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Debating between a clear shell swap or a full paint job for my Switch OLED
I picked up a beat up Switch OLED for $150 last month and now I'm torn on the reshell. I really like the idea of a clear atomic purple shell to show off the internals, but I keep worrying about scratches showing up after a few weeks. A buddy of mine painted his Joy-Cons with SprayMax 2K and they look great after 6 months, but he says the prep work took forever. Has anyone here done both and regretted one more than the other?
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perry.karen4mo ago
Atomic purple every time, real scratches just add character.
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adam6754mo ago
The thing nobody talks about with clear shells is how they amplify any dust or debris that gets trapped during the install. I did a clear blue shell on my old Lite and had a tiny piece of lint stuck under the backplate that drove me crazy every time I looked at it. Paint hides that stuff completely. Also, with the OLED model you lose the nice black bezel contrast if you go clear - the screen kind of just bleeds into everything visually.
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