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First Cab build (Began tear down)

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Diablo1616:
Matthew - after reading your post and then doing some googling I've decided to try and paint it (thanks for making my mind up for me  ;D). Some people are saying you need to use special Melamine paint and others say with the right primer you can use regular paint. I'm going with the latter to save on cash as I have leftover automotive paint. So my plan is this:

1. Fill gouges with putty/bondo
2. Sand
3. Use a primer suited for plastics/adhesion promoter
4. Sand
5. Repeat step 3
6. Sand
7. Paint with the fire engine red auto paint I have
8. Sand
8a. Repeat step 7
9. Clear coat
10. Wet sand
11. Buff to mirror like finish (hopefully)

Then I can focus on getting it functional  :lol

I've also got some plans in the mix to make the monitor moveable. The angle the screen sits now would be terrible for playing gun games so I want to come with a solution that I can on the fly have the monitor come out and sit up right and then go back down when playing other games.

Green Giant:
You should live in Houston.  Then I could raid that guys garage.  Get a juke while you are at it.

Diablo1616:
Today was a super slow day for an update but you gotta start somewhere I suppose  :dunno. Stripped off the old vinyl side art and was left with awesome residue I have to get ride of. For anyone who has done this, is Goo Gone OK or should I use an adhesive remover from a spray can?


I then began the rest of the tear down. Back exhaust vents removed (they look to be in good shape as is, no new paint needed), removed coin door and the rest of the insides.


Are these counters able to be reset or did this machine really only make about $1,100 USD?



Finally, should I keep this board for anything or is it trash?



I'm waiting on a friend of mine who works at The Depot to get me a scrap piece of board with Melamine on it so I can try out my painting technique and whether or not it will work. I had to stop after removing these things because I felt like I was melting...100+ Degree heat at 9 in the morning sucks. Dang you Arizona summers! :angry:

Nephasth:
Goo Gone sucks. I highly recommend Rustoleum's adhesive remover (pictured on the left).

KonkeyKong:
Don't throw that little circuit board!  It's an 8 watt per channel audio amplifier, cost ya $40+ new. (if it's in working condition)

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