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Intuition toe cap

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corona
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Does anyone have an intuition toe cap that they could measure? I'm curious how thick it is (how much does it bulk out your toe). Got a pair of liners I was going to heat mold and wanted the toe space a proper size.

Unless anyone has any tricks for that?

I phoned around and the shop wants 100 bucks to heat fit. Ridiculous. That's about what I paid for the liners in the first place.
Feb 10 2017 8:46PM
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japanada
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Id say about 6ishmms. On home molds ive cut the toes off a pair or two of old thick wool socks and its worked great.
Feb 10 2017 9:07PM
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corona
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japanadaId say about 6ishmms. On home molds ive cut the toes off a pair or two of old thick wool socks and its worked great.


ok cool. So right now without molding the toes actually feel pretty good. If I won't have anything to bulk out the toe do you know if it would collapse in at all and loose space?
Feb 10 2017 10:19PM
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tomPietrowski
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VinnieFok cool. So right now without molding the toes actually feel pretty good. If I won't have anything to bulk out the toe do you know if it would collapse in at all and loose space?


it may a little but a toe cap is actually usually used to push the heel back into the liner further to create a better heel hold and through that create more toe room.
Feb 10 2017 11:35PM
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doitbig
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If they feel nice without the cap I wouldn't bother. I stretched my big toe only with a heat gun and a broom handle, worked great.
Feb 11 2017 5:10PM
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Outoftowner
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Why spend the money on Intuition liners if you're not going to mold them properly? It's seriously like night and day with how much better they feel.

If you're not going to go to a boot fitter, I'd just buy toe caps. You can get them cheap.

http://en-us.fulltiltboots.com/ski-boot-parts/heat-molding-toe-cap

When you're fitting them, make sure to pull HARD up on the back of the liner, letting it mold around the back of your heel. Then step into your shells and tighten them down strong and just stand there for 10 min or so.
Feb 11 2017 6:48PM
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corona
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OutoftownerWhy spend the money on Intuition liners if you're not going to mold them properly?


... I'm asking so I do mold them properly


And thanks for the responses. Molded them yesterday and skied last night on them and they were great. Left boot has a pressure point on the front of the ankle that I'll work on, but otherwise I'm very pleased with the results. It's amazing the massive difference just a pair of liners can make. The responsiveness compared to my old packed out liners is incredible. It's like I'm skiing on a whole new set-up.
Feb 12 2017 11:28AM
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japanada
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VinnieF... I'm asking so I do mold them properly


And thanks for the responses. Molded them yesterday and skied last night on them and they were great. Left boot has a pressure point on the front of the ankle that I'll work on, but otherwise I'm very pleased with the results. It's amazing the massive difference just a pair of liners can make. The responsiveness compared to my old packed out liners is incredible. It's like I'm skiing on a whole new set-up.


Good to hear! Its fun to do boot work yourself! A easy home fix is to pull the liner and hit the target area with a hair dryer and put the boot on and buckle the target areas up TIGHT to compress the foams more. Or you can use some extra padding stuck to your foot to increase the volume of the ankle area
Feb 12 2017 12:15PM
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Outoftowner
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VinnieF... I'm asking so I do mold them properly


And thanks for the responses. Molded them yesterday and skied last night on them and they were great. Left boot has a pressure point on the front of the ankle that I'll work on, but otherwise I'm very pleased with the results. It's amazing the massive difference just a pair of liners can make. The responsiveness compared to my old packed out liners is incredible. It's like I'm skiing on a whole new set-up.


Glad it worked out for you? Did you throw a footbed in them? It made a massive difference for me, but I have really high arches.

Also just an FYI, Intuition liners are good to be molded a couple times, so if you feel like you didn't get it right, don't be afraid to heat them up and re-do it.
Feb 12 2017 3:46PM
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doitbig
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OutoftownerWhy spend the money on Intuition liners if you're not going to mold them properly? It's seriously like night and day with how much better they feel.

If you're not going to go to a boot fitter, I'd just buy toe caps. You can get them cheap.

http://en-us.fulltiltboots.com/ski-boot-parts/heat-molding-toe-cap

When you're fitting them, make sure to pull HARD up on the back of the liner, letting it mold around the back of your heel. Then step into your shells and tighten them down strong and just stand there for 10 min or so.


My post my not have been clear. I was suggesting to mold them (properly) without toe caps - I found I only really needed a bit of space in the big toe (due to minor shell bump). and the caps were over kill.
Feb 13 2017 9:10AM
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