Aftermarket XPR7550 case

[Flameout00]

I decided to get a new case for my beat up XPR7550, so off to ebay I went. Picked one up (w/ speaker) and it arrived today and I promptly swapped everything out. It actually was pretty easy. I wanted to make some programming changes and that's when I noticed the programming pins (or whatever they are called) were WAY off center, and my programming cable wouldn't make contact. Is this normal for these chinese knockoffs?
I wish I had noticed that before making the swap. Now I know better and hopefully it will save someone else the aggravation

The photo shows my original (on top) and the replacement case below it

 

[W9WSS]

I made the same mistake with an HT-750 clear case. I thought it looked great, but several functions failed to work. I didn't program it or make any other changes. Ultimately, I swapped out the knock-off and put the stock OEM case back on it. It was fine after that. Big mistake.

 

[emacs]

You should be able to peel that sticker off and reposition it, but yeah, not uncommon for the aftermarket cases to have poor quality control. You get what you pay for!

 

[Flameout00]

I was able to get it to work. Peeled the sticker off, had to reposition the contact pad underneath it, the reapplied the sticker

 

[PACNWDude]

Noting this for future reference for XPR7550/e radios I might want to try this with.

However, I have been re-casing XPR6550 Trbo series radios and they are a lot better quality. I have been getting XPR6550 re-case kits from Amazon and they have the "XPR6550" sticker on the front of the case blurred out, and show a black border around the display where "Motorola" would be seen underneath the plastic bezel. When they arrived, they had green on black "XPR6550" stickers on the front, and underneath the clear plastic display protective film "Motorola" underneath. They do not look generic as I had expected. They program like original cases and seem to work and hold up as the originals did.

In the XPR6550's I have, they often have broken Push-To-Talk (PTT) buttons, and some end up needing their volume/on/off pots replaced on the main board. These have been worth the $35-40 each to re-case them, as opposed to buying new old stock, or refurbs from some online vendors, or even worse, working the odds on something from auction sites.

 

[PreferredCustomer]

I purchased an XPR 7550 case off eBay, and had the same issue with the pins, but it was easy to peel off and reposition. All is good.

 

[AM909]

Some are better than others. It's a gamble. Anything that needs tight tolerances, like the accessory jack, PTT, and knobs, can be problematic. It seems they just 3D-scan the real parts and go straight to manufacturing them without any actual radio people or even a mechanical engineer getting a sample to approve. I guess you get what you get for 70-90% off.