Black Bezels for Plextor and Pioneer Drives

[Duke79]

I'm trying to locate black replacement bezels for a Plextor 40/12/40 CD Burner and a Pioneer 105s Slot Load DVD Rom drive ... does anyone know of a source for these? Thanks!

 

[amdskip]

If you can't find them, vinyl die is always an option available at autoparts stores.

 

[Pardus]

i can tell you i tried to get a black faceplate for my teac floppy and liteon burner, both companies refused to sell me just the faceplate, so your better of painting it yourself.

 

[RalfHutter]

Plextor sold me a spare beige faceplate for my 40x12x40x burner. You could buy one of those and use vinyl dye to paint it. That way you've got a backup in case you mess it up.

 

[amdskip]

Originally posted by: RalfHutter
Plextor sold me a spare beige faceplate for my 40x12x40x burner. You could buy one of those and use vinyl dye to paint it. That way you've got a backup in case you mess it up.

How much and how'd you go about doing it?

 

[Pardus]

called plextor support, they wanted $20 to ship me a bezel, ok, i realize shipping is expensive but come on its just a bezel.

RalfHutter, did plextor charge you this much as well ?

 

[WarSong]

Lian-Li has aluminum bezels for some drives. They have one for a Plextor PX-W40 12TA. Is that what you have? Newegg has it here for $8. Look for "Lian-Li C-16 (BLACK) Aluminum Bezel cover" at the bottom. They have one for a Pioneer drive too but it's not for the slot loading one...

 

[Duke79]

Just wanted to say thanks for all the assistance you have provided in my search for black bezels. The Lian-Li Bezels look interesting ... has anyone tried them before? It looks like they make them for the Mitusumi floppy drive and Plextor burner that I own. I still would need to find something for the Pioneer DVD slot load drive. So that makes me wonder about trying the vinyl dye. Does anyone have a web site that provides step-by-step guidance on using it? Thanks again for all your help!

 

[WarSong]

I use the aluminum ones (not black) for all my drives. It matches my Lian-Li PC-65 case perfectly. These bezels are just stickers though, not replacement pieces, but it's really hard to tell the difference and I haven't had any problems with them falling off or anything. Can't help you with the vinyl though

 

[RalfHutter]

Originally posted by: ActiveX
called plextor support, they wanted $20 to ship me a bezel, ok, i realize shipping is expensive but come on its just a bezel.

RalfHutter, did plextor charge you this much as well ?

I think it was around $15 total including shipping. I called Plextor sales to order it. It was around 3 months ago.