1999 wakesetter Vlx vs wakesetter lx

t45lax · Newbie Joined: 10 Sep 2008 Posts: 7

Disregard the poll

I'm getting a boat next week and I am down to 2 options. Both are 1999 wakesetters, one is the v-drive and the other is direct drive with ballast and wedge. Which will throw a better wake?

(the V drive will cost me an exta 3000 and has 450 hours vs 280) Which would you reccomend getting?
Thanks

t45lax · Newbie Joined: 10 Sep 2008 Posts: 7

any diff in hull design too?

Juice75 · Outlaw Joined: 09 Jul 2004 Posts: 218 City: Austin

The two hulls are the same. So if weighted the same, both should have a similar wake. The main difference is that it is easier to hit ballast in the v-drive. I actually have a 99 Sunsetter VLX (same as the Wakesetter, just didn't come with a tower and such), and I have 1300 lbs, fully auto fill/empty, all hidden.

I personally would go with the v-drive. The wrap around seating blows away having a motor in the middle of the boat. And just an FYI, the 99 Sunsetter/Wakesetter VLX is the same hull that was used all the way through the 2004 Wakesetter VLX.