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Image 1 — First time DS lite re-shell!
Image 2 — First time DS lite re-shell!
Image 3 — First time DS lite re-shell!
Image 4 — First time DS lite re-shell!
Image 5 — First time DS lite re-shell!
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First time DS lite re-shell!

After my old cobalt blue DS lite hinge cracked, figured I might as well try the replacement myself. A few bumps in the road along the way, but now that I’m done I think it came out pretty great!

I went with a cheap Chinese brand on AliExpress (in retrospect just stick w Extremerate, this shell came scratched to hell, dust molded into the plastic, and shoulder buttons didn’t work so I kept the original black ones), so the workarounds weren’t too bad. Stickers were put on the DS itself, not the clear case.

Chose this green specifically, it works well with the ‘plant/clover’ theme pretty well. I had to re-apply a second top screen cover after scratching the original which unfortunately does not perfectly match the bottom shade.

Happy to have learned along the way, any thoughts?

u/Potential_Bread9988 — 13 days ago