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Installation and Review: SKINZ Air Frame Running Boards

christopher

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The only thing left for me to do is to install the suspension on my sled and re-attach the wheel hanger and rivet them onto the Boards.

Should happen in the next week or so.
 
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Nice

Thanks for the extensive amount of detail Chris. I have a set of boards for my sled as soon...as I get it home, and this Really going to help.
 

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Nice job !!! I think I would order them less powder coat and tig little metal "wavy" bit s on there for traction, instead of the screws then pc the whole thing...imho (skinz r u listening?...hint hint )
 

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Nice job !!! I think I would order them less powder coat and tig little metal "wavy" bit s on there for traction, instead of the screws then pc the whole thing...imho (skinz r u listening?...hint hint )
No argument there.
Someone who is good at welding good really go to town on this basic structure and come up with something AWESOME in the end.!!
 

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strip

if you stripped every screw none will come out most of my board screws are stripped but i guess im not littering? lost 1 when i nailed a boulder. still managed to salvage them onto another sled
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onto an old wedge the other day
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How about get rid of the round grip tubes in the middle and add flat grip strips on edge
would reduce the weight as well????
 

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Had to wait on my suspension to get the last bit of this install done!
But with the suspension back in place it was time to rivet the Wheel Support Brackets to the Boards.

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The new boards re-use the 4 pre-existing holes from the OEM mount.

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4 holes drilled from below.
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4 Rivets and the install is FINISHED!!
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FIRST RIDE REVIEW.

Yesterday was my first chance to take out the sled with the new Skinz Air Frame Boards on it and give them a try.

As I was riding I was trying to come up with words to describe these boards..

AWESOME
AMAZING
PHENOMENAL


The boards were WAY BEYOND my wildest expectations!!!


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Mid-Day, deep in the snow, tunnel is running DEEP in the powder with the snow nearly touching the bottom of the boards. And there is nearly NO SNOW on the boards where your boot would make contact!
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#1.
Snow Retention was for all intents and purposes ZERO.
As you can clearly see there is NO ICE and NOT any meaningful snow at all on the boards.
The only real snow that adhered to the boards was along the inside edge where the board attached to the tunnel and where my boot never touched the boards.

#2
Traction was simply UNBELIEVABLE.
There was ZERO slippage or movement of my boot on these boards.
NONE!!
When you planted your boot, it felt like it was RIVETED TO THE SLED.
You and the sled were BONDED together on these boards.
No matter where I placed by boot, it had a ROCK SOLID BITE on the boards.

#3.
Rigidity of the sled/tunnel was significantly increased.
There is absolutely NO FLEX AT ALL on these boards.
They are rock solid, and I weigh in at 230lbs!

#4.
Weight Transfer was greatly enhanced, and this was TOTALLY UNEXPECTED.
The rear of these new boards have a small section where the board rivets to the upper wheel hanger.
This small flat spot and the support bar that attaches to the tunnel, once studded, allowed me to place a boot there and transfer my weight to the very back of the sled which significantly improved my ability to turn!
 
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christopher

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Right Foothole.
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Right Rear.
Notice this is the only FLAT spot on the boards, and the only place that had snow on them.

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Hey Christopher, when you gonna give us the "done" pics? You've posted a few in different threads specific to the topic, but let's see the "all done" walk-around pics of everything together.
 

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Thanks for the nice compliment. :face-icon-small-hap
Not only is this my first sled, its also my first set of Mods!

So far so good.
 
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