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What's Included
Owner's Manual(1) Valmex wakeboard ballast bag
(1) PiggyBack Hardware Kit
(1) PiggyBack Installation Manual
This wakeboard ballast package is designed specifically for integration into existing automated ballast systems. Because of that it includes the necessary fittings for correct integration with 3/4" hose, but does not include any additional fittings. If you have questions about correctly integrating this system, contact us.
How It Works
The Malibu PiggyBack Ballast System is designed to make use of the existing pumps, hoses and switches in your Malibu boat, to expand the capacity of your factory rear ballast tanks from 250lbs. up to an incredible 1,350lbs. This kit includes everything needed for the installation, including a replacement Fly High Pro X Series ballast big (choose your capacity), Fly High quick connect fittings, all necessary fittings and adapters, hose and installation guide.
As the name implies, this ballast system add-on is connected inline with the overflow of the factory ballast tank, allowing it to PiggyBack on the factory system. In the factory configuration when the in-floor hard tank is full excess water is dumped overboard through the vent hose. With the PiggyBack system installed, excess water from the hard tank flows into the Fly High ballast bag, allowing it to fill after the factory tank is full. Once the new bag is full (which means the factory tank is full), excess water will flow out of the overflow of the bag, and through the factory thru-hull connector, allowing the system to function exactly the same as the stock ballast setup, but with the additional capacity of the auxiliary ballast bag.
Draining is exactly the opposite; as the factory drain pump removes water from the tank, gravity forces water out of the Fly High bag and into the hard tank until both ballast bag and tank are both empty. In 2008 and newer Malibu boats equipped with Rider Presets, these process is even handled by the boat's onboard computer, which manages the water level in all of the factory ballast locations.
Installation
Installation requires a few simple and completely reversible change be made to the plumbing of the stock ballast system in order to connect the Piggyback kit, and the one time process typically takes less than 45 minutes. Once installed, you never need to hassle with ballast bags and pumps again and full control of the system is provided by the factory controls on the dash. Forget about getting up to adjust valves that control the flow, or any manual involvement at all, just flip a switch and the system will fill and drain exactly as the factory MLS system currently does.
Applications
This Piggyback system is designed to work with any Malibu boat that has factory rear ballast tanks that are installed below the floor of the boat and use aerator pumps for filling and draining. Confirmed models include the following boats:
- '09-Current Malibu vRide 21
- '09-Current Malibu vRide 23
- '07-Current Malibu Wakesetter VTX
- '05-Current Malibu Wakesetter VLX
- '05-Current Malibu Wakesetter LSV
- '06-Current Malibu Wakesetter 247 LSV
For specific questions on fitment, and for possible compatibility with other models, please contact us.