UPZ Notes

[Markman]

Just wanted to pass on some small changes I made on my recently acquired UPZ's that have worked:

Liners: Ditch those crap-ass stock liners. If you have a tight fit in your boots, try the Scarpa Thermoform "Tall" liner (available from Black Diamond in the US, MEC in Canada). It's both tall and compressible enough. The Intuition "Race" ski boot liner also works, but is abit short. If you have an average fit, the Deeluxe Speed Thermo is the way to go (www.yyzcanuck.com in Canada, Bomber in the US).

Toe Pad: With the self-tapping toe screws, you might notice some gapping/bend of the toe pad when cranking on the toe bail. It seems that with this sort of give, it might fail altogether. You can replace the self-tapping screws with 5mm tee nuts and 5 X 16 mm machine bolts. Small washers are needed also. For the holes closest to the toes, one of the flanges needs to be cut (side-cutters work fine) or ground off the tee nut because there isn't enough room for it at the front/inside of the shell. If metric hardware isn't available, use #10x32 tee nuts and #10x32 3/4" machine bolts.

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