Frankenbinding? mix and matched bindings...

tjsnover

tjsnover

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So i have a pair of these toes (i would take the demo plate off):



and i might be obtaining a pair of these toes:



these are the toes that i would not be getting (for reference):



my question is: could i combine the 10 din axial toes with the 14 din fks course heels? they seem to be the same year (or close) and they are the same manufacturer.

 
that would look pretty good, you got to consider wear tho, if you set them on a 9, the spring in the binding with a maximum din of 10 is going to be more compressed than the 14
 
hmm good point. i would probably be riding a 7 or 8 din. could a shop somehow calibrate each so it would be safe? i dont really know much about how that all works
 
another thing that could affect it; if the demo plates are taken off of the toe pieces, then you wouldnt have anything underneath the, while the fks heels have a plate underneath. this would cause a little bit of a forward lean as the toe is lower on the ski
 
i dont know tbh. 7 or 8 wouldnt be too bad i guess, you'd have to ask the shop.
as for the toe piece, if you put the toe piece you want to use on the plate of the FKS toe piece, if it would, looks like it would, then they'd be level
 
no, it will not work. It's a bad idea. you want even wear on all four springs involved, and the smallest difference in toe vs heel height is bad too. really this is just asking for injury. and no shop would mount it anyways. And yes, I worked at a shop.
 
no they could not. their insurance is based on using correctly matched bindings.

bindings are engineered to work only as they are designed. any shop that would combine two different bindings to make a single set is shady and doesn't have your best interest (safety wise) in mind.
 
Measure toe + heel height with calipers or use vice grips, the heel is normally 0 to 5mm higher. Any more or less will ski weird. Then get a shop to mount and test them every time you change your DIN.
 
there isnt even a clean jig pattern that will work for that, that i can think of, which means a freehand mount, which def isnt going to fly
 
Bad Idea for many reasons.

1.The hole pattern is probably not the same so there is no jig to mount them.

2. Why do you need FKS 14 bindings if you're only going to have them set at 7 or 8?

3. Demo bindings suck, the plates shift around like crazy and break.

Just buy a pair of middle of the road MATCHING bindings and call it a day. It will probably be cheaper and you'll have them mounted correctly.

Take my opinion as you will, I worked in a shop for seven years.

 
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