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Any update on the ikp for Thunder?
I saw some time back in this thread that Suciu and Ishod (maybe others too) were skating ikp, so expected it to come out...did I miss it?
I haven't seen anything about it from any of them, but the most recent set of Thunder team editions I saw have the hex head hole in the baseplate, which should make it a whole lot easier to fit them, for those who are so inclined.
Note: Others had posted pics of this earlier in this thread too - just a bit too tired and late now to dig up the link - but there aren't that many pages to go back through.
Yeah, I remember those pics that the OG plate had slightly changed to fit a hexnut. But goddam are those Thunder kingpins hard to getout! I just figured that if two Thunder SOTYs are skating ikp that Thunder was going to release them as a ready product. Maybe it’s still in development, guess we’ll see.
I would say there are definitely things going on behind the scenes, but until they actually come up with something that works and holds well, they don't want the Indy mid issue coming back to bite them in the ass too.
Some people seem to have much better luck getting kingpins out of trucks than others, but having a jig set up to hold the baseplates seems to be the best option, without having to hammer the life out of the baseplate and possibly break or bend it in the process. Some guys have made one completely from scratch, while others use an old board mounting holes with a cut out in the area of the deck where the kingpin can fall out, all of that securely fixed to a bench or something.
Not sure how true this is but leaving them out in the sun for most of a day also makes it easier to get the kingpins out - heat causes the metal to expand, etc. Warmer is easier to work than colder at any rate when it comes to any metal.
If you are on Instagram, there is a whole lot of info under #fuckwithyourtrucks and this guy does a lot of stuff:
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Never seen this one but it is a solid way as well, with a little more cost and planning.