eXtremeRate Glossy Back Plate for Nintendo Switch Console, NS Joycon Handheld Controller Housing with Full Set Buttons, DIY Replacement Shell for Nintendo Switch - Chameleon Green Purple

Wow was this a challenge or what! It was def not a quick job (5 hrs approx) but that’s bc the first joy con took some time to figure out and a screw got stuck bc I jammed it, but once I got it and finished, the last one took only an hour. I followed along with the YouTube tutorial but had to buy my own tools from Lowes. I’m glad tho bc I needed a handy tool kit anyway! But the results are FLAWLESS! Now that I know how to do this, I’m most definitely getting more joy cons and making different shell pairs! I think atomic purple will be next! Would have put 5 star if I didn’t have to buy my own tools. But eh it’s okay.

This product is wonderful and SUPER easy to apply! The smooth casing is so soft to the touch and the color (I got Sakura Pink) is beautiful! It is slightly a darker shade and on my left joycon, one area is sliiiightly misaligned but but thats my OCD. Tips for the newer model: ❌ YOU DONT HAVE TO REMOVE EVERY SCREW. When replacing the back of the switch, you dont need to unscrew the 5 black screws where the joycons slide in! Save yourself stress and stripping them (like I did) by just leaving the sides alone. ✅ BUY A DIFFERENT Y-SCREWDRIVER. I cant stress this enough. The one it came with is not adequate. I stripped at least 4 screws and had to use the replacements they send you. I got one for $5 on Amazon. SPEND THAT EXTRA MONEY. With the new one, I was easily able to remove screws. ✅ KEEP AN EYE ON WHERE YOUR SCREWS GO. They are so many sizes and its hard to keep track. I drew out a map of where to put them since I didnt want to not know where one goes. ✅ DONT BE AFRAID TO PULL UP THE BATTERY OR THE SENSOR AREA ON THE BOTTOM OF THE RIGHT JOYCON. There is strong tape there and all you have to do is put some gentle muscle into it. I was afriad of breaking anything so I went particularly slow. You dont have to go snails pace, but just be careful for the wires. ❌ DONT JUST GO WITHOUT DOUBLE CHECKING WHERE YOU REPLACE EVERYTHING. I did at ome point on the joycon and something came loose. The buttons are hard to get to stay at times and if something feels not 100% secure, DOUBLE CHECK. These are just tips and honestly, I didnt use any tutorial or video to put mine on. Im not a mechanic, but common sense and keeping track of what you take apart is all you need. Watching the video for a second made things more stressful (and made me remove screws I didnt have to) then just working on it myself. Be observant, inspect what goes where, and expect AT LEAST 2 HOURS of working on it. I did it slowly over 2 days and the results came out beautiful! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ P.S. The white buttons I purchase from the same company here on Amazon and they are PERFECT!

This product is exactly what I had imagined it to be! The soft touch is a significant step up from Nintendos original cold, smooth shell that gathered fingerprints and hand oils way too well. This shell is easier to hold onto, and is basically just a joy to have in my hands. I love the light pastel pink and have even purchased additional sakura covers for my joysticks and a sakura pink case to match! Im ordering a clear case to put over it in order to slow down the shell wearing down overtime/protect it from outside debris, dirty grabby hands (I have younger cousins and siblings who sometimes borrow my switch lol), and overall to just keep this shell safe! I love it too much. It took me around four to five-ish hours to disassemble my original switch and put in the new sakura shell. While my heart was beating a mile a minute as I disassembled and I was super anxious (and worried Id ruin the inner contents of my switch by accident and make it unable to work), I realized it wasnt all as bad as I thought it would be. The screwdriver that came with the ExtremeRate shell wasnt too good (it was just a screwdriver handle with two separate screws to put in and switch out), so I purchased Youniks Nintendo Screwdriver set and everything was all good! Youniks set came with multiple magnetic screwdrivers of different sizes, picks, pliers, and many other handy stuff an amateur like me needed. With the right tools, patience, and pressure, the screws are all able to be taken out with ease (for those who want to purchase their own screwdrivers, get a Y00 and a Y2.0 triwing screwdriver and a 2.0 Phillips screwdriver. I hardly used the Y2.0 triwing, but it helped whenever I got close to stripping screws). I frankly believe a lot of the stripped screws people are talking about are partly because of user error (not enough pressure used, impatience, or frustration) but then again, my switch didnt have any glued down screws or anything. At times I occasionally stripped some screws halfway, and this is when Id refer to my Younik kit and use a larger screwdriver. Again, with enough pressure I was able to get out the stripped screws and put them back in again fine! When youre unscrewing and you fear youre starting down the path of stripping them, pause and take a deep breath and move on to another screw. This helped me multiple times when working on the back of my switch, as I didnt become frustrated and I didnt keep trying to do it while annoyed and possibly ruining it further. By the time I got back to the almost stripped screw, I had enough practice from the other screws and used what I learned to take this one out (again, use some pressure! At times I had to push a little hard!) Using ExtremeRatess youtube guide really helped me on this and I highly suggest using the video as you go, pausing and rewinding as much as you need. However, the video has a few things you might want to look out for: you dont have to unplug the ribbon cables at all! Simply unscrew everything, treat everything very gently and make sure nothing heavy (like the battery) weighs too heavily on the cables. One of my batteries and both of the white boxes beneath them were held down with tape, but gentle, slow prying got them out soon enough. Just make sure to know what youre pulling at when youre pulling, and make sure to do so slowly. Remember, its better to spend a lot of time doing something right than it is to do something quickly and do it wrong. Regarding ExtremeRates buttons, I wasnt too much of a fan of them. They had a louder clicking sound than Nintendos original buttons, and the ZL/ZR buttons had the engraved letters really close together to the point that they touched and it looked like it said some weird hidden alphabet letter. Not only that, but the ZL and ZR buttons were too long/big and when I put the joycon shell on, it left a pretty significant gap that made it super easy to actually look inside my joycon from the outside/for things to someday get stuck inside. So I ended up using the original Nintendo buttons, which fit so much better and kept that light, soft clicking sound that I find so much more pleasing. I dont mind that the right joycons buttons have white lettering, it actually is a lot easier for me to see them! Aside from that, this shell is amazing and Im so happy with my purchase. Maybe one day when this shell wears out (Im assuming it will after a few years, this is only natural!) Ill use another ExtremeRate shell!

very good quality shell with very easy to follow instructions

Installation was a PITA. Im not exactly the most coordinated so of course I broke a few ribbon cables, stripped a few screws, and learned many lessons. I ordered two new joycon shells from the same company in the same color as once I put everything together, things werent working right, and thats when the screws stripped on me, so I had to break the original back shells that I ordered from here to pieces to get the inners out and swap them over to the new shells. Not for the faint of heart or the impatient. Definitely watch their video a few times before untightening the first screw, and then follow along, pausing as necessary (because theyre pros at it already and this is likely the first or second time you are doing something as wild as changing colors out). But I finally (FINALLY) after a few slow and patient weeks of ordering parts because of what a failure I am, theyre together, working properly, and the (new) screws are fabulous. I dont plan on ever doing this again, hahahahaha. Once is enough for me. But at least I know how to repair my joycons in the event they break or theres something funky via drifting. I also know now that all the parts and pieces of a joycon can be bought online. You can almost assemble your own joycon. Theyre really pretty, the lavendar-purple-violet color. Purple is my favorite color, which is why I wanted to customize my Switch in this color. I got it decked out, protected, etc. Its my favorite console I have ever owned in my entire life (I had the original black and white gameboy and worked my way up to this snazzy thing!). Im rating this 4.5 stars out of 5, but theres no half stars, so 4. It wasnt the products fault that I suck at using my hands to repair/replace things. Definitely get a better screwdriver set than the one that comes in the box. That docked it .5 stars because it likes to strip those Y screws very easily. Definitely replace those Y screws when you get the chance to because you may not be able to open the joycon ever again after screwing them back in and will have to break the shell to fix anything (dont make the same mistake as me!!). They are very soft screws. I tried so hard to get the screws out, but alas, they turned into beautiful circles. Ordered one of those mini screw kits off on Amazon and they work better. Prep for this thing, as it will take several hours to get it undone and put back together if you dont do this for a living or tinker for fun. If someone has more skill and steadier hands than you, have them replace the shells.

I never leave reviews but I felt like it was necessary for this product so everyone is aware of some of the challenges you may encounter when installing this shell. I’ve previously used extremerates shells when replacing shells for pro controllers so I figured I would try my hand at customizing my switch and joycons. Overall the quality of the actual shell is great. It’s soft to the touch and when it’s all put together it’s beautiful. With the red shell I also bought the gold buttons to go along with it. It wasn’t THAT hard to put together once I figured out the best way to do it, and the YouTube video that eXtremerate put together helps a ton. Here is the BAD part.... the tools that came along with the kit are AWFUL. I started out with trying to put together the switch shell, since I figured it would be slightly easier than putting together the joycons... and the very first screw I touched with the included tools ended up getting stripped beyond belief. As soon as I realized the screw was stripped I immediately stopped and went to the store and bought a real 000 Phillips head screwdriver set, but it was too late to save my switch. I tried everything that was suggested online to get out the stripped screw out (rubber bands, super glue, flat head screwdriver, etc) but nothing worked, and now my switch is beyond the point of fixing and I won’t be able to replace the shell unless I take a chance with an actual drill to get this dang screw out. Luckily with the new screwdriver set I was able to successfully put together the joycons... but not until after I had to absolute MUTILATE the original Joycon shell since 2 of the Y screws got stripped.. AGAIN. Unfortunately the screwdriver set I bought at the store was only Phillips and I didn’t have any other Y screwdrivers besides the included one so I had to uhhhh make due with what I could do. After literally cutting through the original shell to get the guts out of the joycon, I was able to replace the shell successfully and now my joycons look pretty. The actual quality of the shell is great and I do appreciate the fact that the kits come with extra screws and springs because I definitely know I needed them since almost all the Y screws were damaged beyond repair, but FOR THE LOVE OF GOD please buy your own tool set and save yourself the headache of dealing with a cheap junky screwdriver that will just ruin every screw it touches. I’m giving this 3 stars because even though my switch is ruined and I can’t replace the back plate, I still like the final product of my joycons. I just wish I knew ahead of time to buy my own tools so I could’ve successfully put the back plate on too so everything could match :(

Has a great feel and fits nice. You have to be prepared to put a lot of time and patience into this project though.

I love the pastel sakura pink shell! I was very nervous when I first opened my switch as I’ve never done something like this before, but watching many videos on changing switch shells prior and during the process helped a lot. Just be patient and pause certain parts of the video if you’re unsure and watch it again and again until you get it. I took caution of what other people said about their tools so I bought a separate set of screwdrivers to install. It took me a several hours to completely change the shells and buttons (which I also bought from them) as I’m a bit slow and wanted to make sure everything was correct, but it was well worth it. I couldn’t be happier with how it looks together! I only wish there was plating for the front part of the switch, too. The material does feel soft and quite nice, but it doesn’t feel as sturdy as the original shell. We’ll see how it holds over the months/years tho. Overall I’m quite satisfied with this purchase.

Ok so let me start out by saying I have never worked with electronics before, so I have zero experience with things like this. Personally I didn’t find the installation that difficult, and I found the tools sufficient to get the job done. It was a long, arduous process and I did end up damaging the ZL button somehow (luckily I can just replace the ribbon easily) but overall I actually had a lot of fun doing this project. Be prepared for tons of tiny pieces and make sure you watch the tutorial, and TAKE YOUR TIME. Still, if I can do it after drinking a double IPA and smoking a bowl I think most people could. Plus it is insanely beautiful now and I am so excited to have it finished!!!

This is s great case. It looks beautiful. Installation is sort of easy but dont expect the video tutorial to help. You just watch a guy do it fast and he doesnt track any screws or mention any things to take note of. All the screws are different sizes so your on your own to guess which ones go where. I didnt even use the tutorial after watching the beginning and I was fine. Some cables are finicky and the right controller is much harder than the left. The new kickstand blows, dont use it. Use the original black one, gives Good contrast anyway. The screw driver they give you kinda sucks. It has 2 heads and one is always loose and falls out. Maybe its for a reason, who knows. Video doesnt tell you. Overall very happy with it. Dissapointed in the kickstand, tools and the useless tutorial.