Hey there everyone!
It's been a while since I posted or even visited. I'm sorry, I should visit more often, sit down with you, listen to your tales, eat some cookies while by the fire place. It's just been tricky. My TAF machine has been in storage for over a year now and I miss it

I just recently purchased a replacement playfield from http://www.classicplayfields.com/ to replace my current one in my machine. I'm curious about the side art now. I've never did a playfield swap, so to me this will be a big task, and I'm thinking if I should stop with just that or bring some attention to the side art of the cab. The machine isn't in bad shape, so it's not a urgent matter, but maybe someday I'll need to. I was just watching a Bad Cats restore video on YouTube where the guy peeled off (what he called) the side artwork decal and applied a new one. I never thought the side work was just a decal on these machines. I assumed mine was painted/silk screened on. Is it really just a large decal?

Also, what does everyone think of the vinyl side replacement artwork you can by for your cab? is there any downsides? do they peel at the corners over time? are they worth doing? I'd like to learn all I can about the side artwork of the mid 80s-90s machines.

Thanks everyone, glad to be back!
~John

Awesome, thanks for the reply, I knew it was silk screened, but then when I saw that video, I questioned what I thought.

From what I can recall, the artwork on mine is in pretty good shape, just some spots here and there where the black wore off and some white shows through, nothing that couldn't be touched up with some black paint. Here and there on the bottom is some chips as well, but typically hidden either behind the machine (where a hand truck would have chipped it when being moved when folded) or behind the legs. nothing you can really see, but some day I'll wood putty it and pain those spots.

For the vinyls I was curious if they ever start to peel, and how they look at the edges. Seems tricky to find a close up shot of the corners where the front of the cabinet meets the sides.