do you know of any other solutions people use to light their CPO and Marquee
In the official VLX world its not as simple as just adding lights.
You see the marquee of a F/FC cab is frosted, to make it "glow" when lit from the base.
The Diamond Marquee is 100% clear (so it will never "glow" properly and would also need to be replaced).
Next issue is the move strip area, on a Diamond the base glass is white/solid color.
But on the F/FC this is again simi-transparent/frosted so the base light will pass thru (it would also need to be changed).
By the time you've replaced both move strip glasses, marquee plexi and installed illumination panels...
Plus the price of the Chewlix, I dare say you could have just purchased a F complete (aka don't waste the money now).
Look at how much the frosted marquee alone sells for (and its prob the last NoS one left in the entire world)...
Vewlix Marquee (G9501428A, F9007071Z): $280 - 1 available, no future reprints expected. These are really expensive. Recommend getting a repro from this guy on Arcade-Otaku. I'm going to take a Vewlix marquee into my plastics shop and see if I can make some too. This one is on-hand ready to ship.
280$!
The "guy on Aracde-Otaku" sells reproduction plexi's, they are 100% clear (ie not proper for use with illumination kits/likely the same as what you already have).