The only issue I had are the Guardian switches and they were difficult to adjust correctly. I seem to have it now, but haven’t put any time on the games after the install.

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You are always a very helpful person, Lior! My installation difficulties are not major, and the entire Oracle and backboard look amazing.

I appreciate you sending an email to me. And, as usual, the folks here all work together to figure out bugs ... I have no worries about that.

My posts were not complaints, just a way to help others learn and to perhaps help me at the same time. I sure appreciate everyone's comments and Lior's patient guidance. It's nice to see a fellow who never takes offense -- he just wants to make it right for buyers. That is appreciated by guys like me.

Thank you, kindly!

if you pull the playfield all the way out, you can see the switches on the back of the backboard. They are not easy to adjust. You shouldn't have to touch the bottom one (67). For me it is the limit at the top. Just enough to let the ball in and not have the statue hit the top.

Thank you. I did find them when I installed, but did not push much on them for fear of messing them up.

I did not notice the diverted pop-up problem until I played a game. It works fine in menu/test mode. It's just when I play a game that it won't stay "down" to send the ball down the habit trail.

Lior is emailing me his suggestions. He is really responsive - I could not be more impressed with him.

With his backboard, his Oracle, and the pinwoofer I just installed, my IM Prem is too awesome to ever sell!!

Happy to report i installed my backboard mod today and no issues at all during install. I did put spacers on both sides as i feel it looks cleaner all line up but everything went together fine for me.

Before you go adjusting switches is it the screws sticking out the back side of the farro mount that is hitting the panel? I noticed this on mine and to fix this all i did was place small washers between the farro and the mounting plate to help prevent the screws from coming out the backside of that mount

Thank you for the offer. I have it. It wasn't installed.

What are you guys doing about lighting now that you lose the GI from the backboard? I bought the LEDs Lior suggested that plug into the GI socket but I think all of the sockets are covered once the backboard is fully installed. Not sure if there is a free slot to put them or if I should just solder directly to the back of the bulb holder.

So how do you actually adjust the this switch ? Anyone have a video clip ?

The extra lighting I think only needed on the pro and not the premium I believe someone mentioned on this thread, would like to see pics to compare, yes I wished the back piece lite up little more would be nice touch

Yeah I do have the pro and without the back GI it's a little dark. Not enough to prevent you from playing but I find it makes the glare on the backglass from the LCD a little more pronounced which is annoying.

I got it installed in my pro thanks to a call with Lior. He's super helpful and provides great service for his mods!

The pro has less screw holes that can be used so you need to use some double sided tape and make some decisions on where you want it placed exactly. I ended up using the two screw holes behind the left torch for the left piece as well as some double sided tape between that piece and the left screw on the playfield handle. On the right piece I used the bottom two holes for screws.. The Pharaoh didn't line up quite right so I didn't use any screws at all for that part, I just used some strong double sided tape to tape it to the metal shroud around the target.

I 3d printed my own spacers to get the spacing just right and also printed a spacer with a base to support the upper right corner of the right piece.

Pro owners make sure you fit the plastic over the left ramp so you don't place the beetle too close to that. I had to re-place the beetle block because I didn't take this into account.

My only issue now is the lighting. It's definitely not too dark to play but without the lights under the glass on that side of the playfield you get a wicked glare from the LCD screen. I have the 50smd matrix lighting strip that Lior suggested but I'm not sure where to put it.

You'll have to take the staples holding one of the sockets out from the backboard and use that socket to run the LED strip. I might try sticking it on top of the backboard but not sure how that's going to look.

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Anyone know if there’s a way to install the oracle and preserve the downward facing led that illuminates the pf? Maybe by getting a second mini LED board and using a y molex connector? Don’t have my game yet and am wondering.

Installed mine yesterday - not quite 100% straightforward, I had two minor issues - one with the screw hole being just a tiny bit too small on the pharoah (easily remedied), and another where the guardian diverter was hitting the backboard on the way up (just had to cut down the spacer so the backboard was a little further back).

Both the backboard and the Oracle look totally amazing - excellent work Lior they really add to this (already brilliant) game.

Spent a while working on installing this amazing mod yesterday. Took me a long time to get the upper switch adjusted right, and at one point thought I had mangled it to beyond repair, but I just kept at it and eventually got it dialed in.

However, today I realize that when the pf is back in, it slightly pushes the whole backboard forward, then rubs against the left side of the guardian preventing it from lowering fully. Have been unscrewing all the backboard screws again to adjust, but there seems to be no wiggle room, perhaps because of the fixed insets to guide it into place.

Any other advice?

I also just noticed that the painted corner of the left torch is chipped or rubbed off. Have no idea if it happened during install or was that way from arrival; I've been careful but there's still lots of physicality involved here.

EDIT: was able to fix the guardian rubbing left (I think) by removing just the top left spacer (O used three as per instructions). But now the left torch #1 screw pulled out some plastic and won’t go back in..

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After playing without the backboard lights ,we’ve opted to keep it this way as it has a BSD feel to the game now .I just love the mood of this pin a little darker than prior .It fire the theme perfect

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Thanks again for all the support on an amazing creation, Lior! You really stand behind your work and it is always a pleasure to get what you are working on. I appreciate all the follow ups with me to make sure it all worked out right. Thank you, thank you!!!

Had a roadtrip today to pick up this sweet backboard mod for my Premium Iron Maiden. This might as well be the last kit available in the world when i saw lots of people here on pinside looking for one. I am glad i secured one for my game. Only downside is that it came without the original box at the distributor. They are gonna try to source one for me and i hope they can find one since i like to keep my Art of Pinball boxes (my other game is GNR and loaded with them) after installing the mods. The boxes themselves are Art as well. I never come across packaging for mods that take it to this level. Can't wait till i get the game back in my collection next month and install this.

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