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Anyone have newish Thunder 147s? Did they ever update their height and kingpin clearance? Been thinking about going 8" or -8" and that's kind of a deal breaker.
I got mine about 2 months ago. To my knowledge they're the same they've been since the redesign several years ago (2011??) except they come with blue bushings instead of yellow. I'm hoping for a 147 update soon. Didn't someone say recently Deluxe was working on a new design with extended baseplates or something?
Yea there were a couple of pics floating around of extended baseplates, but nothing for a long time. I wish they’d hurry it up. Seems like any change in a truck takes years for some reason.
I'd imagine it's pretty simple if all they were doing was adding a little more meat to the baseplate at the pivot: re-design, prototype, test, lock it in, make a mold, test yields, another round of testing and go, especially given how long the rumor has been in the wild (and who knows how long they've been kicking around the idea). But perhaps they are looking to tweek other shit now seeing as wanting less wheelbite seems to be a real thing nowadays?
Then add in marketing, picking the pro trucks, manufacturing, shipping, etc., etc.