresh alt manifolds starter batts. nd all asking 28,000 with some room. 3. is a shooter not sure of the year yet askin 17,000

hi check my boat, here is the link, make an offer if you liked i need to sellit.

http://bajaboatsforsale.com/premiumc...ieds00630.html

http://www.offshoreonly.com/classifi...o28670-en.html

the 24s are nice I have one but if you can find a 25ol 98 or newer its twice the boat, thae dash set up getting in the cabin is a lot easier. the bad thing about the 24 is the back seat it does not give any support to the back of the boat, it screw and bolted in, with the 25ol its glassed in and supports the transom. you will see cracks in most 24s a long the corners of the transom and out side on the gunnels because of flexing. my boat had them after the 2nd year it was made and that was with 454 330hp. I went to a 502 in 93 then a 509 in 2000 with 650hp.right now I have my boat a part to design a new full bulkhead to fix that problem and I am going to a 1050hp motor.right now with this market you should find some 97 98 25ols not the 250 or 270es or what ever they call it with a windshield. the 250 ols could be high teens or low 20s, I got a friend with a 24 ol= sport 87 in nice shape in 2 yrs no bites he is down to 8000.00 if you really like the 24 better than theres a ton out there in the low teens stock power they will run in the 60s you need 500hp to run low 70s like 72 to 75 thats because the drives are deep in the water, I put on a 2'' shortie and picked up 8 mph with that and a carb change if you want I can tell you everything about them I have had mine for 20yrs now and to see it check out pics of my boat its on page two here these pics are from 06, someone stripped my boat that winter and I am getting it back in the water call me if you want art 617 833 3327. and make sure you have any boat surveyed before you buy it, its worth the 500 bucks a friend just got phucked for the second time in 4 years he didn't do it again and is now unhappy they lied about power. call me art