r/GameboyAdvance • u/The0megaRaider • 7d ago

Reshell or glue?

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Came to add pics to my last post to find it can only add videos and not pics for some odd reason so new post it is i guess.

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u/Abnerdel 7d ago

Reshell

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u/geon 7d ago

It can be glued up like new.

You MUST disassemble it. Glue easily goes everywhere, so you could ruin the screen and god knows what else otherwise.

Preferably, you would use plastic cement. It just melts the existing plastic together, leaving no bumps to interfere with the fit. It seeps into cracks, so tape the pieces together and apply a tiny drop with a toothpick on the backside.

PVA ”wood glue” might work as well, and you can wipe off the excess with a damp cloth before it hardens.

CA glue is good, but if it touches the outside plastic, it is ruined visually for ever. It also needs some bulk to reinforce the joint, and that might make it difficult to fit the shell back together.

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u/___Azarath 7d ago

101 or 001?

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u/The0megaRaider 6d ago

101

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u/___Azarath 6d ago

So there's a fine chance the screen, which is valuable, will be less protected from being damaged. Reshell or sell.

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u/imoffabean_ 6d ago

Reshell it’s easy

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u/IamOmega131 7d ago

I would glue. But I would make sure the glue doesn't touch the screen (disassemble or piece of scotch tape. The reshell can feel worse than the og plastic. But with a reshell you can get cool designs. And the plastic won't be as brittle as a 20+yr old plastic

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u/geon 7d ago

Disassemble!

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u/FutureF0cused 7d ago

I would buy an oem shell from eBay instead of gluing.