Anyone have a spare lockdown bar they are willing to sell? The TZ I picked up recently has been welded. It looks and fits like crap.

Nate... Did you get the TZ with the center post drilled into it? very sad.

Eric if you can make those at a considerably cheaper price than the pdi shade is be in. I do think I prefer twilight zone? On the sides though.

Lyons I was under the impression from the answer I got from you was you weren't making these to sell.

Eric. It looks great! I misunderstood you. I thought you weren't making them at all. Of course I understand that you wouldn't copy others designs.

I like white also. I think the pdi has a film under it to give the color with a white bulb in there.? I like the color coming through the sides but it washes out the colors on the mini Playfield. Natural looks better to me. I use mostly white leds in my games also because I hate the washed out look it gives through the plastics.

I want one also, but I can do without. Its not like it changes gameplay at all.

I'm sure everyone knew this but me, but was playing my TZ tonight and when you are in the multi-ball where you hit jackpot with the piano shot, if you hit the Powerball in there it doubles your jackpot. Got 70 million tonight from that. Just another cool thing I never knew about the game.

I've found that getting into the upper playfield during powerball multiball scores the best. I have been able to score some 200k+ scores up there. The piano shot can bring high scores also. PB also is the easier of the two to relight for another Jackpot. doing any of that or having a solid strategy in LITZ is not easy though.

I despised TZ before I knew how to play it. I'd always walk up to it and the balls would drain fast before the real fun started. A friend of mine who plays tournaments showed me one night how to really play it and I fell in love. I think because it starts so damn slow and progressively gets more fun most people never really see what it has to offer. I am still learning new things about it or hearing new sounds and i've owned mine for 4+ years now.

I'm curious now, how many people actually have clock board problems? I have had my TZ for 5 years now and never one single issue with it. I am going through it now and replacing the shell on it and was wondering weather I should bother buying the Ingo board.

I'm in the same boat on mine. Not chipping at all yet, but i can see the ball is hitting raised inserts. I am thinking mylar also, but also maybe that playfield protector? I don't want to use the protector though if its going to change the way the ball moves and the game plays. My playfield s way to nice to do a swap.

Madmax541 do you have one of those playfield protectors on your game? If so how is the gameplay with it and how did it fit? I am considering getting one for mine when I tear it down for cleaning soon.

I just can't see how a piece of PETG would cause airballs. I think these people who say this product is crap and changes ball dynamics are nuts. I'd love to see some real proof or someone do a REAL study on this before condemning them.

The height probably has nothing to do with it, these things are super thin. I could however see it hitting the edge of the lip and causing a skip. Mine shoots straight as can be also with no issues whatsoever but it is also the bare playfield and not a protector.

GLM is MIA. Good luck buying from them.

Anyone have the Great Lakes Modular V2 mini playfield switch kit or know where they have some in stock?

Twister,what is your price and is shipping prohibitive for me to order a set of these? I'd love to see the pics you have on that group page but it won't let me enlarge them because i'm not a member.

I got a set of switches from twister and a shadow upper playfield shroud thst he did in black nickel. Both are amazing. Buy with confidence.

Can anyone tell me the different uses of a 7/16 and 3/8 rubber rings? The manual for TZ just states bumper for the 16 small posts and now I’m thinking I bought a bunch of extra 7/16 when I should have bought more 3/8. I’ve always been a bit confused where each is typically used?

I am doing a total tear down of my TZ and decided I want to look into a back panel decal or whatever since Ive got it all torn down. What is out there and does anyone know what exactly the plastic tips screwed into the back panel are for?

I just rebuilt this and moved everything over to a new set of plastics. When I first plugged it back in with flashing LEDs I thought I rewired it wrong. I came to find out that the led flashers won’t work in the sockets? When I put the regular back in its working. Any ideas why this is happening? Also I got the 5 blinking bulbs for the back box and they don’t blink I. The black sockets that are marked for flashers. When I put regular in they Work.
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So I am deep into a very detailed restore on my TZ that had a gorgeous playfield until I pulled up some Mylar and pulled one of my insert faces with it. I remember seeing someone makes decals for inserts or what is the best way to deal with this. I am beyond pissed as I opted not to do a playfield swap because the playfield was so nice. Can this be fixed without this insert sticking out like a sore thumb?

Who has time to pay attention to the clock with everything going on? I can’t!

I am in the process of repopulating my upper playfield after swapping a new one in. I got Twisters switch kit and it’s been laying around for awile now. Did it come with instructions? If not does anyone know what exactly has to be done with all the parts? I can do the work no problem but without instructions I’m pretty worthless. I would appreciate any help I can get figuring this out. I can see the pads on the switches for the wires but what are the com, no and no pads for?

It definitely keeps adding time the more you hit the clock target. I’ve racked up some pretty high scores doing that. I’ve also drained a lot attempting it.

I finished swapping my mini playfield and the magnets are switched. When I hit the left button the right magnet works and same for the right to the left magnet. The only thing I can think of is somehow I accidentally reversed the magnets when I moved them over? Of maybe the two plugs that are reversed that are the same for the mini playfield(colors match so I doubt it is that. The playfield was a complete BITCH to get back in and everything right on. I pray I don’t have to take it out and check under the mini playfield. here’s a pic of the finished product back in the game with twisters switch kit installed.

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So here is my update. I had somehow switched the two magnets. When I got under there I realized also that by doing that I was also not able to get all the wires flush and that was causing a clearance issue that made it hard to connect the mini playfield to not mount easily. The second time around was a piece of cake and all is well now. I am getting into playfield swaps and gaining confidence and experience every time I do something like this. Ive learned a valuable lesson from this swap. Be patient and check and double check all of your work. I made some really sloppy dumb mistakes that could have been avoided by taking more time. I also now k ow that drilling holes and or dimpling a playfield and doing the pop bumper countersink is a piece of cake. I used to be terrified of drilling on a playfield. I’m not sure why people seem to have trouble with clear chipping mine go so smooth and clean.

Twisters kit is fantastic. I just swapped out my mini playfield with a new cpr and twisters kit and it looks and functions perfectly.

I was extremely happy with my TZ switch kit from Twister. I swapped the upper playfield for a new CPR and did Twisters kit and it looks fantastic.

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I’ve had my TZ for over 5 years and just cleaned it up and got everything 100%. I’ve never had an issue with my clock since I’ve owned it and all of a sudden my clock won’t reset to 12 and shows an error. On top of that the game is telling me it can’t locate the balls and they are all in there. Is this what happens when the clock stops working or are these separate issues? I have until now resisted getting one of ingo’s clock boards but now I guess it’s going to happen.

I wouldn’t buy a damn thing from Mirco. Man can’t be trusted and has known issues on top of being a thief.