$250 should do the trick. Worth it in my opinion

Japan Tackle shop has a good selection that will fit. The 100 Z spoil is impossible to find but the best option. HLC is a good spool but not very versatile.

Ive had issues with both the SV105 and the SS SV spools being way over tamed. Put a RCS 1000 in the SS SV and sold the SV 105. I kinda think the earlier SV spools were a work in progress and some had to much brake. Newer SV spools are much more refined.

You will need a swept drag star also. The Tatula or Zillion drag stars work fine

zillion drag star will work as well as the tatula drag star. tatula swept handle also fits. not sure about the spool. I think your model has the older magforce and not magforceV. that will limit your spool selection I believe. I tried changing spools in an older X that just had magforce and ended up...

I've got the t3 1016 and its a pretty controlled caster with stock bearings flushed and lubed

I'm about to grab an Alphas SV and perhaps an SS SV and I upgrade all my reels with Bocas or HH studio bearings. I caught a thread giving a rough translation on Daiwas instructions for setting breaks on the SV spool. What I got out of it is, the SV spool is designed to have a little more spool tensi...

Dremel makes a bunch of different wire brushes including a brass one that I bet would work without scratching the metal. I'm gonna give it a try. the plastic side plate makes life difficult though.

I came into an old JDM TD-X air metel reel that is perfect mechanically but the paint is awful. I was thinking about stripping the paint then polishing and buffing the bare metal and putting a clear coat on it. Anyone tried this? And any thoughts would be helpful.

the Black widow 2 is basically a TD-Advantage but I'm not sure if it's a 153 size. most any Daiwa handle will fit. Tackle trap has the Tatula handles for under $20 and they are black. Zillion or steez or Tatula drag stars should all fit. Again Tackle trap has the Tatula stars. Either the 100 0r 103 ...

They are indeed a riveted handle. I have tuned up several, nice reel you can pick up cheap. I love swept handles but in my opinion this is one reel that they don't really work on. The balance gets a little wacky with a swept handle and seeing as this is a flipping and pitching reel, a nice 100mm str...

Anyone know bearing sizes for the JDM Td-X 103h
Air metal. I'm assuming same as a Z but not sure. Also, do you think the X- air metal is basically the same reel as a Fuego with a different spool??

I bought a like new ZPI inertia handle on the bay a month ago and put it on a tuned up Luna to use as my big swimbait reel. Looked and felt great and I only paid $65 so I was pretty happy. Got home from work today and saw chunks of foam rubber on the floor and our 1 year old Lab slinking around like...

I got a set of bearings from hedgehog in japan in 7 days, Mikes must use dogsleds

It did take almost 4 weeks to get the handle and my last order was that long also. I use tackle trAp for almost everything I just couldn't pass on the price