Iron Man
Stern, 2010
TRON: Legacy (Pro)
Stern, 2011Did a search on this topic and dont see any reference to this.. and I see all these modded games here but they are missing what I think is the easiest and cheapest way to class up your stern:
Adding Star Posts and chucking metal washers and stern posts.
Here is a my stock Tron before... Notice how the ugly washers kill the light through the art and the post is just.. well, a post.
I always replace the washers with PETG circles I got with a plastic set from CPR.. (I dont think they sell them separately, but you can do the full protectors from Pinbits or another source for PETG circles.
At the same time, replace the posts with a Williams Posts.. for you color lovers, there are many different variations you can use, and they just add some class back into the game.
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It looks great, and I was very tempted to do this to my IM. But, I worry about the dents the star posts will leave on the playfield if I tighten them down too much. Sounds ridiculous, I know, but if the next buyer wants the original posts put back, it could be an issue.
Also, the star post is thicker than the original at the point where the rubber wraps around it. That could translate into narrower inlanes, for example.
Quoted from swampfire:It looks great, and I was very tempted to do this to my IM. But, I worry about the dents the star posts will leave on the playfield if I tighten them down too much. Sounds ridiculous, I know, but if the next buyer wants the original posts put back, it could be an issue.
Also, the star post is thicker than the original at the point where the rubber wraps around it. That could translate into narrower inlanes, for example.
Don't over tighten them. IM and Tron have wide in lanes but if you are a tournament player practicing for an event you can leave the top one narrow. You really don't see that one during gameplay anyway... Some games like TZ had narrow posts on top and star posts on the bottom.
If you were really concerned with 100% accuracy changing from black to white rubber would not be something you should do as it would have much more impact than the slight change in thickness even at the top.
Quoted from JoeJet:Don't over tighten them. IM and Tron have wide in lanes but if you are a tournament player practicing for an event you can leave the top one narrow. You really don't see that one during gameplay anyway... Some games like TZ had narrow posts on top and star posts on the bottom.
If you were really concerned with 100% accuracy changing from black to white rubber would not be something you should do as it would have much more impact than the slight change in thickness even at the top.
Star posts don't change the width of the lane. The change in this case is purely cosmetic. At the point where the rubber hits the post, its the same width as the stern posts. The wider portion at bottom can't hit the ball. So there's no change. If does look better and I change them out on most my sterns as well.
I did it on my Tron exactly as you have shown. Didn't even think about it on my Iron Man.
Guess I got my work cut out for me this evening.
Quoted from markmon:Star posts don't change the width of the lane. The change in this case is purely cosmetic. At the point where the rubber hits the post, its the same width as the stern posts
Actually, this is not true. They are slightly thicker so theoretically they SLIGHTLY change the inlane size if you put them at the top - but I think its negligible on most games and really not worth worrying about - much less than adding a cliffy, mylar, clearcoat etc. If you used a smaller rubber ring they would stretch more and make it equal..lol. Probably changes gameplay only a little more than adding a target decal. 
they do look good, but the last thing i want to do with a NIB game is mess with it. i'll install cliffys but beyond that, i just want to play it and hope it works as expected.
Quoted from Cliffy:A lot of folks tell me the first thing they do when they get IM is put my right side ramp protector on. THEN they start doing cosmetics
As i did!!!
First cosmetic - replace posts with cliffy colored posts..
Quoted from swampfire:Cool, if no other collector has the same concerns I did, I'll change mine out too. JoeJet, thanks for the pictures; IM looks especially nice with the white posts.
It does look sweet. Maybe even better with white flips and red rubber....or even better, RED flips with WHITE rubber.
Quoted from RipleYYY:@joejet : so white your rubbers... did you play with your pins ???
Didn't you know? Joe invented the Swiffer*Ball! Its a ball made out of swiffer material and he runs it through a cycle to automatically clean as it plays 
Quoted from turbo20lbs:white rubber is a must on all pins
Wasn't there a study done where it was proven black rubber does not make a playfield dirtier?
White rubber just shows the dirt more. So really it just comes down to cosmetics.
@joejet : so white your rubbers... did you play with your pins ???
I am an anal collector.. they get wiped everytime playfield comes off.. including to take pics.
As a matter of fact, one thing that drives me nuts is when people put a game FS and they dont at least wipe down the rubber and posts!
Didn't you know? Joe invented the Swiffer*Ball! Its a ball made out of swiffer material and he runs it through a cycle to automatically clean as it plays
Actually, not a bad idea! Maybe we can make a PinRoomba.. Swiffer around the edges and Novus 2 on the bottom!
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