Bit of a public service announcement. There were no temple mod instructions included in the packaging, on the back alley creations site, or anywhere else. I assumed that the new large temple would mount in the same location as the old temple. However, when using the original mount location, the temple sits slightly too high, causing the temple to hook onto the furring strip underneath of the glass channel when putting the playfield back into position. I didn't notice this until it was too late, and, while attempting to slide my playfield back, hooked the temple, which caused my ramp to get cracked where the post mounts (it doesn't help that Stern pfs require a good bit of force to get back into position).
Afterwards, I realized the only correct way to install this mod is to cut the zip tie nearest to the head-side mounting hole. Pretty disappointed with the product (even though it looks nice) as the issue would've been easily avoidable if there was even the most basic documentation/warning included. (To me, at least, it wasn't obvious off hand that I was supposed to cut the zip tie in order to relocate the mount point.) And, as far as I can tell, this ramp is no longer available either which is a major bummer as I'm pretty anal retentive, especially if something happened to the game while I was working on it.
I spoke with Matt and he apologized, but I wanted to share this so that others don't end up foo bar'ing their ramp like I did.
In the end, using the tall hex post to secure the temple isn't a good solution anyway, as the temple is fairly heavy, causing it to flop around almost like it's on a spring. I'm working on a 3d printed part to create an arm that attaches the temple to the rear of the back board to avoid using the ramp to support the temple altogether.
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