Hey Folks,
Got 2 Blast City cabs that I will be cleaning up and restoring. The first request from the wife was to paint the shells either a pearlescent white (to match her car) or change the color completely, either metallic or pearl black, red or blue. The other 500 requests in rapid succession in under 10 minutes were from my 4 year son "Can I play the video games now" Instant headache.
I will be using one cab with naomi and the other with a CPS2 to start.
The machines are fully functional and monitors are great with no burn in that I can see.
I plan to do the following:
1. Full tear down and cleaning of all components.
2. Repair & Repaint shells
3. Check and adjust monitors and chassis as needed. Would it be worth it to replace all caps on the the chassis?
4. Fans, dont know what fans the cabs/power supplies have but will probably look to replace those with higher efficiency, quieter fans.
5. Speakers - I was thinking of doing new custom enclosures, with new drivers for better sound. I used to build speaker/sub enclosures so should be an easily doable little project and I also want to create a headphone out connection for late night play.
6. New stainless steel control panels, new joysticks, buttons and harnesses.
I welcome any suggestions/tips/guides you guys might have regarding any of the work or were to source parts form.
Here are some pics of the cabs.
Got 2 Blast City cabs that I will be cleaning up and restoring. The first request from the wife was to paint the shells either a pearlescent white (to match her car) or change the color completely, either metallic or pearl black, red or blue. The other 500 requests in rapid succession in under 10 minutes were from my 4 year son "Can I play the video games now" Instant headache.
I will be using one cab with naomi and the other with a CPS2 to start.
The machines are fully functional and monitors are great with no burn in that I can see.
I plan to do the following:
1. Full tear down and cleaning of all components.
2. Repair & Repaint shells
3. Check and adjust monitors and chassis as needed. Would it be worth it to replace all caps on the the chassis?
4. Fans, dont know what fans the cabs/power supplies have but will probably look to replace those with higher efficiency, quieter fans.
5. Speakers - I was thinking of doing new custom enclosures, with new drivers for better sound. I used to build speaker/sub enclosures so should be an easily doable little project and I also want to create a headphone out connection for late night play.
6. New stainless steel control panels, new joysticks, buttons and harnesses.
I welcome any suggestions/tips/guides you guys might have regarding any of the work or were to source parts form.
Here are some pics of the cabs.