Just thinking of Heighway's side art replacement--why isn't there more of a translite-style replacement for cabinet and backbox art? Think lollipop rails as the top bracket and a very small bracket along the bottom of the cabinet, slide in new art just like replacing the marquee on a video arcade game. It wouldn't have to be metal if cost is the issue, lexan or whatever the translite channel strips are made of might work. If you wanted to get crazy, a bit of accent lighting could possibly be worked into the brackets to illuminate the art. I'm thinking of the always faded cabinets like Johnny Mnemonic, Fish Tales, Indianapolis 500.
If a cabinet art set is about $250, wouldn't it be a bit cheaper if it were printed on translite instead of being a giant decal? Throw in the brackets and the total might exceed normal decal sets but minus all the time of sanding and prepping a cabinet. I'm sure there's an obvious reason why this hasn't been done. There seems to be a premium placed on non-faded versions of the games I mentioned so even if $400 was the cost for a kit, the cost wouldn't outweigh the value added.