your dh setup

[bpz]

I actually discovered that using the stock kahalani kingpins, you cannot flip them

They simply do not fit

Psh, break out the hammer! Mine fit

Like Lb1 said... as you turn and put pressure on the kingpin, it will move back and forth ever so slightly. If you run the kingpin un-flipped, the SHARP THREADS will dig into the kingpin hole of the baseplate and make the hole wider and wider. That = slop, and slop = bad. Flip 'em!

(You need to remove the kingpin and the hanger completely every time you want to change the bottom bushing if you do flip 'em on Kahalani's, which isn't bad at all if you figure out your bushing setup beforehand.)

[Longbord1]

A Steel kingpin is like a hot knife cutting in the butter that is your alumminum baseplate.

[SpeedFiend]

having those scratch free plates is what makes me a better skater.

[Slim]

What are you talking about? All my Kingpins are flipped?

I don't care which way you run them, but for the record, in the Madrid pic above, your kingpin most certainly is not "flipped". Flipping a kingpin comes from Randals and it means to turn the kingpin around the opposite of the way Randal delivers the truck. When "flipped" it means the unthreaded (strongest) part of the kingpin will be inside the baseplate metal and the nut you put on will be on the top of the truck (top means "top" when you have the board sitting upside down to work on it, or in other words, closest to the ground when you are riding).

[SpeedFiend]

flipped

[SayHelloToMyLitteHellCat]

F2 hotness
hellcat
180s
80bigz
swizz ceramics

[SgtSparkles]

^^^i dig that grip job man, rising sun and all

[SayHelloToMyLitteHellCat]

spank u

fill in char

[MillencolinAddict]

flipped

Just admit it, you just wanted to post another pic of that thing hahahaha

[AJ]

How is front foot space over the truck on it?

I think the revenger is still the board with the most foot space up front...for a topmount, i cant wait to have mine flushed!

I dont care 'bout all'o' y'all that think its too wide, My size 13 feet will love it.

[Justin Metcalf]

lol, If I had a wefunk I'd take as many opportunities as possible to show it off too.

BTW awesome grip on the hellcat Sayhellotomylittlehellcat

[Colton]

I think the revenger is still the board with the most foot space up front...for a topmount, i cant wait to have mine flushed!

I dont care 'bout all'o' y'all that think its too wide, My size 13 feet will love it.

...s9 Race?

[Longbord1]

my size 11s love the revenger concave also. What you getting it flushed for AJ?

[Rustyfriend]

i prolly should put my kingpins on my dh trucks the correct way... but i just love how easy it is to take them apart

[streetheap]

^^^i dig that grip job man, rising sun and all

Hosoi would be proud. Seriously cool grip.

[MillencolinAddict]

I noticed alot of people with smokies don't have their kingpins flipped and when I went to flip the kingpin, the head of the bolt gets lodged before it makes it all the way in to the back of the baseplate leaving me with alot less threading. It isn't the thread I'm worried about, but the possibility of the head of the bolt doing damage. I'm assuming this concern is unfounded, but I'd just like to make sure...

[AJ]

What you getting it flushed for AJ?

Pogos + JimZ hanger

[EFG]

A.J. do you have a source for them in the US/Canada or are you importing them from Germany?

[AJ]

i supported Sofa King's fundraiser for a ticket to Maryhill, so they are Brian's old baseplates.

What a bah-guin!

[SpeedFiend]

^^^^^^^^^^^^
right

nah i like that pic cause of the trucks on there i run it with a jimz/pogo setup but that luge truck is my fav truck of all time. i had it that way for two runs and took it apart, so much grip and so light at the same time.