00:00So you dug your old DS Lite out of a drawer, flipped it open, and, yikes.
00:05Cracked hinge, yellowed plastic, and a D-pad that's been through a war.
00:09Don't toss it res hell it.
00:11I went digging through the listings and pulled together the top 5 replacement housing shells for retro consoles,
00:17the ones people are actually buying by the thousands, and I've got the best prices I could find on every
00:21single one.
00:23Let's get into it.
00:25Starting off with the clear transparent full housing kit for the DS Lite, sitting at 1749.
00:31The big draw here is that it's a complete kit top and bottom shells, buttons, screen lenses, and all the
00:36screws,
00:37so you're not halfway through a mod at midnight realizing you're missing a tiny Phillips screw.
00:42Nearly 5,000 of these have sold, with a 4.4 rating, and honestly the clear look is what sells
00:47it.
00:48You get to see the guts of the console, the ribbon cables, the board,
00:52it turns a beat-up handheld into something that looks like a display piece.
00:56Great first res hell if you've never cracked one open before.
01:00Next up, and this one's the budget pick of the whole list,
01:03the AED6 edition full housing cover for the DS Lite in the Mario China Dragon version, at just $7.96.
01:11That is genuinely less than a sandwich.
01:14It's got a perfect 5-star rating with over 4,700 sold, which for a shell in this price range
01:20is pretty remarkable.
01:22If you've got a console with a smashed lid or a broken hinge that you are about to write off,
01:26this is the lowest risk way to bring it back.
01:29Even if you just want a spare shell sitting on the shelf for a future project, at $8, why not?
01:35Third, we've got another clear DIY shell kit for the DS Lite, this one at $17.85 and the reason
01:41it earns its own spot is that 4.9 rating.
01:44When you're buying replacement housings, fitment is everything.
01:48A shell that's a millimeter off means gaps around the hinge, buttons that stick, or a lid that won't sit
01:53flush.
01:54That near-perfect score across more than 4,000 orders tells you the tolerances are dialed in.
02:00Same deal as before, buttons, lenses, screws all included, you just supply the screwdriver and a bit of patience.
02:07If you want the clear look and you want it to fit right the first time, this is the one.
02:12Fourth is the EXtremeRate full housing shell in clear lime green, and yeah, at 2608 it's the most expensive thing
02:18here,
02:19but EXtremeRate is a name that carries real weight in the modding community.
02:23Their shells are known for tight fitment, clean molding, and no rough seams or flashing you have to file down.
02:29Perfect 5-star rating, over 4,000 sold.
02:32That lime green translucent finish is a proper 90s throwback,
02:36and it looks absolutely incredible with a backlit IPS screen behind it.
02:40If this is a console you actually care about, a keeper, a gift, a display build, spend the extra $9.
02:47You'll notice the difference the moment you open the box.
02:51And rounding out the list, we're switching consoles, a replacement shell for the Game Boy Advance, $9.61.
02:59GBAs are everywhere at flea markets and car boot sales, usually scuffed to death and covered in stickers from 2003.
03:06For under 10 bucks you can take a $2 junker and make it look factory fresh.
03:115-star rating, 4,000 sold, and there are loads of color options so you can build something that never
03:16actually existed.
03:18GBA reshels are also about the easiest mod you can do, a triwing screwdriver in 20 minutes and you're done.
03:25Fantastic starter project.
03:27All the links are down in the description with the prices I mentioned, so go grab whichever one fits your
03:32project.
03:34If this helped you rescue an old console, drop a like and hit subscribe, I've got more retro mod stuff
03:39coming.
03:40Thanks for watching.
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