I installed these in my Cactus Canyon remake a few days back and I think they compliment the apron guns quite nicely. Pretty easy installation and alignment is much easier than a regular bat. I'll be the first to admit that I bought them purely for aesthetic reasons because, let's be frank, I wouldn't be able to tell if they improved anything accuracy-wise with how poorly I play. I replaced the original rubber with super-bands at the same time to give those a try so there's more than one variable at play when comparing to the stock setup. The bounce is a bit different but I'd wager that has more to do with the super-bands than the flipper change. So far I've got about a hundred plays on them and they haven't budged. I'm over all quite pleased with my purchase.
I did not get the bushings to compliment them as I too was a bit dubious of aluminum as a bearing surface against stainless steel. Seeing the version with the oilite bushing however alleviates those concerns for me and I'm quite interested to give them a try once they're back in stock.
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