Out Run RestorationThis year I'm gonna do my Out Run cabinet. I've been looking over it quite closely, and there actually IS quite some issues with it. So this is the to-do list as of today:
- Clean the whole thing
- Repair plastic, monitor bezel (cigarette burns and small cracks)
- Repair plastic, control panel (cigarette burns and small cracks)
- New start-button (already ordered)
- New map-decal (already in my possession)
- New wheel sticker (already in my possession)
- Repair cabinet damages
- Repair one of the coin-mechs
Monitor cap-kit- New T-molding
- Lubricate moving parts
- Replace noisy fan
- New gas (and possibly brake) pedal
- New front- and sideart
- Possibly change the marquee art (it doesn't "pop" anymore)
- New rubber matting
- Add ("invisible") carrying handles on the top and bottom of the cab (It's HEAVY!)
- Add a switch inside coin door for disabling the shaker (it's noisy)
This means, the cab will be completely gutted. Fortunately I now have some experience with plastic repair (my XBOX-sign), and the plastic parts is not THAT damaged.
The good news is that everything works on it (except for one of the coin mechs) and the board looks nice and clean.
For the back corners (the damaged part of the cab, see pics) I think I'm gonna add corner protections like this to add some strength to it:
I do however have a few questions (there will be more):
1. The side panels are covered with some foil. This is of course damaged. Is it ok to rip this off and do a normal sand/fill/paint-job? Side panels are made of particle board.
2. Where can I get new rubber matting?
3. The cab stinks of cigarette smoke. Probably this will go away along with the sanding and painting, but if not, what can I do?
Anyway, here are some pics of it's condition: