(Topic ID: 56941)
Milwaukie, OR
damn! there goes some more of my money...the one thing i didnt like about my wcs was the darkness. thought about how to do the LED thing but never got around to it. looking at this, it is now a must , with the approval of a pinside friend ,who has his eye on my machine, that is. can you list the led's used and where?
Toronto, ON
Quoted from mwong168:I think it looks great and really brightens up WCS94.
It looks like he also added at least four spotlights. Those certainly help to brighten up the playfield. What's weird, though, is that I can't figure out what the ones above the left sling are mounted to. 
Quoted from S37VEN:It looks like they are mounted over the left sling with a standard hex post???
Oh, you're right. I didn't see the hex post. I thought it was part of the artwork on the sling plastic ... 
Quoted from yoshootme:damn! there goes some more of my money...the one thing i didnt like about my wcs was the darkness. thought about how to do the LED thing but never got around to it. looking at this, it is now a must , with the approval of a pinside friend ,who has his eye on my machine, that is. can you list the led's used and where?
Quoted from DougPiranha:Wow that does look great.
Was it a kit or did you wing it?
It is the full kit from pinballbulbs which came with the 2 double spotlight kits and there is an LED strip under the top back are as well which helped that glow.
Quoted from S37VEN:It looks like they are mounted over the left sling with a standard hex post???
correct! Just mounted with 2 1 inch hex posts like standard. Maybe just hard to see in the pic
Quoted from jrivelli:It is the full kit from pinballbulbs which came with the 2 double spotlight kits and there is an LED strip under the top back are as well which helped that glow.
I don't see any kits, is this the right site?
Quoted from DougPiranha:http://pinballbulbs.com/
I don't see any kits, is this the right site?
Yup, it is. Sorry I didn't clarify. This was the test kit for that game. There were a lots of kits that look to be made up and waiting on some flashers and flexes I believe.
Quoted from jrivelli:Yup, it is. Sorry I didn't clarify. This was the test kit for that game. There were a lots of kits that look to be made up and waiting on some flashers and flexes I believe.
Cool, I am just getting ready to restore a WCS and am interested. How much was it?
Okay, if you have read my posts, you know how I feel about LED's.
That said, I think this may be one of the finest examples of LED use in a machine.
Was the room lighting exactly the same in both photos?
Congrats on the pickup, and I honestly think you did a nice job on the LED's on the playfield.
Chris
Quoted from DougPiranha:Cool, I am just getting ready to restore a WCS and am interested. How much was it?
It was the machine used to test the kit out in person so I just went through it with them. Didn't cost anything per se. I'm guessing, based on what I've seen it will be like $180~ for the whole kit with spotlight kits and light strip kits, but don't hold me to that
Quoted from SilverUnicorn:Okay, if you have read my posts, you know how I feel about LED's.
That said, I think this may be one of the finest examples of LED use in a machine.
Was the room lighting exactly the same in both photos?
Congrats on the pickup, and I honestly think you did a nice job on the LED's on the playfield.
Chris
Thanks! It is one of my favorite LED jobs I've put on one of my machines as well. The colors just pop, nothing really color bombed or washed out. Yeah, pic on the left was taken about 10pm so sun was about fully set and one on left was about 9:30pm the next day so sun was set with a lil glow outside possibly, but only one window and curtains were closed with lights off in both pics. Same camera, same settings etc. Just picked up camera and shot the second pic same as first
You have a list of the what bulbs are in the kit? Need to get leds to finish mine up. Don't want to wait for the kits to come out. Intend to buy them from pinball bulbs though. Never had an issue with their leds. A few came apart but they replaced them. Top notch service all around.
Quoted from Gov:I have already LED'd mine, but I wouldn't mind picking up that spot kit.
It's easy to make yourself. Basically, just four of these and a couple hex posts:
Quoted from gweempose:It's easy to make yourself. Basically, just four of these and a couple hex posts:
http://www.pinballlife.com/index.php?p=product&id=1542
Yup, pretty much. Just solder to an already existing GI bulb. Preferably one that rarely goes off. The ones used on this game were from their spot kits coming out to test if the regular user could easily install them. No soldering needed. Wires clip in the middle by small connector and then alligator clip onto GI. Cool so you can easily move as well I guess if you didnt like that spot you put it or if that specific GI was flashing too much
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