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Alternate Translites

By EvanBingham

11 years ago


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#14 11 years ago

Evan- I bought an alternate translite through Chill and his friend. He did a great job and the price was in line with what is currently out there.

Mine looks great and I would highly recommend one.

A couple things to note:

1) Getting the translite off the backglass plastic is a bit tricky. There is sticky tape holding the plastic guides to the translite and to the plastic. I used a hair dryer to soften the sticky tape then pulled off the plastic pieces. I re-used the sticky tape to hold in the new translite.

2) My new translite looked a bit washed out once I put it in my game. But, after applying a strip of duct tape directly to the bulb in the backbox (which is totally safe, by the way) the light was dimmed a bit and the translite looks PERFECT!

#19 11 years ago
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The primary problem, though, is trying to create new artwork that still makes good use of the backlights in their stock locations. I don't know if any alternate translites actually take this into account?

This is an excellent point. However, for some games (my WPT being one of them) there is only one large bulb for the entire backbox. So, there is no lamp placement to worry about.

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