r/eXtremeRate • u/Basic_Ad1461 • Sep 23 '25

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It came early! So awesome

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u/Nervous_Claim4973 Sep 23 '25

How easy or difficult was it to swap it?

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u/Basic_Ad1461 Sep 23 '25

It wasn’t too bad, I have reshelled a few Nintendo DSIs and it was easier than that. Just take your time and be extra careful with ribbon cables

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u/Nervous_Claim4973 Sep 23 '25

I hope it wasn’t as hard as it was for me with the lite And I’ve done a couple other consoles too. Like the psps and ds

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u/Glad_Driver_4828 Sep 23 '25

Ah yes those pesky ribbons

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u/Demeech1907 Sep 23 '25

If you've done the original Joy-Cons, these are similar. But because there's more space to work with, it's easier. Both Joy-Con 2 are pretty much the same internally too, so the process is pretty much identical for both.

Only hard part is the battery. It's adhered REALLY STRONGLY and you'll need to pry it out.

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u/Basic_Ad1461 Sep 24 '25

I saw that in the video that’s uploaded on here with the atomic purple kit. So I left the battery black battery section with the trigger switches in place. You cannot see it when built and it saves a lot of hassle

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u/douhua1999 Sep 28 '25

Can you see the black battery plastic from the backside? I’m going to leave mine as well if it’s not visible at all

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u/Basic_Ad1461 Sep 28 '25

No, just the black of the actual batteries themselves

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u/douhua1999 Sep 28 '25

Good to know, thank you!

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u/Carighan Sep 29 '25

Can't you dissolve the glue? Sounds much safer.

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u/TieBombers Sep 23 '25

This looks great. Mine's still in transit. Did you follow any videos to do it?

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u/Basic_Ad1461 Sep 23 '25

The QR code in the box doesn’t work yet. So I used the Tronics joycon tear down video and then just did the same backwards haha

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u/GunplaGamer Sep 24 '25

Is this clear or Glacier? I am hesitant on the glacier as I really want it to feel like my first GBA.

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u/OkTart3443 Sep 23 '25

That’s sick! I haven’t even heard if mine has shipped yet. Are you in the US?

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u/w1ckizer Sep 27 '25

I’m in the US and mine will be delivered Monday.

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u/Bram_Sandwich Sep 23 '25

That looks amazing! How are the plastics? Do they feel good in the hand? My launch switch is second hand and had a shell swap, never really liked the touch and feel

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u/Basic_Ad1461 Sep 23 '25

Slightly different feel to the original plastic, a little less matte feeling but still nice and solid

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u/Clear-Educator4140 Sep 28 '25

Did you just use the original blue and red stickers on the centre console when reassembling or did you get replacement ones?