Soft Touch Black DIY Replacement Shell for Nintendo Switch Lite, NSL Handheld Controller Housing w/Screen Protector, Custom Case Cover for Nintendo Switch Lite

I couldn’t be happier with the eXtremeRate Soft Touch Black DIY Replacement Shell. The quality is outstanding—lightweight yet durable, with a smooth, velvety soft-touch finish that feels amazing in the hands. It gives my Switch Lite a premium, almost brand-new feel. The fit is incredibly precise. Every button, port, and screw hole lined up perfectly. It’s definitely a DIY project, but the shell is engineered well enough that the process felt more fun than frustrating. The final result looks sleek, minimalist, and completely factory-level. If you want to refresh your Switch Lite or just give it a stylish new look, this shell is absolutely worth it. High-quality materials, great feel, and a stunning finish—eXtremeRate nailed it! Highly recommended! 🎮

Deep black color with a smooth satin feel. I love this body. It gives it a sleek look

Good alternative case. Be warned, it is a complicated process to replace official Lite shells. They supply links to great instructions. But its not for the unskilled. I accidently broke my Switch Lite's LCD when replacing this, so learn from my mistake.

This white replacement shell for the Nintendo Switch Lite is exactly what I was looking for. The build quality is excellent, with smooth edges and a solid, well-fitted finish. It gives my Switch Lite a clean, minimal look that stands out from the standard colors. Installation does take some time and patience — this isn’t a beginner-level DIY job — but if you’re comfortable opening up electronics, it’s very rewarding. All the screw holes lined up perfectly, and the buttons fit snugly without sticking. Overall, I’m extremely satisfied with the result. It feels like a brand new device, and the quality is on par with the original shell. Highly recommended for anyone looking to customize their Switch Lite.

the shell feels really nice and soft, and the color looks way better in person. it comes with all of the tools needed and extra screws + springs. the install wasn't too difficult but definitely time consuming (2-3+ hours) as a beginner. I recommend following Erica Griffin's tutorial and using a magnetic screwdriver. my only complaints are that seems to stain more easily than the Nintendo shell, and I had to sand down my L button a teeny bit to get it to not stick in this shell.

This shell is great, I absolutely love the matcha green! It fits perfectly, functions very well. Will update if anything comes up. The kit comes with decent screwdrivers that are magnetized. Note that you will need your own heat paste, spudger, and tweezers. I watched a variety of tutorials including the eXtremeRate one, and it’s very detailed, but often mentions needing to skip ahead and come back, it’s easier to follow something done in the correct order. The only thing I will say is to be careful with opening the game card and SD card covers, they seem a bit tight.

UPDATE: After some time mine has begun to stain. On the front it's getting a sort of reddish stain wherever my hands are most (so I guess caused by skin oils or something.) On the back it's getting big gray stains I guess from the official Nintendo (so not some generic third party) case I like to keep it in sometimes to protect it. So far nothing I've tried to use to clean it off will remove the stains either. Given that this is supposed to be at least somewhat permanent of a modification, this is actually a pretty serious problem... While initially I really loved it, I have to pretty much deduct all the stars in that it effectively doesn't seem to be made to be permanent, yet it basically has to be. At the very least I must say don't buy the white version because you'll ultimately regret it. As others have said, it is an involved process to do the actual installation. I was quite leery for obvious reasons. Particularly about dealing with the screen, but also ribbon cables are not fun to deal with ever. However, if you follow the instructions properly and pretty much just do it as you watch the video (pausing when necessary to stay with it) the process really isn't too bad. I would suggest that having a phone repair kit handy can help with a few points of the process, but it isn't required. You do need some sort of tweezers though and the long thin kind used in those kits is generally best for dealing with ribbon cables. The screwdrivers they included work just great though. I'm actually glad they didn't include a replacement digitizer because that would add considerably to the cost (and I'm not very confident about replacing a digitizer properly anyway.) Rather than a screen protector, perhaps they could have kept it simpler by just including a simple sticker to put on top of any normal screen protector. I didn't get it right and had to toss it due to dust and such getting in there, but the included protector felt way too thick and I suspect wasn't as sturdy as a good one (though I haven't tested that much I admit.) I had the gray Switch Lite so it doesn't look bad to leave it off on mine, but that may be troublesome for some of the more colorful systems. Overall it looks just amazing and works great. I do worry about the screen potentially being able to come loose and they didn't include any extra tape so you have to be very very careful on the removal process since you have to reuse the old tape (particularly you need to keep it flat without any bunching or misshaping.) Pull it very slowly as you go. It would have been nice if they had at least included one just in case. It seems to be a fairly typical double-sided tape, so I think they could have included one easily enough. Particularly at this pricerange. But if you are careful enough it should probably be ok. I do also want to say that towards the end of the video in the reassembly process I felt like the order of a few parts of reassembly was wrong, including one part where the board should have been secured and everything properly routed through first before attaching a ribbon cable, but overall it was very easy to follow and did do a good job. (Also, it had music all the way through but it wasn't obnoxious. Some are, so I was grateful for that.) I do have to say the "soft plastic" thing doesn't seem to have worked out exactly as described. It actually had less of a grip than the original Switch Lite's plastic did. It's not a deal-breaker though. It's not actually slippery or anything, just with less grip in comparison. Far better than the 3DS XL with its almost glassy smooth surface just for instance. (Thank goodness Nintendo learned from that. It may be shiny to look at, but it's not actually good for use.) I was also a bit annoyed that they didn't include any buttons they didn't absolutely have to. At the overall cost of the whole thing I really don't think it would have added anything significant to include the duplicate buttons, particularly for some of the harder to deal with ones like the screenshot and home buttons. In comparison, they included a full set of duplicate screws and even springs in case any were lost in the process which likely costs more than buttons would have. (It's good to allow for some potential for loss, but I don't think they needed to include a full set and the buttons or membranes can also be lost.) By the way, when you use the heat gun on your original case it will most likely warp -- particularly as you separate the screen. Putting the metal frame back might help straighten it out again, but consider this to be a mostly one-way process.

Terrible quality control. Had to use the back of the old shell until new one arrives. I was so exited to try my hand at shell swapping. I dont know much about electronics but watching a couple YouTube videos I was able to actually do it! The screen didnt get damaged and I didnt brick it. Even though I disassembled and reassembled 2 1/2 times Make sure though as soon as you take off the plate, disconnect the battery. Don't do in the extremerate video and unplug all the ribbon cables first or you can brick your device. And, Take. Your. Time. I taped the screws and put them by each part and took pictures of everything before taking it apart. You can use little containers with labels. Since the parts are very cheaply made, make sure when youre putting the back cover on that all the tabs are lined up with the front cover or it won't latch correctly and you will break the tabs and make it useless. They're very flimsy tabs. I had to take it apart 2 times because the first time I thought I did something wrong and thats why it wasn't latching closed. With the pink back cover it comes with, the power button was getting pressed down continuously. Thats why I switched it to the purple button and the back case for now until I get my replacement. And make sure before putting it all together that nothing is damaged. Because I didn't and thats why im in this situation. But besides the terrible quality control and not so great quality parts I do think its really pretty. Hopefully the new back cover works for me