guys, how many times do i gotta say it? comet ICE blue!

I just went with white besides the back board... I'm pretty boring...

I'll make you one if you can't find someone on your side of the pond to do it. Last time I shipped anything over there it was stupid expensive though

How cow, I really think you are blowing out of proportion what the clear disc actually does. Its not like your adding dejp raptor pit kick backs all over the playfield. Its fun and add's torque to the ball but its not breaking anything anytime soon.

It is so unlikely to break something id put a bet on it and i'm someone that loves keeping my machines pristine.

You are MORE likely to break something doing a flipper rebuild and having strong flippers.
If you are that scared I'd say disable the spinner in its entirety or just wait until you play it in someone else's machine.

mine came with a clear disc rubber. i removed it, fwtw.

I don't think it's unreasonable to be apprehensive about installing this on a Tron LE when there are reports of the ball being fired out so hard that it gets stuck UNDER slingshots, goes down the trough and comes back out again, smacks bulbs out of the spotilights, etc.

Thanks for the offer 85vett - might take you up on it even if it means that once I've got a feel for it and am happy with it I end up removing the resistors.

I'm holding back on putting the clear on for this very reason. I just dropped 10k on a nice low used HUO LE, last thing I want to do is smash the shit out of its guts

The major downside of the black disc isn't so much the power of it, it's the crud it leaves all over the playfield and balls, which gets deposited around the loop at the back and is difficult to get to without removing the ramps.

So true (and my main motivation for wanting the clear disk). I was totally blind-sided by the ball movement/speed with the clear disk. I've decided to purchase an extra assembly (https://www.marcospecialties.com/pinball-parts/511-6925-00) which makes it easy to swap disks. Price is absurd, but what the heck...

I’d been playing around with making my own Flynn sign.

Mixed results :/ I would still like a “inside the grid” version that lights up white.

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Any idea who manufactured these end-of-ramp plastics?

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You can go with the blue. It's less sticky so more like the black one. Not rubber, like the black one, so should help with the debris. I think titan is coming out with one too.

I got clear over blue for the light show and just added the resustors.

Does that Marco product comes without any coating on the top so you can basically select what you want for the top (clear, blue, standard black, etc)?

Don’t believe so. Most likely comes with the standard black (as specified in the Stern manual).

Haven't been made in years. gamestencils.com originally made them.

I've tried to contact them for months to purchase these. Never a response.

You may want to check with Rich at ThisOldGame.com because this was posted in January. "We are very pleased and very excited to announce that This Old Game now carries Arcade Stencils courtesy of www.GameStencils.com We couldn't have done this without the cooperation, and generosity of Brian Jones (PRoK) in providing the most accurate stencils on the planet to help everyone restore these games for years to come."

That one probably does but save a crap ton of money and just buy the one from pinball life without for 20 bucks.

https://www.pinballlife.com/tron-plastic-spinning-disk.html

Also for you hoarders or people with a broken left ramp (one for upper flipper) it looks like they got one in stock.

https://www.pinballlife.com/tron-le-left-ramp.html

Any recommendations for a top flight external subwoofer?

Can't say that this is top flight, but for the money it sure works well and puts out a ton of low end: https://www.parts-express.com/dayton-audio-sub-1200-12-120-watt-powered-subwoofer--300-629

Thanks. Anything else needed with it to get it connected? Never used a sub before, thinking it’s time with Tron and maybe pick up a second for BSD.

These sub’s on amazon are a popular choice. I waited for a sale and picked it up for $89.99
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0002KVQBA/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title

This makes it easy to connect it
http://www.pinnovators.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=38

I’m running this setup on my Tron and it’s awesome

Tron, required.
BSD, no.

In my experience, subs help some games, and in Tron, just the opening of lightcycle is worth owning a sub to get that drop.

But most Williams games sound muddy with one. The sound on BSD is actually pretty poor. Better gear just makes it sound worse. I switched to a Pinsound in my BSD, and that is better. But a sub never helped it. As always, just my opinion.

Last week, I hooked up a sub for the first time after purchasing a TRON with the pinnovator sub-connector installed.

I happen to have a pretty crazy NHT-10 sub (ebay.com link: NHT 10 Powered Subwoofer 300W) in storage...can't believe I never made use of it!

You can also use the old fashioned way--lamp cord cut to length, attach ( I solder) alligator clips on one end and clip onto the cab speaker wire tabs, run wire thru a vent hole, hook the other end up to the sub. Make sure you don't run the wires out of phase--go neg to neg and pos to pos. One side of the lamp cord will be marked to help with this. I usually tin the ends that go into the sub, not required but it makes things cleaner.

That's it. You're out of the club. Never used a sub on Tron before he says

Tron is one of the games a Sub makes the biggest difference. As stated above. The light cycle intro with a sub is awesome!

If you want a cheap alternative, I buy my subs on the FB marketplace, I have been able to find some nice subs for cheap or even a free Bose sub not to long ago, I paid $20 for a nice Sony sub that sounds better than my Polk.. just a thought.

sub or die.

Gosh, I forgot how awesome all the Tron people were. Thanks for all the suggestions gang, I went with the above set up, should arrive next Friday just in time for a little pin party my wife and I are hosting. I go and pick up the Tron on Sunday, I'll share some photos of it set up.

fyi...looking for experience/feedback, so I created a separate topic. thx.

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/any-experience-adding-lego-lightcycles-to-tron

pinnovators also have a hub/splitter, so you can hook up multiple games to the same sub; been using one for years.

What happens if both game are being played

both games get access to the sub at the same time. they limit it to four games, so i guess that's the max they determined for mixing signals.

saves money for sure, since you don't have to buy a sub for each game.

Shoot, I just use the left input for one game and the right input for the another game. No special boards needed. I'm curious how the 4 game set-up works. Signal wise I get it but that sub will be pretty far away from at least 1 (if not 2) of the games. For me it always sounded odd when I didn't have the sub centered between the two games I was playing.

Did the Tron Pro have a basic sub installed from factory?

i've had upto three hooked up; never tried four. i just sat the sub under the one in the middle.

Thoughts? I saved the original chrome parts

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Not awful, but I prefer the contrast of the chrome. Too much blue for my taste.

Not sure why you'd do that on an LE personally, but at least you kept the original parts.

Looks like a nice room/house though

I love the candy blue. Never been a fan of chrome. Spider man LE is about to get the same treatment with glossy black! But yes must save original parts to restore game to factory appearance.

Maui Blue 2 stage powder coat. I spent hours with sample swatches coming up with this color as a near perfect match even more so than illusion blue.

The execution by Rob Stone is flawless as usual. I also got the total lightshow mod installed and an external sub hooked up with modified sound rom, backbox dimming mod, light cycles, latest Tron arcade mod, Flynn’s sign, sideblades and ColorDMD.

I am loving this thing!

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Chrome all the way .

Here are some photos of my Tron. I’ll need to order a topper at some point this year. Are there any suggestions for this? I’m unlikely to make a topper. F91E8EB0-318F-4E97-9D64-05C1BA6A0AF3 (resized).jpeg6C186F29-9677-4D16-8F22-A62CF5B38F1F (resized).jpeg6562534A-2277-4FB0-87DB-6FE301BFA387 (resized).jpeg16FFBE1E-E1CA-4567-AEE7-67372E96B244 (resized).jpeg

Congrats! Beautiful example. Matching coin door looks awesome!

One really minor thing I noticed (since I'm adding them to my chrome apron). Your apron decal is from the Pro apron.

Terry @ Pinballlife managed to get me the LE decals from Stern for a sensible price. Marco also has them in stock.

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Wow! That is the best color I’ve seen on Tron. Congrats! The hinges are a nice touch as well.

I'm a fan of the Blue armor myself.......

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Those extra translite holders look great!

Maybe a friend of mine can make a reproduction of these two plastics.

Can you send me a scan to [email protected] .