Problem - Stargate marquee not fitting?

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There has to be a simple explanation, but I'm stumped. Maybe someone can figure this out..

I'm restoring a Stargate. I'd collected a couple of marquees/bezels/boardsets/etc.. between Ebay and parting out a very rough cabinet years ago. The cabinet I am nearly finished repainting was converted to JAMMA, but was definitely Stargate, as it had most of the paint still on it.

I've got the cabinet work done, red..and black stencil done, as well as all the inner black, so I've started piecing it together. New ground braid, new t-molding, making both back doors out of 1/2" birch ply.

The speaker assembly with lower marquee bracket was pulled off of another Stargate. I have 2 marquees that are the same size. The cabinet only had one set of holes for mounting the speaker tray, so I'm almost positive I have it mounted correctly.

The marquee sticks up WAY too much, right at 1/2" over the top edge of the cabinet, too much for the flex in the upper bracket to compensate for. The marquee seems to be sitting in the lower bracket like it should.

I've removed and installed the speaker assembly several times, trying to figure out - could there have been another set of holes? Nope.. I just don't know. Any help would be appreciated!! Pics below, as it did happen.

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I would say just lower it until the marquee fits just right. There must have been some differences in the speaker panel brackets at the factory.

I just went out and measured my converted Stargate and I get about 7 1/4" where your measurement is shown in the pics (same ruler too!!)
 
Thanks for checking!! 7&1/4" seems like what it should be. Mine is about 6&3/4".

I think that dropping the 4 screw holes 1/2" will work, and likely what I'll do, but just want to make sure I'm not missing something?

Also, is it correct that the speaker tray must be removed to remove the bezel? It doesn't seem possible to install the bezel on this game with the speaker tray in place.
 
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