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What bolts are good for not digging and sinking into the deck too much? Sometimes I decide I’m gonna go madness and swap my trucks and I hate that now the bolts are digging into the top layer a bit and not flush with the grip
And don’t say just don’t tighten down the hardware so much
That’s obvious but my first truck setup it’s flush then a swap and now they’re sinking into the top layer
If you use Shorty's, Modus etc bolts(small, shallow head) the first time you set it up, and Indy or Ace etc bolts(wide heads) the second time you set it up, that works.
If you just re-grip it you can use the small shallow head bolts again usually
(I don't have any experience with the small heads that are deeper like pig, girl, wknd etc, except for re-setting up a friends board with new bolts, and they worked well enough for a 2nd mount cause they're thicker lower down)
So maybe this is a good method(without regripping):
1st mount - small shallow heads (Shorty's, Modus, etc)
2nd mount - small heads but deeper heads (girl, wknd, pig, etc)
3rd mount - wide heads (ace, Indy, etc)
I think if you set up the same deck a third time I'd definitely re-grip it and use Indy or Ace bolts
Yes, I have my "first time setting up any deck" bolts which are usually Shortys (or Modus or a couple of other similar brands with much more shallow and small heads) and then if it has to be re set up at any time, I will use something with slightly wider heads, or deeper heads, like Thunder, the old Andale bolts, or similar, then if it is really blown out, a trade back in or whatever, the biggest heads like Indy, or generic bolts work well.
Some of those bigger heads right from go are way too big for me to even try to get half way down into the boards, so I can see why some people would struggle or never have bolts that are into the grip - also why a lot of the bigger head bolts in 7/8" will not do up right on cast baseplates and people often will lose nuts or the nut and bolt from them coming loose.
I guess some shops might not have much of a selection or variety of different size heads, but I also see people who have never really looked at them that much either, which might seem wild on here, but the every day average person might not think a whole lot about most parts on their setups, which might make things easier for them, to say the least.
Some of the sealed packs might also be harder to see the size of the bolt heads, but others in clear plastic are good to check, but it almost seems like bolt heads are bigger now, for the most part, or at least those are the brands that are getting a bit more representation at some places I have seen.
I don't really see a lot of Shortys bolts around here these days, but lots more Modus, Pig and some other brands.
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