Has anyone installed the LED OCD boards for bride. I just did mine and now my helmet doesn't light up anymore.

Aside from the helmet issue how are you liking it? I've been in a freeze on the pinball stuff for the holidays but that's likely my next purchase. As Paul said, Herg is great and should help you out. Oddly enough I'd thought the OCD didn't do anything for the helmet so I'm kinda curious what the end solution will be. Good luck!

The difference is subtle. It really depends on the quality of bulbs that you start of with. I was having problems with some of my bulbs flickering or not turning on al all. LED's don't fade very well so games that have lots of fading will notice an improvement. I also installed the boards in my POTC. Prior to installation, the LED's were bright and "sharp" in appearance with some flickering , now they are softer with no flickering noticed and just makes it a more pleasant pinball experience especially in low light rooms. You can adjust the brightness as well. Sterns are much easier to install but WPC89 takes a bit more time. I will keep you posted if I find a resolution for the helmet not turning on but until then you may need to hold off on getting these boards for BOP. If I can't find a solution, I may need to uninstall.

It was also my understanding that those boards didn't do anything with the helmet as it's run separately.

I've also been told that with the LEDOCD you should not run them with ghostbuster lights. I've got it on my IM and it looks great. I wonder if some of you challenges may be with having ghostbuster lights in there too (assuming that is what you have).

I checked the voltages going to the helmet and it was just below 1V, I rechecked all the connectors to ensure that they were secured properly, I uninstalled the ledOCD and still no helmet lights. I reinstalled the LEDOCD back again and uninstalled the GI OCD and the helmet lights came back up. Therefore, problem is isolated to the GI OCD. For now I will keep the LED OCD installed with the GI OCD uninstalled, at least I get helmet lights, albeit flickering ones

The helmet lights have their own board under the playfield and don't run off the GI, they should work with the GI OCD board in, so that's pretty weird. It's definitely a known problem that they can't be controlled by the boards, it's spelled out on the OCD site and talked about in this thread: https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/bop-helmet-lights-ledgi-ocd-problem

I'm in found my bride

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Gonna put in repro playfield make it 2.0 restore this playfield and buy another bop keep it original

Bubbly Mylar had to go then had to reset raised inserts

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I just finished restoring my BoP (new playfield, cabinet refinished and decalled, etc.), and installed/programmed a pinduino. Figured this crowd would appreciate the effects:

Glad you like it Paul! Did you contact Rock914 about making a PnP kit? Otherwise, this is a walk in the park compared to a PF swap.

I really like what you did there, thanks for showing

+1 and count me in....very nice

Same here... I just want to be able to hide all the LED's so they are not directly seen

Glad you all like it. For the LEDs in the helmet, I'm running the modified version L-8 ROM with ghosting and billionaires patches.

Awsome

Looks great! What method did you use to remove the mylar? Did you have to decal the inserts after? Did you clear the PF after you took off the mylar? I've read some horror stories about doing this to BoP which is why I ask.
Thanks for sharing...

The adventure begins

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it came up so easy freeze spay and pull only pull on frozen part to avoid paint loss

i was scared to do it but i'm on the list for a new repro playfield. so i decided i would try and see what happens....dont be scared just buy the freeze and remove

glue was a pain tho.... blisters on all my fingers when done

Didn't loose decals....gotta do some paint touch up on the inserts that raised,a little sanding in shooter lane, and fix somebody's hack job on a post that was moved because the original hole was stripped out....then im gonna clear it... this playfield will go into the cab that i keep 1.0 since it is original!!

fortunatly for me it was not baked on like the ones you encountered...came off with elbo greese

I've seen yours try putting a little mound of flour in the areas that are caked up then drip 90 or better isopropyl alcohol on the mounds let them soak for a little bit then rub off put fresh flour on your finger from time to time

Don't think I've ever see a rubber ring that size that's on your mini playfield

Maybe chisel off glue and decal while in the game... intentionally raise the inserts with heat gun sand put on decals and reset flat

LOL, yeah i know, ordered the wrong size super band one's a while back, it still worked fine with no ball hangups but after the restore it shall be changed

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Sharpen a chisel and hold it completely vertical (not at an angle like you normally use a chisel), the old clear and silkscreen will come right off.
Only do this on inserts you want to remove the printing, glue and clear coat from.
Also vid goes on about how to do this post# 863 in his giude

So don't intentionally raise them remove glue ,clear, decal then refil with clear , sand ad decal

I'm no expert.... This is my first playfield restoration. but vid on the other hand is in my opinion is an expert.read the guide front to back I believe it will inspire you to try

Wow awesome! I am off to trade my BoP this afternoon so I might be exiled from this club for a while! =( But, if my trade falls through, I will definitely be doing this to mine. My PF is nice except for the mylar...

Just removing the janky mylar and adding some LED's increased the value of my BOP an easy 30%+

Dare I say the playfield looks almost as good as new after a few good coats of 100% carnauba wax and the whole machine is now better then new thanks to LED's which allow me to play in the dark and better ball action vs old bubbling mylar.

Get that mylar off people!

I got the email a few days ago too, it was all in German, so for all I know, they could be sending me chocolate, beer, and a poster of Farah Fawcett

Uuuuummmmm does anyone know how these wee things go back together ??

Seriously though, if i can draw peeps attention to the last 2 pics and here's some questions.
A) The wood portions that the cabs sit back on when in storage/transportation mode have completely gone to cheese, no idea why they seem to have water damage (board is flaking apart) cause the rest of the cab is super dooper tight all over, not even any popped seems. The question is has anyone replaced these before? and just how did they do it? or Suggestions??

B) Does anyone else's cab have the pink stickers attached (B19) surely that's not factory applied and if so i doubt it means the cab number?
Discussion and input needed please

Lastly, what's the best way to remove the side rails cause those suckers are stuck on bloody GOOD?

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