backbox lighting mod info - done by a pinsider Zdoor
"Since nobody is making a backbox kit yet, I made my own. Used foam board from Michaels. It was not too hard. Put color changers behind the Avengers logo. Also wired an inline dimmer on the led strips not controlled by the color changing remote so I could mess with the brightness some. Dimming definitely improved the glare. Still tweaking it some but its pretty decent for a first attempt."
"Had a couple people PM me for some instructions here is what I did.
I had most of the items already. You can get dimmers, LED 5050 strips and rgb controllers on eBay or a site I use called torchstar.com. I don't use their connectors as I find solder more reliable. The foam backing I got at Michaels for less than 10 bucks. You need to remove the flourescent tube and ballast. The hardware to mount is from Home Depot. I used #6 threaded all thread and cut it to 4" pieces. You also need 4 #6 fender washers, 4 nuts (1 to tighten against the bracket and1 to hold the fender washer as backing for your board) and 2 wing nuts in the same size. Your finished board mounts to the hardware once installed. I tapped power at he right front of the machine using the factory 12v/5v molex plug. I made a 3 prong molex with parts I had or you can find them on Amazon. You'll need a crimper also. I made a molex connection at the back box for removal using the same connectors (I had a bunch from other stuff).
If you are going to do flashers, you need to wire those led strips on their own circuit for each flasher. You'll run those wires to under the play field and to the location of the flashers you want to tap into. You really only need the ground wire and can use the 12v from the power supply wire you already ran. You'll need to either tap in at the idc connector(which is what I do when possible) or solder in at the flasher.
It took me about 4-5 hours and I had to lay out the lights from scratch. If you don't need tools, you can build it for around $75 and have enough parts to do several boards.
Good luck.
Giovanni"
