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Smoked or Clear?
Visitor Q:
Any final thoughts on this one? Going to order my glass today... After reading over this, it seems to me that smoke is the clear (hahahaha) winner. :P
shardian:
On 2 cabs, I have clear tempered glass up front, and then a piece of tinted plexi behind the bezel art. There were more than a few arcade games that did it this way.
My Xevious had it done in the factory - the plexi is actually part of the bezel. For my jungle king I took advantage of the extra slot in the J-Channel to mount a piece of tinted plexi. It looks very sharp if you use bezel art.
Just thought I would throw that out there for consideration.
Visitor Q:
I don't think I am going to do bezel art, maybe at some point and time. My plans are to paint the glass around the inside when I get it, pitch black to incase the monitor so if anything I would sticker the glass at a later date.
Ordering smoked or clear glass is not the end of the world as I can always swap it out. Personally I think the monitor looks great without any sorta glass which is making me think I should get clear but it seems that a lot of people on here really prefer the smoked look. Maybe I will too once I see it.
shardian:
Post a pic of your cab here. If you have a Midway style that has a black bezel that fill the entire area, then there is no reason to go tinted I think. Another reason for tinted back in the day was that 19" monitor games had a bezel, but it almost never fill up the whole monitor panel. The wood was painted black, and tinted plexi covered the transition from the monitor bezel to the monitor mounting panel.
I had a dynamo cab that had tinted plexi for this very reason.
Bender:
smoked all the way even if it's just a subtle tint, looks better and warms up the colors too!
just wanted to add I think there is a little confusion between plexi and lexan. Plexi does scratch easier than glass but it's still pretty durable where as lexan will scratch if you look at it wrong but is easier to work with so better for cutting holes and shaping
Plexi in front of monitor
Lexan for CP overlay
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