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    CF-30 skins? plastics? what-cha-call-its?

    Discussion in 'Panasonic' started by theoak2, Jul 19, 2012.

  1. theoak2

    theoak2 Notebook Evangelist

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    What do you call the replacement plastic sticker-like things that you can put on a CF-30 (or any other ToughBook, I guess) that makes it look new again? And maybe a part # to order from Heartland?
     
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    Rob Toughbook Aficionado

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    I have NO IDEA what you're talking about? You mean the port covers? or the dogbone logo?
     
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    theoak2 Notebook Evangelist

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    No, I mean the black sticky-back plastic film (?) that covers the bottom of the laptop, and is also on the doors to the media bay and SDHC/1394/network jack. My CF-30 has no dents, but the plastic skin is all beat up. I like my ToughBook to look new, even if it isn't. I've seen these sets on eBay before, but cannot remember what they are called.
     
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    I have never in 8 years seen or even heard of such a thing...

    Sorry.
     
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    They are called cover sheets and I think they are about 10 of them and will cost about $50.00 to replace them all BUT this is something that Heartland does not always carry...how I know is I just replaced all mine last year and it took me almost a year to get them all...back ordered
     
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    Interesting - can you take a picture of the 'cover sheets?'

    edit: oh I know.. they're the black label material that has the white printing on them. It covers most of the bottom.
     
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    door 2.JPG Check out the picture...hope they get posted
     
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    theoak2 Notebook Evangelist

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    What Picture? Blair's avatar? That bugs the daylights out of me. Why don't you fix that Blair? :) hehe
     
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    Yes, the thing the red arrow is pointing at. But I would also like to find them for the bottom and at least the media bay door.
     
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    Do you have a service manual for the 30. You have 9 on the sides and 2 on the bottom. You will need to save your model number sticker...just use a hair dryer to remove it.
     
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    OHHHHH!!!! Now I get it!! LOL!

    Yeah, I've NEVER ordered these. 99% of the time the door/lid is damaged anyways and needs to be replaced. I would have just order the whole door.
     
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    Blair, yes I have the service manual. (Why didn't I think of that?)
    Rob, thanks for the reply anyway.
     
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    If you plan on replacing them all then it would be a good time to repaint the base of it like I did. My 30 looks brand new now. The door stickers came off good but the bottom ones were harder...in the end I took off the bottom cover and heated it with a hair drier and pulled it off so gently.
     
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    I gathered up a set one time and they make a HTM50BM look new. Total fake....but they look good.

    Remember to transfer the COA (gently with heat).....Model # etc.

    Jeff ...been there done that...
     
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    Like I said it took me almost a year to get all the covers...every other month when I would place an order I would include the part numbers just to see if I would end up with any...it was a pain in the a$$ but it looks great now. I just finished restoring my 19 MK2 the same way ;) .
     
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