Well I'm finally starting the teardown of a T2 I got for free from a friend's in-laws a few months ago. The game was sitting in their house for 20+ years and stopped working, I also don't think the glass had ever been taken off. The MPU ended up having the most acid damage I've ever seen on a game, once I replaced it the game booted up without any issues! The rest of the game is surprisingly clean.

The PF is overall pretty nice aside from the hotdog and one really weird wear spot below it. Is this a normal spot for wear? It seems pretty strange but I should be able to touch it up.

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Ah that makes sense. Hopefully I can touch it up

Hm, maybe a loose screw got caught under the flipper or something. Either way I'm happy with my touchup so far. I don't think I'll try to fix the dark blue area since it's not bad. Color matching the neon red/orange around the insert is going to be fun...

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Finished mine up tonight (well, 99% of it)! The plastic protectors I bought came with two right arms rather than a right and a left, so I need to get a replacement left before this is complete. The game turned out great, the only downside is the mylar on the touchup right above the flipper is pretty visible. Very minor issue considering what I paid for the game.

Last thing I need to do is replace the foam on the lockdown bar, and put the backbox lock in. Then I can move it around to my basement and start playing it. I'm debating on getting a colordmd as well.
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My game came with the plastics already in pretty good shape other than the slingshot plastics, which I bought off of ebay: ebay.com link: Williams Terminator 2 Pinball Machine sling Shot Plastic Set

I bought the plastic protectors from cointaker: https://cointaker.com/products/terminator-2-plastic-protectors

If you don't find one Marco sells them: https://www.marcospecialties.com/pinball-parts/03-8570