Yea mine lasted about half a restoration. I ended up buying the one from Cabela's. Was about 20-30 bucks more than HF but Cabela's have a lifetime warranty. It has worked well so far (about a 1.5 years in).

I like the blue steel flaps. Did you cut your own? Or order?

seems like most people doing restorations go with the metallic stainless ramp flaps, but I really love the look of the original blue steel

I concur with the felt from my experience.

I did a Funhouse restore. I (luckily) didn't do any art blades. But the felt rubbed on the side of the cabinet. It eventually binded up from lifting pf up and down. Luckily no damage to the freshly painted cab, but it was a nuisance. I finally just pulled it off.

Damn. That really is impressive you found all those items. Are they original or repro? Can you share the source? I did a Funhouse Resto and that would be cool to try to acquire those items for my game.