Sorry this is a long list of why I should have bought the crownline instead....This is a 2007 Fourwins 18 foor. I have pictures of all of this over the year if anyone wants to see....
My similar 07 purchased new was a TOTAL POS. Four winns went bankrupt almost immediately after I purchased it, and of course right before I started having problems with the boat. Things to date that have been replaced, repaired ect:
Carb was defective from day one, took several adjustments, dealer couldn't get it replaced due to the bankruptcy, and then they too went out of business...
Engine always seemed to run hot, and dealer says 'likely bad sender' but since I couldn't get any warranty work done, it was not replaced. Several other shops said seemed normalish so I let it go. Years later I took it apart to find the thermostat looked like someone had stepped on it and still installed it.
Rear seat has a half *****ed bungee cord that came out during towing, and seat went flying on interstate. bungee pulled out. it was held in with a wood screw that only protruded 1/2 past the bungee plastic Not back fastner or anything
Rear sundeck wouldn't stay closed during trailering, and eventually snapped shocks, bent brackets ect.
The handles all around the boat started to fall out, turns out there were no lock washers, or lock nuts installed from factory, repaired myself (PAINFULLY)
Speedo stopped working, wasn't clogged, ended up being bad gauge (replaced with my money out of pocket)
Starter failed after the first season
Interior fell apart after one season, the brown vynil, and stiching fell apart exposing foam. After Fourwinns got out of bankruptcy and after calling them literally everyday with pictures, they admitted that the vinyl was bad and sent me replacements (that I had to pay to install)
That new interior lasted about 1.5 years and same thing happened to it, white vinyl was perfect, stitching and brown vinyl failed. I just recently just redid the entire interior, and turns out the vinyl they used wasn't even marine grade. (cross referenced the numbers on back with spradyling vinyl) Seats feel and look completely different than before.
plywood they used for seats rotted out badly, didn't appear to by marine grade playwood, and had no coatings or anything on it.
Breaker on dash kills power to boat and oyu have to wiggle it to make it work sometimes.
Throttle lever has been very tough to move since day one, and they claimed it to be normal. My 89 horizon throttle is slippery smooth
All the tires on the trailer tires detreaded themselves after 2 years and probably 14 trips to the lake (obviously four winns doesnt make them, but still junk)
opcorn: Grab some and wait it out I guess......