Flipper Button LEDs

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Flipper Button LEDs

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Do you really need to buy one of these push button LED kits with the cute little circuit boards for $30 usd to light up your flipper buttons?

Could you not just run a couple wires off the playfield GI and install some sockets?

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I just bought the bayonets and flex head LEDs and wired it up myself using feeds off the coin door. It worked perfectly and cost less that $6.

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I heard people that make this mod are sometimes disappointed with the light leaking between the playfield and the inner side of the cabinet. Was that a problem for you?
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Fifty wrote:I just bought the bayonets and flex head LEDs and wired it up myself using feeds off the coin door. It worked perfectly and cost less that $6.
Hey Tim, where is that thread that you put a link in regarding those flex heads?
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Chris Silver wrote:
Fifty wrote:I just bought the bayonets and flex head LEDs and wired it up myself using feeds off the coin door. It worked perfectly and cost less that $6.
Hey Tim, where is that thread that you put a link in regarding those flex heads?
I don't know that I did. I installed them on my F-14 a while back but I'm not sure I ever posted pics.

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You can certainly use screw bayonnets near flipper buttons, run wires and make this mods cost less than 2$
Personnaly i find that lot of mods can be ''home made'' and save tons of money.
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cap wrote:I heard people that make this mod are sometimes disappointed with the light leaking between the playfield and the inner side of the cabinet. Was that a problem for you?
I didn't like the light bleeding out but not enough to reverse the mod. I ended up using some black felt to block the light.

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