A new Xbox 360 faceplate but how do you put it on?

So as I wondered around the car boot this morning I eyed myself a little prize.  I’ve never been overly enthusiastic about them but thought why not lets try one.  No it wasn’t a rare limited edition of a Dreamcast, although if I found one I’d love to try it again, but some Xbox 360 faceplates.

This was Microsoft’s idea of customisation to the next generation of its gaming console but at around £8 a pop for a faceplate for £15 for the official ones I’ll leave the way my 360 was designed thank you very much.  Back to the story I saw a nice silver one but to my surprise the price didn’t match my expectations and so I walked off with it and a Quake 4 bonus disc (containing playable Quake 2) all for 50p. I was chuffed and couldn’t wait until I got it home.

Then I hit a problem. I’d never changed my faceplate before and I didn’t want to wretch off my old one and break it so I fiddled around and it was easier than I thought.

1. Feel at the bottom of the faceplate, or the right side if you have your 360 horizontally, and you’ll find a small clip. Simply pull and it will detach. Then pull gently along the rest of the faceplate and some more clips will come loose finally releasing your old cover.

2. Then just simply place your new faceplate where the old one used to be and push it on and you’ll hear the clips go back into place.

And that was it, simple enough I had changed the look of my 360 and it matched the rest of my silver office colour scheme…and at 40p it didn’t break the bank. I thank Microsoft for actually making something simple and easy to do, lets hope they can continue that in the future instead of overcomplicating things like they normally do.  Don’t forget there are bargains if you look hard enough and now I’m off to play The Force Unleashed demo on my nice new “Silver” Xbox 360.