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XTS1500 & XTS2500 aftermarket housing

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Whats the latest consensus on the XTS1500 & XTS2500 housings? Wang, blvl, vbll whatever. Looking to re-case a few housings in fancy yellow, the original housings are in good shape, but if the new cases aren't any good I'd rather not bother. Are there any fitment issues? Is the plastic the same as oem? How are the PTT buttons? Wasn't there an issue with the buttons on the aftermarket housings while back
 
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I bought a VBLL housing for an XTS I had a while back. Unfortunately I don't have the radio anymore so I cant get any pictures or comparisons but I do remember the housing being built pretty well. Never had any problems with buttons and everything worked pretty well. The one slight problem I had was the concentric switch. It felt pretty loose at times and I felt like if I gave it a nice tug, it would come off with the knob. But at the same time I could have kept the moto concentric switch on there.
I have found that VBLL is one of the better manufacturers for Chinese aftermarket housings.
 
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Got 2 from VBLL for 1.5 radios. Shipped from the USA, they were perfect. Seeing his, my friend ordered a full keypad version from the same seller. He wasn’t happy, as the plastic surrounding the PTT stuck out too far. It worked, he just didn’t like how it looked. He contacted the seller who sent him another one, but it was the same, so he went back to the original factory case. But he did get a XPR7550 case from the same seller, & it was perfect.
 
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Some of the 5K cases seem a little too think around the accessory connector and it is a tight fit when connecting accessories.
 
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