Truck set-ups

[j....soy.....]

Good play on my part....when everyone was buying toilet paper.....you know what I was chasing down.....trucks.....

[TwisT]

Good play on my part....when everyone was buying toilet paper.....you know what I was chasing down.....trucks.....

When I decided to buy tensors almost 2 months ago. I could not find the raw mag 5.5s at all. no shops had them(but no on them usually carries tensor anyway except the cheap ones for beginners)

Not even thank you had them.

This smaller shop in my state ordered a bunch of destructo because they had a hard time getting other trucks in ATM.

Strange times.

[j....soy.....]

Magnesium trucks too....buy two sets...

[Fat Tire]

It’s crazy how hard products are to come by

Tactics doesnt even have a pair of thunders

My local just got their orders from NHS and DLX so hang in there, your shop is probably getting theirs soon too.

[Fat Tire]

Also I saw someone post about throwing a barrel bottom on their Thunders and was wondering which brand you guys use.

Been wondering this for a while, I get bad speedwobbles going downhill on Thunder.

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Also I saw someone post about throwing a barrel bottom on their Thunders and was wondering which brand you guys use.

Been wondering this for a while, I get bad speedwobbles going downhill on Thunder.

I don’t get that. my 147’s are turn to where the nut is barley on, on both trucks, and they feel tight as hell. and I’ve been skating them for 6 months.

[munchbox]

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Also I saw someone post about throwing a barrel bottom on their Thunders and was wondering which brand you guys use.

Been wondering this for a while, I get bad speedwobbles going downhill on Thunder.

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I don’t get that. my 147’s are turn to where the nut is barley on, on both trucks, and they feel tight as hell. and I’ve been skating them for 6 months.

whether you ride both washers, weight, and bushing duro are all factors on how tight they will be. rode them stock at around 200 lbs and they felt medium to medium loose

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Also I saw someone post about throwing a barrel bottom on their Thunders and was wondering which brand you guys use.

Been wondering this for a while, I get bad speedwobbles going downhill on Thunder.

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I don’t get that. my 147’s are turn to where the nut is barley on, on both trucks, and they feel tight as hell. and I’ve been skating them for 6 months.

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whether you ride both washers, weight, and bushing duro are all factors on how tight they will be. rode them stock at around 200 lbs and they felt medium to medium loose

yea, everything is stock. maybe it’s my weight? I’m like 130. Lmao

[backinaction]

yea, everything is stock. maybe it’s my weight? I’m like 130. Lmao

I weigh 175 and stock is too damn tight.  I replaced the top bushing and washer with a bones bushing and no washer.  It's looser, but still too damn tight.  147s are the only Thunders I have ridden - maybe the 148 and up geometry allows looser?

[Uncle Flea]

It sucks most second hand trucks come with bones.

Not a scratch on the hangers but the wrong bushings again.

I feel like people should stop fucking with bones so we can get proper rebuild kits from dlx.

I hate having mismatch shit

[Richard Skidder]

149 on 8.18 yay or nay?

[moonordie]

149 on 8.18 yay or nay?

70% yay

[Esquivel]

Been skating sour 8.18 with thunder hollow lights 149 and f4 radial slims for 2 years without any problems. I liked this set up so much that i kept buying the same components over and over. Finally came across a used pair of 148s hollow forged a mate was selling and bought those with the intent to size down on decks, to possibly start riding 8.1 again.

Also for the breaking kingpins, i have not broken a kingpin since i started using the bones flat washer instead of the stock flanged ones in all my trucks.

[Richard Skidder]

Good to hear. I’ve been riding 8.25 decks for quite sometime and just bought 149 Team Hollow Thunders a couple days ago and my wife surprised me with a 8.18 FA for my birthday. Can’t wait to try this out.

[Crabby_Bastard]

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yea, everything is stock. maybe it’s my weight? I’m like 130. Lmao

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I weigh 175 and stock is too damn tight.  I replaced the top bushing and washer with a bones bushing and no washer.  It's looser, but still too damn tight.  147s are the only Thunders I have ridden - maybe the 148 and up geometry allows looser?

148s and up are very different. I ride them as loose as they come stock and they are perfect. With 148s I take out the bottom washer on the front truck and grind down the top bushings on both.

Then they are good. I weigh 140lbs and like my trucks to be as loose as I can get them without having a rattling mess. I learned the hard way when I was out street skating in SF a few miles from home on a 45 degree night and the nuts kept falling off my trucks while I was skating home. I had to stop every block or so to hand tighten them with very cold hands. Hell!

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yea, everything is stock. maybe it’s my weight? I’m like 130. Lmao

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I weigh 175 and stock is too damn tight.  I replaced the top bushing and washer with a bones bushing and no washer.  It's looser, but still too damn tight.  147s are the only Thunders I have ridden - maybe the 148 and up geometry allows looser?

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148s and up are very different. I ride them as loose as they come stock and they are perfect. With 148s I take out the bottom washer on the front truck and grind down the top bushings on both.

Then they are good. I weigh 140lbs and like my trucks to be as loose as I can get them without having a rattling mess. I learned the hard way when I was out street skating in SF a few miles from home on a 45 degree night and the nuts kept falling off my trucks while I was skating home. I had to stop every block or so to hand tighten them with very cold hands. Hell!

holy hell. lmao yea I would say I ride mine medium-loose, closer to medium.

[MalHuis]

149 on 8.18 yay or nay?

I nearly set up a 8.06 full on 149ti indies, actually looked good fuckin good like a mini 169s on an 8.5 big wheels etc. Bought the 8.06 full to size down in the future so bit down and ordered some 148teams. First set of thunders!!

I bought the Jamie Foy purple team ones. I know people has talked about it on here but anyone have a link how i can get rid of that god damn purple base plates?

Biting down as hard as i can till the 148s arrive.

[Richard Skidder]

Fuck it. Leave them shits purple. With enough grooves they’ll look gnar no matter what color they are.

[saltusnaut]

True except for red trucks

[Fat Tire]

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I nearly set up a 8.06 full on 149ti indies, actually looked good fuckin good like a mini 169s on an 8.5 big wheels etc. Bought the 8.06 full to size down in the future so bit down and ordered some 148teams. First set of thunders!!

I bought the Jamie Foy purple team ones. I know people has talked about it on here but anyone have a link how i can get rid of that god damn purple base plates?

Biting down as hard as i can till the 148s arrive.

If it's anodized you're gonna have to ride it out, if it's not, use paint remover or acetone to get it off.

FYI never done it, but that's probably how you wanna do it. Scraping seems like a massive pain in the ass.

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149 on 8.18 yay or nay?

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I nearly set up a 8.06 full on 149ti indies, actually looked good fuckin good like a mini 169s on an 8.5 big wheels etc. Bought the 8.06 full to size down in the future so bit down and ordered some 148teams. First set of thunders!!

I bought the Jamie Foy purple team ones. I know people has talked about it on here but anyone have a link how i can get rid of that god damn purple base plates?

Biting down as hard as i can till the 148s arrive.

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If it's anodized you're gonna have to ride it out, if it's not, use paint remover or acetone to get it off.

FYI never done it, but that's probably how you wanna do it. Scraping seems like a massive pain in the ass.

arrbee used citristrip for his aces and it came out great. pretty sure team baseplates arent anodized so it should work out

[Vintagebody]

You guys ever tried polishing the trucks? So it gets nearly mirror finnish

[Weezil]

I saw a pair of Indys like that on insta, shit looked weird as fuck, probably would look nice with the forged hollows because they have that shiny ass baseplate that doesn't match the hangar that drives me nuts.

it's 95 degrees where I'm at today, watching Bobby Puleo and Gino footage has inspired me to dig out my ventures and an old pair of spitfire (non f4) classics. shit was magical, knew they'd finally feel really good on a really hot day, skating wheels that aren't f4s though is not magical, almost killed myself power sliding.

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I saw a pair of Indys like that on insta, shit looked weird as fuck, probably would look nice with the forged hollows because they have that shiny ass baseplate that doesn't match the hangar that drives me nuts.

it's 95 degrees where I'm at today, watching Bobby Puleo and Gino footage has inspired me to dig out my ventures and an old pair of spitfire (non f4) classics. shit was magical, knew they'd finally feel really good on a really hot day, skating wheels that aren't f4s though is not magical, almost killed myself power sliding.

Gino and Bobby are the best. I’m always down for ventures, in part because of those dudes. I’ve also been feeling some nostalgia for regular classics. Always one speed check away from some serious flat spots tho. They do feel really nice, rolling, feel natural. I liked the Mike Anderson sfws quite a bit.

[jay_nev]

What’s this??

[TwisT]

Those are Aces with coppers and what looks like a tensor Esq slider

[Uncle Flea]

I had stomp on copers for my Indy 2s. They ruled

[MalHuis]

Fuck it. Leave them shits purple. With enough grooves they’ll look gnar no matter what color they are.

+1 I like your style.

[radcunt]

I've got some 215s and they've got USA stamped on the bottom.  Do they make them in the states, or is it some 'assembled in the usa' type shit?

Also, any tips on good bushings to put on these wide ass beasts?  I usually run Bones Mediums in Indy 169s

[jay_nev]

I've got some 215s and they've got USA stamped on the bottom.  Do they make them in the states, or is it some 'assembled in the usa' type shit?

Also, any tips on good bushings to put on these wide ass beasts?  I usually run Bones Mediums in Indy 169s

i think I’m ready to try a harder bushing in 169s as well.