I just purchased a 3 KOAM Z Back yesterday. Currently it's a 9-Ball Shootout, although the machine does not power on. Tried flipping a switch located inside the coin door, but nothing happens.
At this point I'm leaning towards making it a Street Fighter 2: CE cabinet, but I'm not married to that idea yet. Maybe a NeoGeo. I've been looking up NeoGeos in Z-backs and I'm not sure how I feel about it.
What I do know is that I want to fix the condition of the cabinet and and get a bigger corner cut control panel.
I want the cabinet to be red, but the vinyl that's currently on the cabinet is peeling pretty badly at the bottom. I'm trying to decide on painting versus putting on new laminate. A few questions on this:
1) What is the best place to get laminate?
2) Which is typically easier to do?
3) Which looks better?
I've read through
Malenko's NeoGeo restore thread and the painting looks amazing, I'm just not sure if it would look so amazing with a novice like me doing the work.
Here are a couple pics to show what I'm working with: