my first g shock mod

Essentially to remove the bezel paint and install a 5 ring zulu strap. This process has been done by many others before, see here http://mygshock.com/wiki/Stealth_a_G-Shock and here http://forums.watchuseek.com/f17/how-remove-paint-bezel-331091.html. I used the modified version, ie wetting the bezel with goof-off solvent instead of soaking it in the slovent. This is just to share my personal experience and thoughts.



I used the kitchen table to do the preparation work. You need a workshop (I used my bathroom) which is well ventilated (I just left the bathroom door open), a solid workbench (my hand basin) with easy access to running water (my water tap over the basin).



Tools I used:

Goof-off (S$18.90 from Home-fix diy)

cotton buds/Q-tips

tooth brush

screw driver (a free gift from optical shop)

glass container (wife's used make-up cream container)





The g shock is the dw6900g, which looks like this (taken from www as I didn't take the before mod picture)





After the mod, it now looks like this









Preparation:

1. Remove the bands by releasing their spring bars with a screw driver

2. Remove the 4 screws on the watch; 2 on each side near the lugs.

3. Dig your finger nail under the bezel between the 2 stainless steel control buttons, pull and stretch the bezel just enough to lift it over 2 control buttons.

4. Push the lifted bezel over the other side of the watch, and the whole bezel will just come off.



Brushing:

5. Pour some goof-off into the glass container.

6. Dip and soak one end of the cotton bud in the solvent.

7. Rub the wet end of the cotton bud on the painted area of the bezel; apply generously and leave it wet for about 2 minutes.

8. Use the tooth brush and brush gently over the painted area; side to side, round and round

9. When you see enough of the paint has come off, wash the bezel under the running water.

10. Shake excess water off and air dry the bezel.

11. When it is dry, you might see there is some paint yet to be remove, then repeat step 6->10. I repeated the process twice.



Putting the bezel back:

12. Start on one side of the watch, let the 2 control buttons go thr their holes in the bezel. Make sure the G button is properly aligned.

13. Pull and strech the bezel on the other side so that the remaining 2 buttons go thr their holes as well

14. Put back the 4 screws that hold the bezel in place.



Zulu strap:

15. Install the strap adapters (got them from my other g shock)

16. String thru the zulu strap.



Cleaning up:

17. Clean up the workplace to keep wife happy. :D



I took about one hour to do all these.

Moving it to the Japanese watch section :)





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Great job !!! My stealth pieces say hi !!!

Nice!! and the 3 soldiers of the dark forces.

All my Gs say hi

"scs120"

Nice!! and the 3 soldiers of the dark forces.

All my Gs say hi

Wah swee sia!!!

"scs120"

Nice!! and the 3 soldiers of the dark forces.

All my Gs say hi

Now I know why you bought mainly black zulus :lol:

yes roo, and some are used here on the non-digital seiko





and here, the non seiko





the ecozilla will get its zulu when I get the suppa adapters, but I'm afraid the oakley minute machine is stuck with its tank tread wheel bracelet.

Beautiful pieces... that Oakley watch is very unique..

"scs120"

yes roo, and some are used here on the non-digital seiko



and here, the non seiko





the ecozilla will get its zulu when I get the suppa adapters, but I'm afraid the oakley minute machine is stuck with its tank tread wheel bracelet.

:shock: the bracelet looks so funny :o

Hi any bro knw where can i get GLX6900 straps???:)

Original straps? GLX6900 is a model, so u probably could get it at the casio service centre,IOI plaza. 3D Bencoolen might carry it as well.

Thanks bro...:)wil go hunt 4 it

or go Marco.



Henderson Industrial building, bkt merah area



62216433

sorry Astro, meant to write ..."GLX6900 is a new model"...

maybe nxt mod u can try doing the negative lcd screen :twisted:



just buy polarizing film n swop out the original film. super stealthy~



here's some of my mods i done previously



Eric Haze(before)





(after)











Mudman(before)





(after)





Gulfman (before)









dw6900mc (before)





(after)

Its ok bro...:)yah me got dat recentli at 3D...bought 4 pcs n mix n match the straps...:)now tnking of getting a few other color straps n rojak them again... :lol:



CEO,the plc u mentioned is a shop or wat???veri near me leh...:)

Woa CEO, so swee man! May I know Where I can get some polarizing film ?



@Astro, no wonder that yellow bands :)

Wah.... I wanna try it on this........







want to know where to get polarizing film.... :?:

can order from ebay but i tink u got to chk the thickness of the films cos not every film is suitable for the screen panel



scs120: i notice u frequent sgshock blog, maybe u can drop Dave an email(he's my fren as well, he was the one who passed me polarizing films :lol: )

"Astro2212"

Its ok bro...:)yah me got dat recentli at 3D...bought 4 pcs n mix n match the straps...:)now tnking of getting a few other color straps n rojak them again... :lol:



CEO,the plc u mentioned is a shop or wat???veri near me leh...:)

ya, it's a building, Marco is located on 4th floor of Henderson Industrial Building iirc, i long time nv go there liao oso ,lol

"watchlooker"

Wah.... I wanna try it on this........







want to know where to get polarizing film.... :?:

Can the module be taken out?



CEO, Swee lah the mods! By the way, if u wanna sell the ocean grey, I want!

thks bro, the mods are relatively easy to do oso ;)



ocean grey...regretted selling that piece 2-3yrs back...dam...dats one of a nicest G & one that i liked very much, the mirror lcd is...sibeh chio lor :(

"herzausstahl"

Can the module be taken out?

Should be easy to take out the module.... there are 4 screws secure the caseback.... 8-)

Paiseh paiseh...G-SHOCK gurus me got question...where in sg sell LE/special Gs at reasonable price??? N any diff with made in japan n made in thai???thanks

"Astro2212"

Paiseh paiseh...G-SHOCK gurus me got question...where in sg sell LE/special Gs at reasonable price??? N any diff with made in japan n made in thai???thanks

Not much difference in my opinion. It's like comparing SKX007 and SKX007J.



Made in Japan models are more for the "premium" models. Frogman, MR-G, MT-G range..



Most vintage models are Made in Japan but now is quite hard to find it. Especially models before the year 1996 mostly is Made in Japan.



My Frogman says hi!

thanks bro edgarr...:)me tnk of get 1 mij 2 keep...:)i c many le FS in roc n swx r mij but the price abit 'beautihul'

"lunarin79"

[quote="Astro2212"]Its ok bro...:)yah me got dat recentli at 3D...bought 4 pcs n mix n match the straps...:)now tnking of getting a few other color straps n rojak them again... :lol:



CEO,the plc u mentioned is a shop or wat???veri near me leh...:)

ya, it's a building, Marco is located on 4th floor of Henderson Industrial Building iirc, i long time nv go there liao oso ,lol[/quote]



used to buy from them for company project.used the film to wrap around fluorescent tube for effect lighting purposes