The kinetically stabilized group 14 cations [RindEMe2][B(C6F5)4] (E = Si, Sn, Pb) were prepared and fully characterized (Rind = dispiro[fluorene-9,3'-(1',1',7',7'-tetramethyl-s-hydrindacen-4'-yl)-5',9''-fluorene). The deshielded heteronuclear NMR chemical shifts (δ(29Si) = 160.4, δ(119Sn)...