contemplating on getting the Thunder 161 hollows for 9.25 eggball shape decks. Currently hv 151 team hollows & 149ti.
Check the taper after the trucks if you can, on my 9" egg I had to drop down from thunder 161s to 159 (149s would work too). With it being 9.25" you might get away with no significant poking out of the axles.
Thunders are very nimble with lots of stability, lots of weight options (all good) and have great pop feel, pinch, shitty fucking wheelbite; Grind fine but Indys grind better due to hanger shape. Of all the variants, Team Hollows provide the best of everything from a cost/performance ratio (imo). They fall right in the middle of Venture and Indy (with a slight lean towards Ventures characteristics of low height, stability and lack of carve feel compared to indy or ACE.
<--Venture--Thunder--Tensor ATG--Indy--ACE-->
Unless you ride tight, wheel size
and width, plate height (duh) are the most contributing factors for wheel bite (I get more wheel bite on classics and wider wheels than skinny). That said, I've come to realize that the stock bushings are shit and my main issue with the truck. After swapping to some 'better' aftermarket bushings with more rebound I experience significantly less wheelbite (it still happens to a degree, even with the cast plate) and they feel smoother overall.
Stock thunders, shaved top (most wheel bite due to squishy rebound and low/sanded tops); note: stock top makes them tight as fuck for me just getting the nut flush.
Conical Indy bottoms are just a hair shorter than Thunders. Also shaved down 88a top bushings (in order to get the nut flush and still turn). Honestly if anyone with thunder turn/loose issues switched to these they'd be amazed. Truely.
Riptide 87a conicals (not shaved yet), a hair shorter than Indy bottoms, top is a hair taller but somehow they feel great so far.
Barrel bottoms make them feel like shit, super stable but the turn is just bad.
Some are going to disagree (it is slap) but the stock thunder bushings are shit when it comes to rebound (that's also why I use the flat sleeved washers, more bushing deformity and added rebound), which makes them feel like shit when loose. Softer bushings with better urethane/rebound really help. But ultimately a lot of us here try to make thunders something they are not (Indy or ACE) and that's part of the problem.
As for the slide issue, well, maybe it's just how *I* slide, but it isn't an issue (both kicks from a twin kick board show the same thing) I can't tell you why but I'm not the the lock-in type but the balance on the flat of the tail after the flat type:
Additionally, I hate them for bowl skating; wheelbite city.