Simple, two tone, done (with a little metallic shimmer).
Costs less than $40, instead of $600+ ($15 for the protectors).
I took them to an autobody shop, showed them the paint, matched it, and they did the rest for powder coat with enamel clear.
Hinges, leg bolts, coin door slots, machine bolts, and other small parts, not shown, but were included in the cost.
Remember these parts are "small" in comparison to what they are used to doing most of the time.
I used my savings for MET NOS game specific parts and assemblies that will be impossible to find in less than 3 years.
I really do mean that, as the Stern inflation doubled in the the last 2 years alone directly, and the parts are still available!
You can always buy new rails, NOS parts you will not, or will find them at 200-400% mark up.
Good luck trying to find a Sparky in 10 years.
Stern does not keep parts stockpiles for games exceeding 5 years old, unless they do rerun.
Only a few games like that have occurred in over 30 years of Stern Industries, Inc. (as the company is today, not the "old" Stern).
Some people have had to wait over two decades just for one single game specific part to be remade for Bally/Williams/Gottlieb games, if they did not do it themselves beforehand.
(I had to do that quite a few times).
Something to consider when "pimping your ride" for new collectors.
If you game does not work, no matter how "cool" it looks, it is a 300 lbs doorstop.
A playfield with broken parts is no longer what it used to be.
It is hard to sell game for equal or more than you bought it, based on cabinet alone.
People might try to argue, "home games do not get abuse or broken parts", but this is inaccurate.
"Anything can break at anytime on a pinball machine, all you can do is prepare for the inevitability".
Side armor does not break.
At least it never has in my lifetime, although I have seen a few get bent.
My opinion, collectors can do whatever they want.
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