Customized Joy-Con with hall effect sticks and d-pad?

[jelbo]

Hi! I'm looking for a known, reliable seller for OEM Joy-Cons, customized with GuliKit hall effect sticks and a d-pad mod. Does anyone know of this, or even does these mods? I'm located in Europe.

The Mobapad M6 HD is great, I also have that, but because of the size they're not great to traveling around with.

 

[thesjaakspoiler]

Why not order an GuliKit Elves 2 game controller on Aliexpress?
They are not that thick and do have hall effect sensors.
Ali accepts prepaid VISA card as well.

 

[jelbo]

Why not order an GuliKit Elves 2 game controller on Aliexpress?
They are not that thick and do have hall effect sensors.
Ali accepts prepaid VISA card as well.

That will add things to my Switch and makes the package even bigger when traveling.

I've found some listings on Etsy, but all from USA and very expensive... SlickSwitchShells, YourCustomJoycons..

 

[The Real Jdbye]

Hi! I'm looking for a known, reliable seller for OEM Joy-Cons, customized with GuliKit hall effect sticks and a d-pad mod. Does anyone know of this, or even does these mods? I'm located in Europe.

The Mobapad M6 HD is great, I also have that, but because of the size they're not great to traveling around with.

These are easy mods to install yourself. Literally just takes a small Philips (or JIS) screwdriver, small Triwing (Y0) screwdriver, a piece of card or your fingernail or something to pry open the back of the joycon housing.
And when you buy the gulikit sticks there is an option to get the needed screwdrivers and prying tools included for just a couple bucks extra, they also give you extra screws in case you lose some as they are tiny and not always magnetic.

It's about 9 screws total that need to be removed to replace the stick and a few more to take the board out to swap out the front housing and buttons.
Do be careful not to pull hard on the ribbon cables, carefully release the latch and pull them out. One of the ribbon connectors has the latch open from the opposite side compared to the others so be aware of that so you don't pry on something that isn't meant to come off.
The L/R/ZL/ZR buttons have springs (3 springs total in each JoyCon) that can fly off but in particular the L/R spring (they only have one spring each) tends to fly off when you remove the tray holding the battery as there is nothing holding the button or spring in place so best to carefully remove it with tweezers before it decides it doesn't want any part in what you're doing and leaves on its own accord. The ZL/ZR springs typically stay in place as the ZL/ZR buttons are screwed down (and you don't need to unscrew them)
I typically leave most of the ribbon cables connected and just keep the halves of the shell together and supported on a desk so there's no strain on the cables, because some of the connectors are hard to access to plug the cables back into and but on the right JoyCon you pretty much have no choice but to disconnect the ZR button ribbon because it's so short and it's a hassle to get back in. Perfectly doable but just takes a lot of fiddling.

 

[hippy dave]

g00s3y has been known to reshell joy-cons in the UK

 

[jelbo]

g00s3y has been known to reshell joy-cons in the UK

Sadly, his Etsy shop is closed. Also, he's in Florida now.

I might do a re-shell myself.

 

[Inaki]

Hi! I'm looking for a known, reliable seller for OEM Joy-Cons, customized with GuliKit hall effect sticks and a d-pad mod. Does anyone know of this, or even does these mods? I'm located in Europe.

The Mobapad M6 HD is great, I also have that, but because of the size they're not great to traveling around with.

Hi! I'm looking for a known, reliable seller for OEM Joy-Cons, customized with GuliKit hall effect sticks and a d-pad mod. Does anyone know of this, or even does these mods? I'm located in Europe.

The Mobapad M6 HD is great, I also have that, but because of the size they're not great to traveling around with.

My advise: do it yourself. That's what I did ( gulikit Hall sticks and eXtremeRate joycon shells with dpad; the back plate is aluminum, the stand plate is the original, which is metal -probably magnesium EDIT: it turns out it is high quality aliminum too, but just feels like some magnesium alloy, definitely different to the aluminum the back plate replacement is made of- ):

 

[hippy dave]

DIY is definitely doable. They're fiddly tho, take it slow and carefully. Use the replacement screws, the original screws are soft. Be careful of the ribbon cables.

 

[jelbo]

Well, I fucked it up. The ZL switch's microswitch got broken. I hope there are replacement parts on AliExpress.

 

[TheStonedModder]

Well, I fucked it up. The ZL switch's microswitch got broken. I hope there are replacement parts on AliExpress.

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The are sold but it’s not an easy solder job

that’s the most fragile part of the controller imo

I’ve had Joycons that fell off a coffee table and that micro switch would still break internally

 

[Inaki]

Well, I fucked it up. The ZL switch's microswitch got broken. I hope there are replacement parts on AliExpress.

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Even on amazon: joycon replacement button <something> / pcb / board

https://www.amazon.com/-/es/botón-c...id=1759784047&sr=8-42&xpid=sDg-B6mz9cTxy&th=1

https://www.amazon.com/-/es/Replace...ard&qid=1759784021&sr=8-30&xpid=sDg-B6mz9cTxy

https://www.amazon.com/-/es/Button-...ard&qid=1759784021&sr=8-29&xpid=sDg-B6mz9cTxy

https://www.amazon.com/-/es/Onyehn-...mething>+/+pcb+/+board&qid=1759783990&sr=8-12

 

[jelbo]

Disassembling and re-assembling the ZL switch is such a pain! I still haven't figured out exactly a safe method. I just put a flat tool underneath and pop it out...

 

[justneet]

I guess I'm paying someone to put the hall effect sticks on my joycons

 

[jelbo]

I guess I'm paying someone to put the hall effect sticks on my joycons

If it was just that there wouldn't be a problem. It's this tiny switch that is vulnerable, but you can leave it as it is for just a stick swap.