DiveBomber Posted November 14, 2009 Report Share Posted November 14, 2009 Prior WCR 183 titanal, Buffed top sheet (shiny, reflective, not a total mirror finish), you can see the reflection of the bottle in the pic. great base, top sheet has a crack(and top sheet ONLY), but Prior said its ok, and rides just the same. (keep in mind there is a bottom layer of titanal also!) $200 good base and plenty of camber, still a heck of a great ride! Cheap way of getting into a metal board, that retals for $900 on prior's site. You can see the crack in the last two pics, crack slowly grew from the insert holes, but as you can see in the side pic(also shows camber) theres no deformation. board was not wrecked or crashed, grew over time will take paypal but must be from bank acct or balance, unless you cover the 3% fee, also accept other forms of payment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdifan_2003 Posted November 15, 2009 Report Share Posted November 15, 2009 The previous owner was already issued a credit from Prior Snowboards for the materials defect on this snowboard so no additonal credits will be issued. One would hope that DB knew about that . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobdea Posted November 15, 2009 Report Share Posted November 15, 2009 a crack right across the inserts, looks like it's already broken.... and snowman says prior already issued a credit for that board. if that's true I'd say divebomber should earn the first selling ban. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonbordin Posted November 15, 2009 Report Share Posted November 15, 2009 ...of shipping +$30.00 for it to 47401. I have a project I'd like to try with that problem child of a snowboard. Yes, this is a serious offer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hans Posted November 15, 2009 Report Share Posted November 15, 2009 a crack right across the inserts, looks like it's already broken....and snowman says prior already issued a credit for that board. if that's true I'd say divebomber should earn the first selling ban. He can always sell it as a mirror in your bathroom ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhong7 Posted November 15, 2009 Report Share Posted November 15, 2009 Snowman is completely correct. I sold this deck to divebomber. It truly is a cosmetic crack in the topsheet, but I contacted Prior last year about the board and they gave me a crash replacement price on a new metal board. Prior's customer service was awesome to deal with, and I'd hate for them to keep issuing credit for the same defective board. Great customer service shouldn't be taken advantage of, or else it disappears and we all suffer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiveBomber Posted November 16, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2009 Snowman is completely correct. I sold this deck to divebomber. It truly is a cosmetic crack in the topsheet, but I contacted Prior last year about the board and they gave me a crash replacement price on a new metal board. Prior's customer service was awesome to deal with, and I'd hate for them to keep issuing credit for the same defective board. Great customer service shouldn't be taken advantage of, or else it disappears and we all suffer. Oh, im sorry I didnt realize you had already used the $100 credit. So ill retract that statement Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiveBomber Posted November 16, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2009 ...of shipping +$30.00 for it to 47401. I have a project I'd like to try with that problem child of a snowboard. Yes, this is a serious offer. Dont think so! but nice try! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiveBomber Posted November 16, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2009 He can always sell it as a mirror in your bathroom ;) I already have 2 mirror polished volants that serve that purpose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hans Posted November 16, 2009 Report Share Posted November 16, 2009 Those Volants are indeed very nice boards. Vintage I would say. Happy selling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beetle3 Posted November 16, 2009 Report Share Posted November 16, 2009 I would like to offer 85.00 plus shipping fees Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiveBomber Posted November 16, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2009 I would like to offer 85.00 plus shipping feesThank you thanks but $85 would only cover the elbow grease to polish it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beetle3 Posted November 17, 2009 Report Share Posted November 17, 2009 I have enough grease already I will take it for 175.oo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beetle3 Posted November 18, 2009 Report Share Posted November 18, 2009 is that a yes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IMTom Posted November 19, 2009 Report Share Posted November 19, 2009 Hey, Not to bid it up, just fired up because my first ride is in 3 hours. YES! Stevens Pass Washington The Mistral 167 GS........if it is rocky and or crowded The Coiler 184 FC if less so YES! Will report tonite in the general forum Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RkyMtn Posted November 21, 2009 Report Share Posted November 21, 2009 FYI, I emailed Chris Clark at Prior and he confirmed my thinking that the titanal top sheet is a structural component of the board. He stated that a crack across the board is a structural failure and it should not be ridden. "The titanal topsheet is a structural component of the board. If it gets chipped along the edges it's not a huge deal. If you start to develop a full hair-line crack across the width of the board it is a sign of structural failure (caused by a big impact/crash)." -Chris Clark Sorry to disappoint you, but better than a law suit. :( Eric Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buell Posted November 21, 2009 Report Share Posted November 21, 2009 FYI, I emailed Chris Clark at Prior and he confirmed my thinking that the titanal top sheet is a structural component of the board. He stated that a crack across the board is a structural failure and it should not be ridden."The titanal topsheet is a structural component of the board. If it gets chipped along the edges it's not a huge deal. If you start to develop a full hair-line crack across the width of the board it is a sign of structural failure (caused by a big impact/crash)." -Chris Clark Sorry to disappoint you, but better than a law suit. :( Eric Thank you RkyMtn!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bordy Posted November 21, 2009 Report Share Posted November 21, 2009 Eric here is the short story, All boards with metal topsheets can be damaged, All it takes is a pressure ding from anything to weaken the metal, and start a falure, Lots of boards ding and never fail others do, it was really a crap shoot with new boards. Prior was the first to try and mass produce metal boards, at the time only Kessler was doing so for athletes and a huge cost and high failure rate. All boards with a metal top were having the same issues maybe 5% turned into cracks and of that 5% maybe another 10% of thoose broke. So as you can see the numbers were very small. There are lots of happy prior owners out there with metal boards and no problems. Most builders learned to place the metal into the board and solved the issues, Prior Warrentied any board that had issues with in the boards warrenty period. And as a curtisey offered any metal board owner who had issues after the warrenty period a credit toward a new board purchase, while still keeping the old board. No other manufactor of Metal top sheet boards has or did this but Prior. As a retailer I was so inpresed with the new construction that we at Hardbooter had a custom line shaped just for our customers using this construction. Prior went above and beyond for their customer service. To answer the ? about Divebombers board, the top sheet which is Metal is cracked from edge to edge across the insert pattern it has clearly failed and bay or may not fracture at that point, once the crack goes from edge to edge the topsheet then loses its sear strenght and the boards ride is comprimised. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack M Posted November 22, 2009 Report Share Posted November 22, 2009 I agree, this board is broken. DNR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corey Posted November 22, 2009 Report Share Posted November 22, 2009 Bruce (Coiler) was mentioning at SES that he could strip and put a new topsheet on metal boards, even other brands. This would be a good candidate for that assuming the core isn't damaged. Is it worth it? Tough call. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IMTom Posted November 22, 2009 Report Share Posted November 22, 2009 Hey I have a home machined 6/4 ti Tinkler plate that would take the load off the crack. Will send pics when back from mtn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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