rob, thats great
the new men won't impact your playing except to make angles and banks a little better...i have played on them and can't tell the difference outside of that....my friend put them on his Grey Mrbl and same thing
not saying you should get them, just saying don't make the reason for not getting them impacting your play negatively...totally seamless impact
on the teflon bearings...the only ones you can get are from Mark Murrell who custom makes them or did...don't know if he makes any with the thinner front profile
if you mean the new tornado bearings with the thinner table side profile, those can impact play and you should for sure get those if you don't do the teflon
i am mixed on how i feel about the teflon because they don't make an improvement with all rods (merkel only if i remember right) and i am not a fan of chaning the play characteristics from what you will get at tournaments unless of course you don't plan on tourneys...if thats the case, go hog wild and just make it the best funnest table ever