Hardware Where to buy circle pad cap replacement?

[Lucifer666]

I'm in a strange situation now.

A friend came over a couple days ago and used my 3DS XL which I normally do not let anyone touch.

Well, the circle pad is now badly scratched up and, while it still moves fine, feels rough under my thumb. I have a huge phobia of wear and tear in general, and I have this irresistible urge to replace it.

I can find literally every single replacement part on-line EXCEPT for the circle pad cap. I am also willing to buy full replacement housing packages as long as they include a circle pad cap. Does anyone know where I can get one, and why they're so hard to find for some ordinary piece of rubber? Please help.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Rizsparky]

If youre totally desperate you could salvage the part from a broken/working circle pad pro and transplant the circle pad into your 3ds, im sure the circle pad for the XL is the same part.

 

[BORTZ]

I havent seen those, yet but i mean i havent looked super hard. I cant wait for replacement shells and shiz to get here.

 

[DaggerV]

How does one scratch that up in one session?

 

[Janthran]

How does one scratch that up in one session?

By not maintaining proper hygiene and leaving your nails long.

 

[TripleSMoon]

How does one scratch that up in one session?

By not maintaining proper hygiene and leaving your nails long.

Even then, how the heck do you just scratch up a circle pad like that? Unless you're purposely pushing on it with your nail instead of the bottom of your thumb, i can't imagine how you would scratch it up like that.

Anyway, OP, have you considered just buying a circle pad pro, and salvaging the cover off that? It's only $20, right?

 

[kirbymaster101]

Can anyone confirm this even works?

 

[TripleSMoon]

Can anyone confirm this even works?

Confirm what?

 

[kirbymaster101]

Can anyone confirm this even works?

Confirm what?

prying the circle pad out of the control padpro.

 

[chartube12]

You can replace the whole shell? I did this for a psp 1001 once. The analog was broken and the outer shell cracked. Bought the psp really cheap so it was worth replacing the whole shell.

EDIT: Sorry realized the link I had was for a dsi. I'll go check a few sites when i get the time.

 

[TripleSMoon]

prying the circle pad out of the control padpro.

I don't see why it would work any less than prying it out of a full 3DS.