Thanks for purchasing our Remz Soul System. Installation of our plates will assure you a smooth-sliding soul that’s highly resistant to wear from grinding and shuffling. We’ve made the souls available in individual sets of right and left, so those of you who wear one skate out quicker aren’t stuck paying for plates you don’t need.
Installation for our system is fairly simple, the only tools you’ll need will be 3 & 4mm Allen wrenches, a drill, a pen, and a Phillips-head screwdriver.
Step 1. Remove your stock front soul with a 3mm Allen wrench.
Step 2. Screw on the Night front plate, re-using your stock screws.
Step 3. Set the Night rear wing on top of your stock heel plate. Make sure it’s sitting flush against your frame and even with the front edge of the heel plate. The big hole near the frame should sit directly over the stock mounting screw; this is so you can still remove the heel plate once the wing is mounted.
Step 4. Hold the wing firmly in place and mark its four mounting holes on the heel plate with a sharp marker, ballpoint pen, or pencil.
Step 5. Double-check that your marks are clear and line up with the holes in the wing; you don’t want to have to re-drill holes.
Step 6. Remove your frames.
TIP: If you haven’t noticed already, the frame t-nuts in Remz love to pop out into the inside of the boot when you remove your frames. They rattle around under the liner and you can’t get the frames back on, so do yourself a favor now: remove your liners (for how, see the little instruction booklet that came with the skates) and tape the t-nuts down (duct tape works best). This will keep them from popping out and you’ll be able to get your frames on and off without frustration
Step 7. Grab your drill and put in the bit we’ve supplied you. Now carefully drill a hole in the center of each mark you’ve made on the heel plate. They only need to be about half of an inch deep, so don’t over-do it.
TIP: The drill bit may tend to “wander”, making it hard to get the hole in the right place. You can use a nail (almost any size will work) to make a divot that the point of the drill bit will stay in, thus letting you get the holes in exactly the right place. Just set the nail in the center of your mark, hit it with a hammer, wheel, frame, your other skate, etc; and you’ll get a nice little divot right where you need it.
Step 8. Set the wing on your heel plate. Set one of the supplied screws in each hole and start them in by hand. Tighten them down with your Phillips screwdriver, moving in a circular pattern (don’t tighten one all the way down, then the next, etc…). Don’t over-tighten, you will strip the holes out!
Screw your frames back on and you’re done! You will notice that the rear wing is wider than the heel plate, particularly if your heel plate was really worn down. This extra material is intended to gradually bend up and around the heel plate as you skate the plates, giving you a heel area that’s more resistant to wear from shuffles. If you want, you can accelerate this process; do some makio stalls on a curb and roll your foot over a lot each time. This will help the plate bend up and over the heel plate. Those who prefer a smaller heel or don’t like the looks of the wing can easily trim it to the size of the heel plate with a hacksaw or sharp razor knife.
Simply skate a semi-rough ledge for a bit to break the plates in, and you’re good to go. You now have a smoother, MUCH more durable soul system, which will also help your backslide plate and boot shell last much longer! Enjoy!