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Front Bezel- Frankenstein Replacement?

Has anyone tried replacing the front bezel of a non-unibody macbook pro 17 " with the front bezel of a G4 powerbook 17"?

From pictures the strucutre looks similar, however, there may be two potential issues: the camera and the hinges.

Please let me know if you had any experience with this frankenstein fix or know if it might work, thanks!!

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I've looked through the manuals for both and I will agree that they do look VERY similar (front, back and overall dimensions). I do not have both at my disposal so i cannot tell you if they will work or not. I would be curious of your results. The hinges shouldn't be a major issue, the camera might cause problems (as you also mentioned). You might have to dremel off some mounting tabs and use two sided tape to hold it in place.

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Well, i think that needs some serious home engineering ;-)

As pierrej mentioned, a Dremel would be of tremendous value.

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Thanks for the help guys! However, I chickened out of the experiment..finally found the piece online : )

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