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Title: Flipper Super bands
Post by: PinPal on December 03, 2017, 09:21:34 PM
Had a bit of trouble putting new super bands on my Flash Gordon flipper bats.
I found if you pop them in a cup of boiling water for a couple of moments it makes them more easier to slip over the flipper bat.
But dry them first,   %.%
Pinpal.....
Title: Re: Flipper Super bands
Post by: Strangeways on December 04, 2017, 09:48:54 AM
Neat trick. Do they return to the original elasticity ?
Title: Re: Flipper Super bands
Post by: Ballywannabe on December 04, 2017, 11:07:37 AM
Good tip - they are buggers to get on.  You are almost there, the end slips off and you lose some skin ^.^
Title: Re: Flipper Super bands
Post by: GAP on December 04, 2017, 01:18:43 PM
Good tip - they are buggers to get on.  You are almost there, the end slips off and you lose some skin ^.^
I'll second that, good once you get them on though.
Title: Re: Flipper Super bands
Post by: pinball god on December 06, 2017, 12:13:57 AM
there near impossible to put on stern top lane rollovers (on metallica especially) I got two on and gave up on the rest. Did hot water, microwaved them in hot water and those mini rings are buggers. Anyone succeed easily with these
Title: Re: Flipper Super bands
Post by: Toads on December 06, 2017, 02:14:00 PM
Throw them away and buy titans.
Title: Re: Flipper Super bands
Post by: PinPal on December 06, 2017, 03:33:26 PM
The yellow bands I put on Flash Gordon look neat, the lamps under the return lanes make the bands glow.
Awesome   ^^^


Pinpal...

Title: Re: Flipper Super bands
Post by: Strangeways on December 06, 2017, 08:49:57 PM
Throw them away and buy titans.

Tried Titans on a couple machines. didn't last long.
Title: Re: Flipper Super bands
Post by: pinball god on December 24, 2017, 12:19:14 AM
Throw them away and buy titans.

Tried Titans on a couple machines. didn't last long.
Why is that? are they made from a different compound. Super bands and stern lane guides hate each other or I have weak fingers lol. I swear I had to stop after a few as my fingers just gave out.
Title: Re: Flipper Super bands
Post by: Strangeways on December 25, 2017, 04:32:39 PM
Throw them away and buy titans.

Tried Titans on a couple machines. didn't last long.
Why is that? are they made from a different compound. Super bands and stern lane guides hate each other or I have weak fingers lol. I swear I had to stop after a few as my fingers just gave out.

Not sure why, but they didn't last on the two machines I installed. Specifically the 2 1/2 on the slings. Chewed through by the sling itself.