Quoted from johnwartjr:I've seen some pretty significant wear around magnet poles in Stern games.
I use Cliffys. They provide good protection. Keep the games nice.
Keeps the games nice for who? The next owner?
If I own a new game, why would I want to make it look like a game where there might be damage? And If your going to cover the area anyway, who cares if the area is damaged of not?
Cliffys for damaged games...why bother otherwise?
Quoted from Chambahz:$8000 for a new pin. $20 for a couple shooter lane protectors.
If it's a waste of money, it's a very small waste.
After 10 months, the paint on my shooter lane was chipping.
No biggie, but I love keeping my pins as new looking as possible.
Definitely easier to sell if there's nothing wrong with them.
If the cliffy is covering the "new looking" paint in the shooter lane, how can you say its "looking new"? This is such a chicken and egg thing. I agree with those that put cliffs on to cover damage. I don't see the point in protection if the protected "look" makes the damage irrelevant. But if you intend to sell your game for top dollar, and looking at a new game with wear areas that look the same as a damaged game (because it has a cliffy) doesn't bother you, use them.
I finally put a cliffy on my IM shooter lane. The game is perfect, but the left side of the lane groove was showing a hint of indentation. I decided to spend $12 on the cliffy as opposed to having some dork try to talk $300 off of my game because of shooter lane "damage" when I sell it.