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Quoted from Soulrider911:

Well trying to finish up every loose end that i can before my cabinet gets here so I can just focus on that.
Cleaned up the wiring on the 15 pin connector for the transformer... Clearly the old owner dropped his soldering iron or started a bbq in here cause a lot of the wired where melted together.
One was so bad i had to cut it and solder new wire on, you can see he wrapped it in heat shrink here
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wire cut and going to solder on new wire.
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the old connector had been destroyed and then glued
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Like new
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Now the harness side, it was kinda a mess too but not as bad
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Done
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New GI IDC Connector
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No more cracked left boulder
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Got my chroma nuts!
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This beauty arrived, man its cool! Can't wait to see it lit up
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Sanded and primer the old shooter gauge
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New paint ready for decal
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Better than new!
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Here is a fun comparison of the Twisted Pins topper remake and the original, look how much more texture the orig has, BUT, I must say the remake is pretty good, have to do a light test.
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close up
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Skull mountain has been paint matched and installed! Took some tweaking as it was not designed to play well with the mantis protectors.
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Quoted from Soulrider911:

Well major snag in the build. So I got the side rails on, playfield in - ya playfield supports where backwards duh...
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Then I was test fitting glass, and noticed a major discrepancy.
The glass would not “sit” in the guides at the base, the guides where too far apart, hmm... you had to carefully hold the glass until it sat in the rails about 10” up from the base of the glass guides.
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Ok, so that’s not right. Next try to test fit the lockdown bar... no go, so I bent the ears a little bit, which sometime you have to do as chrome adds thickness. I then tried to install it again gave a little push... “crrraaack” both side rails chrome cracked, dunzo.
So brief panick attack and then got out the measuring tape.
Back is 22” on the dot
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Front is 22 1/8” there it is, I have a trapezoid
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So I contact Paul at virtualpin, and I must say, that guy is a stand up customer focused businessman. He is not only going to build be a new lower cab, he is also going to pay for the damaged side rails. As much as all of this is unfortunate, knowing he is taking care of me makes this all just a minor bump in the process. Onward!