Hey guys - New to the club with a rare City Slicker that I want to give the full treatment to. Unfortunately, seems the answers on controlled LEDs are everything from 'yeah, you're good to go' to 'you're going to have a bad time regardless'. I saw years ago they Seigecraft tried to make a board, but even those were between super helpful and making it worse.

Anyway - I tried outfitting with Non-Ghosting ones, and while most of the machine looks great (both A and B sides) - I have a few right in the middle of the playfield strobing like crazy. Is there anything you can do to remedy this? (ex - resistors like classic Bally? Replace with a better socket? anything?). They really bring out the color and it's in awesome shape, so I'd really like to not revert back to the incandescents.

Thanks in advance - glad to finally join the club.

Thanks for the help on the resistor for the flickering... Figured I'd post an update. Full teardown, all LED, mylar removed, and another classic preserved.

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Just following back on the LEDs - I've had success in 6803 games doing the manual resistor on the socket itself while using Non-ghosting bulbs. After installing all NGs I had roughly 5 or so sockets that still needed a manual resistor ran. Your milage may vary because of how finicky this boardset is, but it's a lot easier/cheaper than a bundle of those sockets for future reference.

That doesn't sound strange at all - I really really want a Hardbody in my collection.