Idk, I’m really weird about bushings, not necessarily the hardness, but the color. for example, if I’m riding Indy stage 11’s, those orange bushings are great, they look aesthetically pleasing with any color combination of any wheel or deck graphic. however, if a venture truck comes with a certain color bushing, I can’t have a graphic that is completely different from that bushing. same goes with thunder. I could not ride red thunder bushings with just any graphic, but I could more than likely ride the blue ones that come in the stock team standard trucks, with any colored graphic.
I also refuse to ride any kind of bushing that is opaque in color. I despise the look. the only color bushing that I’ll ride that’s opaque, is white. like, the ace bushings, those are fine. but when I got those Indy stage 4’s and saw they had flat, opaque, red bushings, I took them out immediately. I know Indy stock bushings aren’t necessarily translucent, like thunder or venture, but they work for some reason.
I know I’m a weirdo lmao.
oh and also, I spent like $80 in hardware, so I could have a 7/8” allen head bolt in every color. so every board I get, I have a front left allen head bolt that matches the color(s) of the board graphic.