I recently traded another pinside member for his TOM, as nice as it is the legs are not as shiny and new looking as I would like. Anyone know where to get the gold paint that will match up closely or exact to factory ? Last thing I want is to buy gold spray paint do all the work, install them and say holy cow those are off. Was also thinking of painting the side rails and coin door to match the legs. Good idea or bad idea ?
Thanks
Chris

Anyone ? I might just try it today since it seems nobody has done this before.

Wowser $ 250.00 I could just buy new one's for that. Thanks I'll stop at michael's today.

Well I painted them today and they look fantastic. If I ever decide to sell the machine I will buy all new legs, lock down and side rails for the new owner if desired. Now I need to figure out how to remove the side rails so I can paint them to match. I removed the one bolt under the glass but I cannot seem to find how they are attached to the cabinet.

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I used this. I'll try the elbow grease method today.

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Here is the finished product, those rails are a mother to get off.

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At some point down the road I'm going to remove them all again and clear coat them all.

thanks even the wife said it looks really nice.

Well this was a trial run to see how it turned out, I've painted similar items for my arcade collection in the past with as good results. I'll report back if the paint wears off or gets scratched easily. I will be clear coating them all soon to protect the finish. Next I'll try the coin door. Some point down the road when I feel up to it I'll have them all plated or powder coated. So far I'm happy with the results.

I prepped with a one step etch & primer.

I used this:
http://www.google.com/products/catalog?q=etch+primer+spray&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=shop&cid=13231721502941473520&sa=X&ei=BK55T8G6CcKU2QWZ9pi4Bg&ved=0CHUQ8wIwAQ

I did not sand anything, I used an industrial metal paint prep cleaner before the primer (3 coats). I did 4 coats of the gold paint, then on the lockdown bar 3 coats of clear coat. I am getting nothing on my hands as far as residue and it's looking great after a full weekend of plays. Since this turned out so well I was thinking of doing my LOTR next weekend.

Thanks guys. I am thinking LOTR this weekend and the TOM coin door to finish it all off.