Customizing and sanding trucks kingpins

[SpankerChief]

I have been using a dremel tool to shave down kingpins and also sanding old trucks to give a newish sheen. Also using hydro dip to give a custom colorway and doing different colored hangers. What is your opinion on colorways vs. standard polished aluminum?

[arrbee]

Polished or Raw

Colored trucks and wheels make it seem cheap, toyish. Couldn't take myself serious if I was either.

[formula420]

I like colorways. I had the krux yes comply and loved em. Now I'm on black thunders with black engraving design. I wouldn't pay extra for a colorway truck but if it's the same price I'm down.

Wheels are a different story. White only, not even black.

[SpankerChief]

Polished or Raw

Colored trucks and wheels make it seem cheap, toyish. Couldn't take myself serious if I was either.

I hear ya does look tacky, the reason I do this is for seeing the results if it looks like shit I give them away or trade them at the park to some hype beast dork.

[SpankerChief]

I like colorways. I had the krux yes comply and loved em. Now I'm on black thunders with black engraving design. I wouldn't pay extra for a colorway truck but if it's the same price I'm down.

Wheels are a different story. White only, not even black.

black wheels do suck, I saw some spitfire conicals all black OG it just looks like shit to me.

[curbslayer]

i like to use colored base plates and raw hangers. whenever i can 

[SpankerChief]

for me whenever I am at a pawn shop or thrift store and say some hunk of shit shark tooth board but has decent trucks is there. I try to polish this turd and give it away. The joy on kids faces makes it feel great.

[Murge]

Polished or raw. I can go either way with baseplates.

I do think I’m gonna follow suit and try shaving down a king pin though. Get a little clearance.

[SpankerChief]

Polished or raw. I can go either way with baseplates.

I do think I’m gonna follow suit and try shaving down a king pin though. Get a little clearance.

it helps especially on back smiths

[baustin]

Polished or raw. I can go either way with baseplates.

I do think I’m gonna follow suit and try shaving down a king pin though. Get a little clearance.

When I had Thunder 147s I always just staged smith grinds on rough ledges to work the kingpin down and smoothed it out with a file if necessary, works like a charm. On the subject of kingpin clearance, I think it's overrated. Now that I'm on 148s I'm having to relearn my smiths because I don't have that nicely worked in kingpin nut to rest them on.

[sharkin]

furthest I've ever gotten away from the standard was "clear matte" and "pewter"

I don't think I'd ever skate a colored hanger. baseplates? maybe, but the standard polished is preferred.

[SpankerChief]

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Polished or raw. I can go either way with baseplates.

I do think I’m gonna follow suit and try shaving down a king pin though. Get a little clearance.

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When I had Thunder 147s I always just staged smith grinds on rough ledges to work the kingpin down and smoothed it out with a file if necessary, works like a charm. On the subject of kingpin clearance, I think it's overrated. Now that I'm on 148s I'm having to relearn my smiths because I don't have that nicely worked in kingpin nut to rest them on.

ummm filing down the nut seems counter productive just my opinion though. I have a pipe cutter and rethreader I like to do some dumb shit when getting that just right feeling. that's just me though.

[SpankerChief]

furthest I've ever gotten away from the standard was "clear matte" and "pewter"

I don't think I'd ever skate a colored hanger. baseplates? maybe, but the standard polished is preferred.

I like the black matte as it gives it a sleek look anything outside of raw, black, and chrome is kinda whack.

[Dustwardprez]

On my old thunder teams from like 01
I put the nut on upside down and the shop owner used a grinder to remove the edge of the upside down nut.

Took like 2 seconds.