I must have gotten my brackets from Marco. I do remember calling and asking if the screws were missing and was told to just go to the hardware store and pick them up. Just to be safe I unscrewed one from my FG and took it with me.
I did drill pilot holes and that was the scary part, worrying if I went too deep. I'm definitely grabbing a set of those Drill stops from Harbor Freight for future use.

I had to drill my plastic also. I didn't know you could order for the pro or le.

Black_Rose: Now I got something to brag about, had another late night on the Tron train and got everything dialed in and rolling. My son and I fired it up this morning and played it for the first time, the machine is awesome. What I've done thus far:

- white rubber, Cliffy protectors, playfield support brackets, light cycles, Tron mini cabinet, Flynn sign, lit recognizer, drop down bank decal, shaker motor, Flipper Fidelity speaker system, 3D translite and PBL shiny pinballs.

Plans for next week: install PIG, LEDs and apron cards.

Below is a picture of the 2D and 3D translites side by side. Overall I really like the 2D translite, it's pretty cool. Nice and crisp. If you've ordered a Tron Pro 2D don't feel bad at all that you don't have a 3D translite, the 2D definitely does the job. From time to time I'll switch em' up.

To install the light cycles on the plastics I went to Home Depot and picked up a bunch of small black rubber washers (I used the stock screws that were in the original light runner / cycle that were on the plastics). Stacked up enough so that everything fit nice and snug. Probably cost $2.

Only thing I'm finding is that the disc doesn't shoot out crazy balls like on a different Tron we've played, it's pretty tame thus far. Read somewhere about getting something to clean it, maybe that'll make a difference and I'll get more action out of it.

So far so good, two thumbs up for Tron!

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I like that 2d translite. Sweet set of games there. Perfect new and old to have ; )

I picked up an Xpin blue LED DMD @ the expo. I don't even have my machine yet. The blue LEDs are so hard to find I thought I should grab one while I have the chance.

How much Ben?

Same as Xpin's website...$329

EDIT - Website is $325, but no tax or shipping charges. Website is out of stock.

I just recieved my blue dmd in the mail and my tron has yet to arrive as well. Tempted to put it in acdc to test out

Sweet mod. I like the red on the ACDC. A lot brighter than the red plastic filter. Blue looks great.

That's exactly what you need to do. With the spring I just used a pair of small wire cutters and cut out as much as I could, quick and easy to do. Also drill a small hole in the bottom of the battery cover so you can run the wires through.

Thanks for returning my call, we had some company over tonight for pinball and a few beer (missed your call). I'll give you a call tomorrow during the day.

I wouldn't steer you wrong BR

Black_Rose: Nice talking with you today, thanks for the information on the LEDs, most appreciated. If you weren't 3,000 miles away I'd swing by tonight and help you get those light cycles all set up.

As I mentioned, below is a close up picture of my light cycles. You'll see that I used a few of the black plastic spacers that were on the stock figures, and I also put in some black rubber washers that I got from Home Depot (see the picture, they are a bit smaller than a dime). I notched them off where they attached to the light cycle so they would fit nice and snug. I would have used all rubber washers but I didn't buy enough (but it looks just fine the way it is, you can only tell that I used those plastic spacers when you look at them very close). Next time I take the light cycles off I'll switch out the hard plastic spacers and put in the rubber ones.

They fit nice and tight on the plastic and don't move at all.

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Buckles, how exactly did you attach your Light Cycles to the plastics? Did you drill an extra hole in each of the plastics?

I drilled two new holes in each of the plastics (I tried using the existing holes but the light cycles just didn't look centered on the plastics that way). Drilling two new holes let me put them exactly where I wanted to.

You'll see that the holes on the Tron light cycle are pretty close together and on Clu they are a bit farther apart.

Once the light cycles are mounted you don't even notice the other pre drilled holes on them.

I took a slightly different approach when mounting my Hallmark bikes. I wanted to reuse the holes in the plastics but that put the lightcycles too close to each other if mounted in the traditional way (screwing into the middle of the underside of the bike), not to mention one would be way off centre. So I came up with a variation of my own.
I decided to mount Flynn's bike using only one of the original screws. It goes through the left hole in the plastic and one of the original black spacers and into the middle of the battery cover. The wiring goes out through a second hole in the cover and through the existing right hole in the plastic. That puts the bike near the right edge of the plastic, a little off centre but acceptable I thought.
Clu's bike I mounted up on its rear wheel using two screws through the existing plastic holes. The wiring goes out the backside under the ramp.
It turned out to look somewhat more interactive, as if one bike is jumping the edge or avoiding the oncoming bike which is pulling a wheely. A blue led in the backboard - second from the left, and a yellow one two positions over adds some colour to the bikes before they light up.

I've yet to hook up the wires to my PIG.

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A few more pics..

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Here are some Clu lightcyle mounting pictures. Both holes go into the middle of the back wheel, right into the split. The hole has to be piloted large enough otherwise the screw will pry the wheel apart.

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Thanks Black_Rose. I can't wait to see what you do!

Famous BR camera work. Better take ur motion sickness meds, people.

You guys doing full plastic protector kits or just PETG washers in certain areas? Waiting for my Cliffy set before I put any games on mine.

Superjackpot - that's cool how you mounted the bikes, as you mention a bit different and I think it looks great. Nice!!!!

Looks good.

Looking good BR

That set is crap. For most wood screws you will use on a pinball, that drill stop set doesn't have a stop SMALL ENOUGH to fit on the freakin' bit. I couldn't find a use for them while working on my Space Shuttle pf....they won't fit on the bit I'm using to make pilot holes...it's too small, and any larger bit would be too big for purpose.

I personally don't use them. A bit of tape on the bit is enough for me, I'm not worried about slipping and going too far.

Yeah.... I was doing good on my Shuttle swap until I hit a patch of soft wood or my brain went stupid. Right through the PF, with about a quarter of the push on the drill that I was using on the last 100 holes..unfortunately it only takes 1 in 100 error to screw it up.

Thankfully, it's very small, and in a place where it will be extremely easy touchup. Oh well. My PF was going to have to be re-cleared at some point in the future anyways.

looks good br. enjoy it while you have it.

Mirror blades finally installed
Sorry about the blurry pix I didn't noticed my lens was smudge until I was done

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Why does there have to be so many great mods for this game... If just once I could be satisfied with stock....

Thanks for posting the video Black_Rose, that definitely gives me some ideas for the LEDs.

Me too. Thanks, BR. I have some single LED and double LED cool whites I'm gonna test with. I have them left from changing the ACDC over to warm white LEDs.

Greetings, programs! Unboxed it today.

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BR I know you and CT are tight but I don't use them. All my LEDs are No Flix Plus they are the only LED I use now. Love how they looked in my TSPP so I tried them in Tron inserts and went GI too

My favorite LEDs so far. About to order some for SM

jayhawkai, you have an interesting house.

he shoots, he scores! keep it up BR.

Stylistically, Indiana Jones fit in next to the Tomb, but I wasn't playing it much.

sorry guys i am noob...where can i find the cliffy protectors to purchase for this game? also the tron arcade mod...seems to be out of stock, and light up ramp mod...which is best and where can i find it?

Cliffy Portector: www.passionforpinball.com/

The ramp mod is not out yet.

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