Im confused. Question is, why would you try to talk people out of this stuff? As far as I'm concerned...

1) I have both on mine. Lane extenders-because I suck at pinball and have a lot more fun with them on. Lasers- because I think they're cool...for me.
2) I have games with none, and games fully loaded. Simply, because I like them (though none are superbrights. 3-Led Ablaze is as bright as I go.
3) I generally steer away from most mods, but just dropped $416 on a color DMD, and a couple hundred total to purple trim my CV. Why, because I can, and think some mods are cool.

Given why i did this, why would you try to talk me out of it? Isn't that kind of like telling someone else not to buy game "X", because you don't personally like it? I might love it...Hook comes to mind for most.

Now the LED kit thing...I'm with you there. That kind of feedback is genuinely nice to toss out, and receive, as it helps people accomplish what they want to accomplish, cheaper.

See what I mean Law.

10000 plays is very impressive. Almost 14 plays per day...every day...for 2 straight years. You must have a lot of free time, I'm really impressed. Rest assured I have plenty of time on several different STTNGs including my own, so if you are trying to start a STTNG pissing contest, you are barking up the wrong tree.

This post could never be that straight forward

I love my STTNG and I love the extenders. They only help a little but enough to make the machine more enjoyable for me. Shaker rocks too. Learning to nudge this behemoth was the one thing that brought my scores up. The color dmd is some major coin but I couldnt resist. I heard its futile.

I kind of feel like the lane extenders are in a different category than "bling". All the rest of that stuff is basically so the owner can stand back and admire his beautiful possession whereas the lane extenders actually enhance gameplay. I suppose to really accomplished players it's tantamount to rubber banding off the outlanes...but to the rest of us I mean.

http://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/sttng-drain-fix-mod-by-hookedonpinball

check out my fix less than a buck and no speed bump.

Bit of an old thread, but I received and installed the extenders today. When I ordered, I thought it would extend them like an inch. just eyeballing them, I thought maybe my machine already had them. In reality, it only extends by about 1/8-1/4". I played a game and on at least two occasions, it saved the ball, surprised me that it worked. I still had typical ball drains, but they do help and I'd recommend them.

Just got some myself, but haven't put them on yet to try them out.