I realize I am bumping an old thread, but I thought my content added something, was relevant to this post, and would be more organized than creating a new one.

I recently obtained an SF2, overall in great shape minus. One issue was that the car was cracked and super glued back together. I bought a new die-cast car that matched the back glass a little closer and looked much better. I used tin snips to remove part of the back of the vehicle to replicate the shape of the original and modify some of the innards for the post to run through. Also drilled through the dash of it for the bracket. Reassembled with car superglue and some hot glue to reinforce a few things on the inside of the car. The post/bracket are secured with the screws strongly as they should be. You can't tell the vehicle isn't 'full' from the top view.

By somewhat replicating the original shape, the car is able to have the full range of motion and you don't have to modify the optics or lose functionality. It works great, looks great, and is more fun because the added weigh requires several more hits to 'win' car crash, instead of the initial 3 full hits my machine had.

This was a pretty easy and fun project, I would recommend it to anyone interested.

Original:
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New:
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Backglass to reference. Not a perfect match, but not bad.
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I've considered doing this, but the last time I ordered parts one wasn't available so I skipped it. Conveniently, it is functioning how I would like it to at this point so I don't think I'll be messing with it for a while haha. If you end up doing it, let me know what you think.

I'll have to grab another photo later. I thought the lexus would be cool too, but didn't want the grey color to conflict with the translite or blend into the street sitting underneath the car. I found one at one point, but it was a lot more expensive than the $6 I paid for my vehicle at a local store haha. I'd be interested to see someone put one in.

Thank you! I appreciate the compliment. I picked it up off an end cap when I was shopping at Meijer but they tend to have them a lot. I'll probably be stopping by there within the next day so I'll take a peak and get the info you're looking for. It's a nice metal one that was under $5 but I can't recall the scale or make/model. I'll be in touch.

So I went to Meijer to try and find the same one and they don't have anything similar in stock. If I find some in the future I'll be sure to update you. Sorry about that.

I'm fairly certain it's a 1/24 scale model

Added over 6 years ago: EDIT- I think it's actually a 1/32 scale model. 1/24 would be too big.