How to be the coolest kid at the next LAN

If you are an XBox 360 owner the one thing you notice very quickly about the system is that its plain white (or beige for you more artistic folks), and can easily be mistaken for some non-descript techno gadget. ;; Not the awesome gaming/media center that it is. ;; Ms and third party venders offer additional faceplates for $20 to help you customize your 360, but the top and bottom are still white (or beige). ;; Now you can get a replacement case, but for 99% of us this isnt a road we are willing to travel since it voids that lovely MS warranty we all love, cherish, and hope we never have to use but probably will. ;; The only other viable option is to use a vinyl skin to customize your 360. ;; Codemonkey recently detailed his experience with a vendor MyTego (article). ;; I also happened to very recently do the same thing, but with a different vendor, DecalGirl . ;; I did not do a custom faceplate at this time, but opted for an existing design. ;; The install process was very simple and took me about 10 min for the faceplate and 3 min for the top skin. ;; Below are the pictures of the finished product. ;; Overall I would rate the quality very high and am extremely pleased with my purchase. I would reccomend that if you plan on doing a darker colored skin that you opt for the black faceplate, because no matter how good you are at applying the skin some edges of the faceplate will show through around the memory slots and USB door. I also decide to jazz up my originnal XBox with some chrome trim and a jewel decal.

The order: one 360 full skin ($25), XBox 4 piece kit ($10), jewel cover ($4), black XBox 360 faceplate (FREE; $13 value)

Having a BLACK Xbox 360 (as it should be!) : Priceless

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Faceplate

Top Skin

Finished 360

Plain Old Xbox

Finished Xbox

Posted by bunsen27 on Fri Jul 14, 2006 @ 10:31 pm EDT | 5 Comments