2015/2016 phantom!!!!

[Cole__kelly]

I'm pretty excited to start this build thread. I should have started this thread when I started collecting all my parts for the new build. I Called @sinisterjosh209 back in July/August to place my order. I missed the dead line by about 2 weeks cause he wasn't taking any order since he was getting hulls ready for world finals. He told me he prolly wouldn't be able to start until the beginning of November. I was fine with that since I needed time to get all my parts together and I wanted all new parts so I figured
more time = more Money for parts

Here's the first picture josh sent me of her being completed


A few days later josh personally delivered her to me

 

[Cole__kelly]

I'm going to back track to collecting all my parts before I show where we're currently at.

My donor ski was a superjet with a 760, bpipe, 44 carbs, xmetal pole land stock everything else. I decided to keep the motor, carbs, pipe, electronics and pole. Everything else I was going to TRY to buy new.

Stock motor fresh out the superjet

 

[Midlake Crisis]

Looks great! Congratulations, looking forward to seeing how it turns out.

 

[Cole__kelly]

First part to show up was the thrust trim system. I got the blow out deal from thrust was like $200 for the nozzles and 225 for the trim system. Killllllller deal From thrust



Next came these cold fusion couplers


Cold fusion had a sale on there last 3 solas 144 mag pump for $325 which I couldn't pass up


Then along came my kart tank from komit karts


Next I had a big ordered from thrust which was my steering, rrp 50 risers, oem 144 wear ring, grips, pump/midshaft rebuild kits

Steering, bars and grips in the xmetal adjustable plate

 

[Cole__kelly]

Around this time of part collecting josh sent me the first picture of my top and bottom deck. I was like a little kid on Christmas haha this was the first week of November

 

[jo5hi3]

I love seeing all these phantom builds. I think I was one of the first to do a build thread and complete it. You are going to love that hull.

 

[Cole__kelly]

I decided I wanted to get all my parts powdered coated to really make the ski pop.i decided with candy illusion blue berry and flat black

After sand blasting these were the black parts

Here's the teaser for he bedplate they sent me. It came out soooooooo clean



This is when it became crunch time I knew the hull would be ready in about two weeks so I Had to get the remaining parts ASAP. Powder coat wasn't ready for about a week.

 

[Cole__kelly]

My jetworks A series prop showed up. From what I read it should be about a 9/15.5 on pitch. Jetworks said its what my 760 needed to rip




My blowsion pole bracket and powder coat arrived all on the same day which was cool. I could finally put my pole all together and see how she looks

 

[Cole__kelly]

The paint came out soo dope. I can't wait to see it on the ski in the sun




Here's the pole


I put it on my Bob just so I could see it all together lol

 

[Cole__kelly]

So after I had all these nicely power coated parts I couldn't justify putting them on this ugly 760 so I started scrubing and masking off the ports.

The before


Picked up the vht grabber green


The hulk pretty much threw up everywhere lol I'm doing some motor upgrades soon and I'll have everything repainted so it's solid I just wanted it to look better then it did. I like it

 

[Cole__kelly]

This was a few days before thanksgiving I started assembly on my motor. It came out pretty good



Got the carbs and bedplates on


All done blue or or green flame arrestors coming later

 

[chucktor]

FAAACK is this thing done yet or what!? LETS RIDE!

 

[Cole__kelly]

Now on to the delivery day!!!!!! This past Saturday. We started wrenching right away

 

[mike b]

You painted everything and all looks nice...then the carbs lol. Go paint them hahah. I hope those colors will all tie together. Cool color combo I wouldn't have thought to do. Good luck with the build. These hulls seem like a solid choice!

 

[Cole__kelly]

Phantom owners @chucktor and
@squirtis701 and myself starting getting everything put in place. We still had to build the pump but we got the midshaft in so the pump would be easy to line up

 

[Cole__kelly]

Getting the ebox marked so we can drill holes

 

[codyadams209]

Looking good Cole but please get a am head and shouldn't you put the pump in first so you can see if it's aligned straight

 

[Cole__kelly]

Got the pump installed only had to use a shim on each side. Only issue thrust didn't include the smalls nuts to hold down my Trim cable




Here where those two smalls nuts go holding the cable. I called thrust and there on the way

 

[Cole__kelly]

This is where we left it. Complete pole with all cables ran, plump in, midshaft in. Basically just needed the waterbox, motor and ebox then turf. Should see more progress this week.

 

[Cole__kelly]

I scored a killer deal on a thrust head for Black Friday. Went blue with carbon inlay and 35 domes