Hello Everyone!

I have a customer that is having me service and upgrade their SEGA X Files Pin. I thought I would post a couple pictures of the progress as you do not see a lot posted about this one. I think because it is not a high value pin many do not put a lot of money into MODS and Upgrades. This customer has had the PIN in their family for around 10 years and really wanted to do some cool upgrades. I am trying to do some before and after pictures of my progress both with the Restoration and the MODs/Upgrades as you may not see many X-files with an "XPIN" Blue DMD display. It has not had a Flourscent Backglass Bulb in who knows how long so with the help of another Pinsider/X-Files Owner I was able to identify the bulb and starter to get the backbox light back up and running. Other things I will be adding are a full Cointaker LED KIT, Under Cabinet LED GLOW Kit, LED Flipper Buttons and perhaps a few other surprises including Custom painted LEGS.

Enjoy and I Appreciate any feedback and suggestions. Check back in for progress reports and I will add pictures as I complete the upgrades.

Playfield Before and After (Full Cleaning and Polishing not complete but this was the first step to get years of glupe off...)

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DMD Before and After Pics. The Original DMD had two lines out on the far right.

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Before PIC

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After Pic

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Update on the Restoration-Have removed the ramps and many of the plastics for cleaning and LED bulb installation. Here are some pictures of the playfield including the LED's and how they look. Going with a combination of Purple, Blue and White Cointaker Frosted for the GI.

Updated Pictures so they are right side up...

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If I hear of one I will let you know but I am sure that will be a tough part to find. I will keep posting updates as the restore comes along. Thanks for the positive feedback!

I started with Rubbing alcohol and magic eraser (my favorite cleaning combo) and very gently cleaned all of the ground in dirt. I then use Novus 2 for additional clean up and polishing. That also gets rid of any white residue from the alcohol/eraser. I just finished up the cleaning using (for the first time) mill wax pinball magic and buffed it really good and seemed to come out extremely well. I am reassembling the play field and will post a picture when completed as the play field came out looking very nice.

Yeah sorry the old one has one line out on the far right but is in better shape than my Doctor Who one which has multiple lines out on the right and bottom. I have a couple DMD's like that have various issues. How bad is your X-Files one? Do you get anything at all? Do you just need one to keep you going till you can get a new one?

Well I am actually restoring it for a customer and gave them the color option and they went for Blue...The machine does have a Blue/Purple color scheme to it and that is how I did the LED's so it looks really nice. I will post pics soon of the cleaned and reassembled playfield with LED's which I also did in purple blue and white.

Can't View at work but I will take a look at home unless another pinsider can diagnose it for you. Swapping out a DMD is not very hard so if you know someone with another DMD game you can see if they will let you. Otherwise I am sure we can arrange for me to send you one of my "Not perfect" but servicable DMD's.

I had some Technical issues I needed to work out that I was documenting in another thread. Now that it is solved and I have reassembled the playfield and ramps I am ready to start installing the mirror blades. I will post pics soon of the progress but wanted to see if anyone has had any experience with Mirror Blades on an XFiles or SEGA machine and any obstacles I should look for.

Finished Restoration of SEGA X Files

Here are the pictures of the overall machine. You can compare them to the Before pictures at the top of the posting. Installed are all Cointaker Premium LED's, Mirror Blades, and Custom Cointaker under the cabinet light show. I love the Blue and Purple theme that the LED's bring out in this machine. I went with Green in the Alien Baby Capsule and I like that a lot. Enjoy and I welcome your Comments!

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Hey Thanks Road Rage! I am just up the road from you in Charles Town and the X Files machine I just dropped off was in Stone Leigh. If you ever want any ideas or help with your Shadow let me know as I there are a couple of us pinsiders right in that Route 7 Corridor.

Thanks!!!!

Hey Thanks I appreciate the compliments! I actually gave the customer the option of Red, Green or Blue and they liked the Blue option. The game actually has a lot of Blue/Purple to it so I think it goes well with the overall game scheme. I had not played it until this opportunity came to Restore/upgrade/Mod for this guy as it is I believe a Home use only model. It still had a X Files Key Chain and spare slingshot plastics in the cabinet. Once I played it I really enjoyed it also. I especially like the File Cabinet toy with the magnet in front. Reminds me of Iron Man.