Corvette
Bally, 1994Looking for comments. The Drag strip always seem rather dark. I added two LED light strips under the track. They show through the two slots. They are always on when the machine is on. I can easily unplug them. I also bought a dimmer for them if needed, but they seem to be OK without it. I was wondering what others thought of this?
I added a lamp to the right pop bumper....really adds a lot of light. Williams decided to do away with the right pop bumper lamp in production.
Quoted from indypinhead:I added a lamp to the right pop bumper....really adds a lot of light. Williams decided to do away with the right pop bumper lamp in production.
Did you remove that red opaque shield on top of the right pop bumper? And where did you wire the socket to? I had thought of doing this at one time.
It looks cool. But it's not blinding? Seems like having them under the track wouldn't really light the track but might instead sort of blind. I put my strip on the metal guard angled down. It thoroughly lights the whole track. But with mirror blades I can see it. I'm not particularly thrilled with either solution and plan to revisit it.
Quoted from markmon:It looks cool. But it's not blinding?
That is why I bought the dimmer just in case. I don't find it blinding. The LEDs are just outside of the slots. So I'm not looking directly at them. But if you move around, you can see the individual LEDs. I had as a backup to lay a plastic diffuser on top of the strips. The strips were cool white. That way, I could put in even a colored diffuser. I'm sure yours illuminates it better from the side. I also have the mirror blades. But as it is, it is a big improvement.
Now If I could put headlights in the cars 
I decided to add a diffuser to the strip LED lighting. It is a white 22in X 2.5in X 1/8in HDPE (High Density Polyethylene) plastic strip. This lays on top of the LEDs. Needed to drill three 1/2in holes to accommodate the screws/posts that hold the top portion.
I also added a 3 LED segment that shows off the cars at the starting line. This made a world of difference.
Seems to look ok from the pics. Adding headlights to the cars would be cool.
I also added a lamp to the third jet bumper and it is a big improvement. I did not remove that orange plastic on top of the jet. Don't need to IMO.
I wired mine to one of the other jet lamps. I put an LED in each jet to compensate for the additional lamp power draw and more importantly, so I hopefully don't have to replace it because it is a MAJOR PITA to get to that jet bumper. That is probably why they left the lamp out. I guess they figured noone would ever replace the bulb.
Quoted from SealClubber:I also added a lamp to the third jet bumper and it is a big improvement. I did not remove that orange plastic on top of the jet. Don't need to IMO.
I wired mine to one of the other jet lamps. I put an LED in each jet to compensate for the additional lamp power draw and more importantly, so I hopefully don't have to replace it because it is a MAJOR PITA to get to that jet bumper. That is probably why they left the lamp out. I guess they figured none would ever replace the bulb.
Thanks for the info
http://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/shopping-a-corvette-machine
About halfway down this forum topic, I explained how I replace the bulbs in the pop bumpers. Got a lot of criticism for drilling a couple of 1/8in holes in the ramp. I figured it was better doing this then messing things up by removing ramps and structures. This is when I discovered that there wasn't a socket in the third pop bumper.
Probably takes less than 10 minutes to change a bulb this way.
Here is a link to my other project:
http://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/miniature-space-station-lit-up
Quoted from markmon:Any chance you can give more details or a link to what you used for a diffuser? That sounds like a great solution.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000ILG0TQ/ref=oh_details_o00_s01_i00
I cut it to size on a table saw then drilled three 1/2in holes 7 inches apart where the posts protrude from the top of the drag strip.
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