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This mod originally came out around 2016 but was expensive due to the bumper being 3D printed 
metal - in Silver (beautiful but expensive). The design has recently been tweaked a little to allow a 
now  full  plastic  bumper  to  be  used  without  any  distortion.  Swinks  Pinball  is  only  making  5  kits 
available for purchase (not feasible to make these constantly as a bit of work in painting), but with 
the help of this manual you can also do a kit build yourself or pick up a kit if they are still available.

Required Parts

You will need the following parts:

1. Shapeways

https://www.shapeways.com/marketplace?q=swinkstail&sort=newest

1 x Bumper
1 x Lens
1 x Body Panel in the colour of your choice

2. Comet Pinball

https://www.cometpinball.com/collections/matrix

2 x Matrix Extension Wires - 36”
2 x Matrix Twist Sockets

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Summary of Contents for Tail Light Mod

Page 1: ...ners around the world that love their game and want to capture that classic 50 s 60 s feeling of classic car rear tail light while still functional synced with 2 play fi eld features Parking Ok Move Y...

Page 2: ...easible to make these constantly as a bit of work in painting but with the help of this manual you can also do a kit build yourself or pick up a kit if they are still available Required Part s You wil...

Page 3: ...you have available to suit the hole which is 3 5mm in diameter which needs to be threaded Note 1 Our apologies for some of the different photos showing the stages of installation I no longer have the...

Page 4: ...e Light will glow through light colour body panels The Lens does not require any work so it is ready for parts to be fi tted The Bumper will need the rear hole tapped to either 4mm or to a similar siz...

Page 5: ...off the non used side of the 36 wire Cut 2 pieces of 5mm red heat shrink about 30mm long and feed a piece to each end of one cable only and shrink to the cable about 130mm from each end twist matrix...

Page 6: ...iece of 40mm long 2 5mm black heat shrink to cover the resistor once installed Cut 4 pieces of 25mm long 2 5mm black heat shrink to cover the wires joined to the LED Strip each wire back approximately...

Page 7: ...cable Start fi rst by installing the red LED since the red heat shrink has been applied to the cables take note of the longer LED hard wire as this is the Positive side in which the red wire needs to...

Page 8: ...back of the LED body for both wires Now it is time to solder the 220R Resistor to the red lead new the Matrix Twist Socket Split the red black lead roughly 100mm so you can install a resistor to the R...

Page 9: ...w heat the heat shrink so the resistor and wire is protected and nothing can earth out short the wire Repeat the process for the other 2 core wire white LED and 150R Resistor manual V 05 5 10 22 of 9...

Page 10: ...il light lens and the white LED into the bottom cone shaped section The 3mm exposed LED leads slide into the groves of the resin part and then carefully rotate 90 degrees to lock the led into the lens...

Page 11: ...ightly into place do not be forceful as the lens may crack Alternatively you can cut off the bottom led mount and fasten the white LED into the back of the conical section Then push the lens in and li...

Page 12: ...the bottom The space within the tail light is tight so you need to gently bend the wire and LED legs so the body panel can install into place The body panel will catch at the top into the bumper and...

Page 13: ...shape as this will make life easier when installing the mod into your game SAFETY NOTE Before you begin with fi tting parts to the game make sure that your machine is powered off and the cord running...

Page 14: ...not pre installed into the bumper Now install the body panel over the wires and up to the body panel lock in the top and then pivot the bottom to the bumper and then install the locking screw You will...

Page 15: ...cate the light board under the Parking Ok and the Move your Car insert and this is the fi nal place to connect to Install a LED cable twist matrix socket with the Red Heatshrink into the Parking Ok so...

Page 16: ...e heat shrink new the mod but you can choose to tidy up with a cable tie and just slide the heat shrink down the cable We used a small cable tie under the mod to keep the wire close to the post to avo...

Page 17: ...effects after installation of such a modi fi cation As such we cannot assume responsibility for game malfunction damage to the game or surroundings unwanted electrical emissions personal injury or oth...

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