I read previously that this can be adjusted. You need to get under the playfield and mess with a screw or bolt on the subway to fix this.

Supposedly the playfields are now fixed. I'm reading this here and was told that by my distributor, who also confirmed that some of the late September and early October playfields will have issues (all anecdotal, but he has been in the business a long time and is a large Stern distributor). My Premium ships tomorrow. I'll put quite a few games on it next week and if I see or don't see any insert ghosting I'll report back.

Resolved for machines in production now. Some machines produced in September to early October will have the playfield issues. This is all anecdotal from my distributor.

Varies machine to machine. If you can do a decent top-side shop job, should be no problem. On MMR, it took me 3 hours total, including cleaning the playfield. It did require removing the castle and both ramps. I'll install the Ghostbusters Premium one next week when the machine arrives and let you know.

The protectors are thin and should sit very flush. Just got them in the mail from Cliffy yesterday.

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My Premium has already been shipped and is arriving next week. I'll post if there are any installation or fitting issues with the protector.

I received my Premium on Friday, shipped October 27th. October 14 handwritten on playfield edge. There appears to be a date stamp also but it is smudged and unreadable. Like someone else has previously mentioned in this thread or another, the colors on the playfield look slightly darker and more saturated than the Pros/LEs I've seen on route. Maybe 100 games played, no ghosting on inserts or any wear in the shooter lane. I installed a makrolon playfield protector, OldPinGuy's air ball protector, and Cliffy's for the Scolari Brothers before a single game was played.

I used the ones for Stern Star Trek, which might be the same as the Cactus Canyon ones. I'll post pics tonight. Installation was fairly simple and they function 100% with the Cliffy's installed. Only issue is the right side Scolari protector needs to be trimmed (bottom side) because a screw from an led pcb board blocks it from clipping in place. I used a dremel tool to do this.

This link might be helpful for both your questions.

Here are pictures of the Cliffy drop target protectors with makrolon playfield protector installed. I had to trim the right protector (no more kink), since an led pcb board screw was located too close. No issues with fitment or looseness, even with the trimming and about 100 games of play.

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It was a little tougher than MMR. About 5 hours, but well worth it, fits and looks great. I don't really notice any difference in play either between my Premium with protector and the routed LE I've been playing for a couple of months.

I ordered directly from playfield-protectors.com out of Germany. They ship the protector flat, not rolled. On MMR, you will need to remove the flaps for the trolls, as the flaps will sit on top of the protector. No switches needed any adjustments for me. Take your time and take lots of pictures for reassembly. Also, install all your Cliffy's beforehand, since they will go under the playfield protector.