The EUR is around 1.28 now. So multiply the Pinball Dreams total by 1.28 and there you go. I am
ordering their total T2 kit with chrome decals and apron, plus a set of their LEDs for the inserts. Way cheaper even with shipping and the currency conversion than PDI. Oh, Pinball Dreams will accept PayPal, but there is a 4% fee added onto the invoice. Now I just need to find a nice plastic set for this game that won't run $500 bucks You should tell Drano to make more T2 blades, I bought his last set.

http://www.pinball-dreams.com/index.php?article_id=52&clang=1

http://www.youtube.com/user/superfluxxer

http://finviz.com/futures_charts.ashx?t=CURRENCIES&p=d1

I can finally be part of the club after Absocountry told me about a T2 that was listed on CL only 4 blks from my house in a storage unit. We picked it up last night and got it up -n- running in no time at all. The plan is to fix a couple of minor issues to make it 100%. This machine will make an excellent base game for a CQ restoration since it was not totally trashed while on route. I already have the chrome decals and full chrome kit from Pinball Dreams including the lit apron. Picked up Brock's T-1000 mod and the blu ray T-1000 for a topper. Hope to get the PF sent off to HSA later this spring to get clear coated. The Diamond Plate is still intact and there is no real wear on the PF, only ball tracks. After that I will have Alex Levy do ink black powder coating for the LDB, rails and legs. Figure a lot of folks have done full chrome already so I want to do something a little different. The gun will need to see Mike Chestnut. Got lucky and found 21 NOS plastics. As you can tell I am pretty excited about this project!

Yep, I did get a good deal on it. The HSA level two service is about what I paid for the machine....LOL. So, most would consider me out of my mind for spending this kind of coin on this title.... but it will still cost half of what a NIB Stern runs! And it the code will be finished and it will play like a dream... I hope to have my XMEN LE at that same point one day. I need a game in my lineup that is shallow and full of flow... with short ball times.

I forgot to mention that I picked up the T-800 lit figure and the H/K mod that Andy Dreads (eBay) from the UK makes. Joey has these same mods on his site for a bit of a mark up. Also I purchased the Superfluxx LEDs for the inserts. I will use CTs for the GI most likely. I am really curious to see how nice these German lights are. Apparently they are not overly blinding and they are rich in color.

http://www.pinball-dreams.com/index.php?article_id=74&clang=1

http://www.youtube.com/user/superfluxxer/videos

I like it! Oh, any word on possible t-shirts for club members?

This one costs 2x more than the Pinbits version, but it also has a few different modes.

ebay.com link: Terminator 2 T2 Pinball Machine Scanning Hunter Ship Mod

My PF was touched up and clear coated earlier this week by Brian at HSA. It turned out great!

I can't wait for my friend to finish the restore. All the cool toy n mods, NOS plastic set, full Pinball Dreams kit, plus the chrome decals, Sigma color DMD in red, LDB/rails, hinges and legs in black ink from Back Alley Creations, and Mike Chestnut to chrome the ramps/ gun. Thanks to the Pinsider who posted the link for the Blu Ray topper at a huge discount last XMAS!

http://www.hsapinball.com/HSA_PINBALL/hsa170t22013.html#0

"I will be back!"

It leaves a big indentation that will be there forever. If you go with another system (stealth or felt protectors) it will show because that damaged area is now uncovered.

Instead of another T2 Chrome Edition, I am going for the "I'll Be Back In Black" version with black glossy powder coat on the rails, LDB, legs and hinges from Matt @ Back Alley Creations. HSA did an awesome job with the PF restoration and clear coat. And Mike Chestnut blinged it up even more by chrome plating the left ramp, habitrails, and gun.

http://www.hsapinball.com/HSA_PINBALL/hsa170t22013.html

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Well I am sure your custom under cab LED kit you built for me is going to make it glow for sure!

Getting close to being finished. Needs some red light reduction in the upper right corner of the PF and a few tweaks to the GI lighting. The EL panel on the coin door my friend says looks better in person. Kind of washed out in the pics. The cannon lights up when it begins to turn. Pretty much all that he has left to install is the T-800 topper, undercab light kit, and the flipper button LEDs, oh almost forgot about the Pinball Dreams chrome lit apron. I am anxious for this game to return back to AK!

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"Affirmative!"

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I am pleased that all the mods and changes we made ended up blending well together. Still tinkering with the lights around the T1000 figure since the white LEDs in that area are blinding from the players perspective.

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Essentially it is done! He just needs to add the under cab LED strips, complete a few bulb changes on the PF, swap out the start button for a white one, install the all aluminum flipper bats w/ Super Bands, and put some Cliffy protection at the ball eject. Then play test the heck outta of it!

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I hope that T2 gets the 2.0 treatment. At least my FH will be getting a DMD someday.

http://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/wpc-20tm-extensions-to-wpc-20-games-from-tpf-pps-seminar

Glad Drano talked me into these all aluminum flipper bats from PBL. They look great wrapped in Super Bands.

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Sorry about the glare he is going to install the PDI non glare glass just before the machine is crated up and shipped.

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There are 3 or 4 alternative translites on eBay, but I did not really care for any of them. I decided to go with the orginal and that is part of the reason I did not go crazy with replacing the PF plastics with metal versions. I wanted to basically enhance the orginal game and make it more modern.

I thought about doing the gun in black, but figured chrome would be nice for contrast. The laser cut T2 plate for the coin door was too cool to pass up, especially when lit up. Suppose I could have powder coated that cover which I did not even think of as an option until now.

I swapped out the yellow start button that should not have been on there for the factory white one.

I hope all those that want to pimp out their T2 will take the plunge and post their results here on Pinside!

Thanks for that idea. He ended up sticking the spotlight directly under the H/K ship to illuminate the T-1000. Anyway he is finally finished with the game and tinkering around with the little stuff. Next up is the crate construction.

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When I played the game before doing the restoration I did not notice any airballs. Hopefully the spotlight does not get taken out now that the game all put back together.

My T2 left Sin City yesterday and is on its way back to Squarebanks! Hopefully the forklift drivers are nice and don't smash into it..... I will post some vids once it gets here which will be sometime in the next 2-3 weeks. I added some pics of the game being wrapped up and crated here along with other uncompressed pics that you all have seen already within this forum post.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/adriandmd/

Sorry there is no suppa suppa jackpot. Bowen gets 4 on one MB and nothing special happens.

http://papa.org/2014/01/01/terminator-2-tutorial/

I finally got around to adding 2 vids that demonstrate some pretty sad ball 1 game play (lots of bricked shots) a special award with a double jackpot. No supers though. The other vid is the fantastic light show at the end of the game.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/adriandmd/

I like the H/K ship I bought from Marco.

http://www.marcospecialties.com/control/keywordsearch?SEARCH_STRING=Hunter+killer

My FH did the same thing. Reset with new batteries because the other ones leaked onto the board. Check for acid damage on your PCB.

Its worth the effort. The first vid shows the game in attract mode and the skull flashers are tied to the flashers in the backglass.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/adriandmd/

The lighted LED flipper buttons and non glare glass are from Pinball Decals, but the undercab light kit is from Rock914 here on Pinside. The glass is on in the iPhone game play vid.

https://pinside.com/pinball/community/pinsiders/rock914

I have 4 pins in a row with undercab light kits, 2 of them from Rock and I have not noticed any issues when others are playing games at the same time in a totally dark room. None of my friends have said they were distracting either.

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/for-sale-fs-ebay-t2-plastics-set-used-22-pieces#post-2286939

Pinball Center will restock the T2 plastics every 6 months or so. I had to wait that long for the one I replaced. I kept checking their webpage on a regular basis to make sure I did not miss out. Hopefully someone here bought that set and will send you the one you need.

I am not sure how nice the H/K ship is that Pinball Center sells. I bought mine from Marco over a year ago and it looks pretty nice. The image that Pinball Center has looks almost like they took a Sharpie and drew on it if you enlarge the picture. If you need the hanger, Marco has those too.

http://www.marcospecialties.com/pinball-parts/03-8570

Now put the PF so it stands straight up against the backbox and pull the entire thing up and out of the cabinet. Rock is saying you have plenty of extra wire to set it on the floor on the side of the game. These don't pull out like the rails on a WPC 95.

Use EL Panel from http://glowhut.com/ if they have the right size for this application (instruction cards).

Size A6 was used on the T2 coin door and back panel (I'll be back).

I used the EL panel w/ inverter from Pinball Center on TZ for the transparent instruction cards and on T2 for the various cutouts (coin door/ back board). Pinball Dreams uses very large El panel for the T2 apron.

Pinball Center sells the right size EL panel for the instruction cards and in various colors besides white. I used Glow Hut based on another Pinsiders recommendation when trying to locate a local supplier here in the US instead of Germany when my friend was restoring T2 last year.

http://www.pinballcenter.eu/catalog/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=transparent+cards&x=0&y=0&search_in_description=1

*Make sure that when you connect the inverter that you DO NOT reverse the polarity by accident. It will fry the inverter.

Sorry if I caused any confusion!

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http://www.pinballcenter.eu/catalog/pinball-modding-illuminated-pinball-cards-c-226_269.html?language=english

I picked mine up here:

http://www.marcospecialties.com/pinball-parts/12-7009