[Slush]

Successfully changed the bezel on the Torch 9800 to red. This was definitely an annoying blackberry/ smart phone I have ever changed. I am very happy with the end results. Let me know what you peeps think.

[suself]

nice! very jealous!

[Qwikhas]

I likee. Where did you get the new one from?

[papped]

Very nice, personally I'd opt for a darker, candy red though.

[zensen]

cool (resident evil?)

I assumed you sourced the parts? or did you paint all this on yourself?

[avt123]

Look awesome man. I enjoyed blacking out my 9000.

[PengwhinPrincess]

Very nice! Care to tell us where you got the parts and instructions to do it?

[knowledge_6]

instructions are on youtube.

congrats man!! i took apart every blackberry and after looking at the video .. i don't know if i have the courage to do it! all those flex cables and slots..

maybe after a bit of time ; > but i'd have to choose something i would be happy with for a long time, cause unlike my 9700 which i change bi weekly haha..

looks good though!

[mark_rivers19]

just saw Resident Evil After Life on 3D and now this..
you're a tease man! or girl!
now i'm so jealous

[coremark]

Wow. nice. Something different. I'm not sure if I can take apart my torch, seems more harder compared to when I changed the bezels on my old 8310, 8900, and my 9700. Good job.

[ibcop]

Looks nice but I don't have the onions to do it yet!

[canusaybimmy]

wow that looks so nice. Wow.

[trinityrose70]

have to admit, if I was to get one it would be a red one , it is very nice

[d.nyce]

Very Nice, I wish they had some other colors though. I also don't know if I'm brave enough to open this one up either

[Gelzz]

AWESOME SAUCE!!!! HONESTLY THAT'S HOT !

nice on the UMBRELLA CORP

[marilu62]

Gorgeous!!!!

[JRSCCivic98]

There's paint covering the top button icons...

[branflakes]

Nice!!! Well done. As others have said, I don't trust my own skills to do a change out.

[Slush]

The whole process was pretty straight forward. The biggest issue I found was taking out the lcd screen (not the digitizer). GStreamInc's disassembly video on youtube says the lcd screen is very "flimsy," but on top of that there is a lot of adhesive holding the lcd in place. My suggestion is to pry part of the top and floss it through or just buy another lcd screen to put on the new housing. For those of you who want to buy a new lcd, you can check your lcd model number after you lift up the digitizer screen (mine was LCD-26252 001/111-1A) and for the call button, blackberry button, etc.. I reapplied it on with some scotch permanent double sided tape. For those of you who are bothered by the wobble, you can fix that too with a torx 3 screwdriver when you lift the sticker and three screws is exposed on the left and right side of the sticker. All you have to do is tighten the top ones I believe. Obviously this will void the warranty, but just throwing it out there for those of you who like to know.

[McFordo]

Very cool. I might look into making some mold for some carbon fibre mods. Could be fun but I'm guessing more of a pain in the *** than anything.

[kwues]

@Slush

To confirm the tightening of the screws under the lcd "completely" got rid of any screen wobble whatsoever? (wonder why RIM didn't do that in the first place, hopefully it won't have a negative affect in the long turn use)...thanks again!

[Cracker Jak]

Good look love the RE reference

[hometownhero]

@Slush

To confirm the tightening of the screws under the lcd "completely" got rid of any screen wobble whatsoever? (wonder why RIM didn't do that in the first place, hopefully it won't have a negative affect in the long turn use)...thanks again!

+1

I would also like to know if this solves the wobbly screen issue

[torchtalk]

Sweet! Color choices / skins would definitely be a welcome addition to my 9800!

[Vurhan]

Disassembled mine until I got to the unlock/mute bezel. Sticked on, or tricky catch here? Don't wanna be breaking any plastic parts. Broke my Javelin's speakerhole bezel by dismantling it the Tour way.

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