Pivot/fks 18 plastic din cover missing

Jon_Taffer

Jon_Taffer

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yo i got some pivot 18s but the plastic din cover shield thingy broke off. the lines are still there so i know where my dins at, but is this dangerous and will any shop mount these? it seems to work just fine, but if not where can i buy an extra one?

thanks
 
13875152:Profahoben_212 said:
From the photo....8.
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Well from the photo it looks like they're below 8. I was asking cause Im curious why someone would spend the extra money to get a binding with a 8-18 range when they're setting them well within the sweet spot of the pivot 14.
 
13875213:Jon_Taffer said:
even if i bring weed and a six pack?
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Dunno what he's talking about, I had a shop do a remount earlier this year with the window on the heelpiece of some jesters missing. They didnt care.
 
13875219:chimpansteeze said:
Well from the photo it looks like they're below 8. I was asking cause Im curious why someone would spend the extra money to get a binding with a 8-18 range when they're setting them well within the sweet spot of the pivot 14.
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No clue.....ive seen a lot of people doing this.....ive even hear people talking about bumping their dins up so they could buy 18s. Never understood it. If you ride at less than 10 or 12 you absolutely dont need a full metal binding imo.

I ride at 10-11 and i can't justify 18s really. I usually try for the 155s. That being said....i do have one pair of 18s.
 
13875221:Profahoben_212 said:
No clue.....ive seen a lot of people doing this.....ive even hear people talking about bumping their dins up so they could buy 18s. Never understood it. If you ride at less than 10 or 12 you absolutely dont need a full metal binding imo.

I ride at 10-11 and i can't justify 18s really. I usually try for the 155s. That being said....i do have one pair of 18s.
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i usually ride at 12 but i partially tore my acl and bumped my dins waay down to slide around and ski
 
The 18s have a fully pivoting toe piece whereas the 16s have a toe piece with break away wings. The 18 toe piece has more elasticity and less prerelease, even with DINs at low settings for the binding.
 
13875326:jensen said:
The 18s have a fully pivoting toe piece whereas the 16s have a toe piece with break away wings. The 18 toe piece has more elasticity and less prerelease, even with DINs at low settings for the binding.
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and theyre prob less than $100 more. so yeah im sure plenty of people do it unnecessarily to puff their chest (welcome to skiing), but i dont think it's really that weird

that said most of my turntable bindings have been 12 or 14s. that's why i love them so much, because i feel no need to overdo the DINs even if im in gnar mode
 
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