Covering Bottom of Deck

Hey guys,
So in order to protect my deck, I'm going to put a grip tape cover on the bottom of the board. Question is, should I cover the panel underneath the electronics, or should I trim the tape and leave it exposed? Does it have anything to do with ventilation? Thanks guys.

 

Why do you want to cover the bottom with grip tape? If you ever take it off you'll most likely peel off the paint emblems and gloss coating. And don't cover the heat-sinks for the electronics, that's a bad idea that will lead to issues down the line due to overheating and failures.

 

Best place to add more grip tape is on the top in the front and rear of the battery cover where the board rises, those are excellent foot plant and location feelers. Its the most stable location for riding, especially when going fast. But if I had the choice of running no grip tape I would do that but as we know we can't. I hate carrying the board and having grip tape rubbing me and it works your fingertips and hands raw over time. Eats the crap out of backpack straps and clothes you wear often with it.

As with anything new you don't want to get it nicked, scratched and damaged. Was really hard to see the first ones on the GT happen, but then you find out how to lay the board down, hold it, things it can and can't be laid on... The imperfections look awesome for character, shows that you use the board... and abuse has a totally different look, in terms of neglect. But keeping it leaned and nice is always good too. I ended ups scratching up the lower rail of my trucks in the rear, running the 83mm on the road and a rock on the pavement rolled under the 1st truck then lodged under the second, until the rear trucked streaked across and spit it out of the rear. I was thinking I may buy an extra set of trucks, good to have spare parts but also I'd run the beat up trucks for some serious off roading with the AT wheel setup and for a more cleaner look run the nicer ones. Then I looked at it over time. What's the board degned for? To have some serious major fun as much as you can... so the scratches are essentially tattoos of you and your board's radical experiences over time.

The wheels I've been riding are the ABEC clone 90mm's and it gives a good bit of truck height above the ground where you don't hit so many rocks and road debris as the 83s like as in my experience. But also allows the board to sit lower than the 97's. And its the perfect in between wheel in terms of mm's and trade-offs between the two.

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3M film.

 

I just put it in the Sun light for a little bit. I paid $50aud for it to be done professionally including the film. I reckon a scratch loses more than that in resale. I really only did it because the other board is scratched and couldn't handle doing it to this one