Question if I buy a new "translite"

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The colors on my current Arena translite look really washed out to me. It feels like it's all 1 piece of plexiglass.

I see replacements online that claim they are "the translite only, not the glass". Would I need to get a new piece of plexiglass and somehow adhere the translite to it? Sorry for my confusion. This is what I'm referencing:

 
Thanks! Yeah, mine has the lower part that has the lip on it, but I'll have to look at the rest of the edges.

I'm guessing translites fade quicker than the old graphics painted on glass.
 
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If the old one comes off clean, you'll be fine.

If it doesn't, you may have to go with a new plexi.

If your existing plexi is glazed, scratched, fuzzy, you may want to go for a new one anyway.
 
The sad thing is, the current OEM one is in great shape structurally, so that's why I feel like the coloring has just faded.
 
The sad thing is, the current OEM one is in great shape structurally, so that's why I feel like the coloring has just faded.
I had my fair share of Premier pins... you would be hard pressed to find a translite that was stock sans some sorta color fading.

That incandescent light bar in backbox wreaks havoc on them. My Genesis looked completely white when I acquired it.
 
Thank you for that! I couldn't tell if the thing had been on an outside pavilion somewhere or what!
 
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