if so how do u do it ?
If you wish to make apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe"?
Carl Sagan
Sagan means here that for anything to exist, the right kind of conditions should be present. The laws of nature allow the creation of the apple pie in the way that we perceive it. A Hit box is not that complex.
Your Joystick is just 4 Switches organized around a lever, and as you push the lever it it one of those switches.
Buttons are just Switches, so you are just replacing that joystick with 4 push buttons. The Wiring part is easy.
The hard part is finding the layout then drilling out the holes you need. Most people go with completely replacing the top panel, but I seen people just drill holes into the existing panel as well.
You also want whats called a SOCD Filter, its place between the Direction buttons and the PCB.
All it does to opposing directions can’t be entered at the same time. Searching the Text Talk Forums will gleam you more info.
You can do anything you want.
But if you’re asking if there’s a practical way to do it on the Panthera platform, the answer is a firm “no.” You’re better off doing a Hitbox conversion on a MadCatz TE, TE2 or a Hori VLX (where panels are interchangeable).
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I don’t know how easily the metal panel is to remove, it would be best to remove that completely and get a replacement, and that also being said the screws have to be set a certain way if its acrylic that you are going to replace it with. That’s a pretty hefty mod to do it to that stick. Maybe you can contact Art’s Hobbies and see if he can do something like that for you.
Going full custom ether the DIY route or Custom build is the best options.
Or better yet just get the Official Hitbox
https://www.hitboxarcade.com/
The metal panel in the Atrox/Panthera is comically complicated to remove. I think I counted something like 23 screws just to get it out. The plastic recessing is also not conducive to the Hitbox layout dimensions.
Here’s some pics from a teardown I did on an Atrox a few years ago when I looked into this with @B-boy_Tekken. We both noped the fuck out, and this is all assuming you can find an economical way to replace the top plexi.
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Yeah… that would be a giant no for me too. I like my Atrox the way it is anyways lol. I was just saying for him. Its do-able just super hard lol.
A few sites do a plexi for the atrox and pantera, ask if they will do you a hitbox plexi then ask for the plans. If you adapt it slightly you can then give it to a company that will cut a metal base for about ÂŁ15
If you look closely at my photos, you can’t do that for two reasons:
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The plexi and metal panel are different shapes, and it requires multiple samples to get it right. Nobody selling that is going to give it to you for free.
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You can’t fit the HitBox layout in the open space without drilling out the plastic, which you can’t do without compromising the integrity of the latch-based lid. If you try to raise the layout up, you run into conflicts with the interior dimensions.
Stop giving dumb, speculative advice. The Panthera is just not the platform to do this on. Even if you insisted on it… why? So you can play on an inferior case that creaks when you press down on it? So you can be up shit creek when the proprietary pinout cable shits on you and you have to hope Razer support sends you a new one? There are an abundance of actually viable (and cheaper) alternatives.
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Look what I was able to create here… all to scale, as if by magic, I thought the resources were not online… hmm… now all I have to do is use a handy measuring stick thing and a bit of counting and maybe… just maybe we can create a template for a metal base with a little effort!
I will agree there’s many better platforms to do it on, but if this person is insistent on this project then its possible without damaging the stick in the process. Although having the buttons in the top right quarter of the box ( so as to not damage the plastic on the box) is questionable if it would affect comfort or performance
Most viable case would be a custom built metal or wooden case made for the purpose (of being a hit box).
Most the 3rd party stick boards like the PS360 and Brook UFB has built in SOCD filtering, which is also needed in a Hit Box.
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since it sounded like to much work i went and sold my
razer panthera im going to make a hitbox from scratch which
one should i use in terms of case.
https://www.target.com/p/basswood-cornice-box-12x9x3/-/A-10990822
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RageousX has been super helpful and all, but I’m a little disappointed the first answer wasn’t “Do you have a Dremel?”
Good luck on the project 
I recently started making a macro board and searched ebay for project boxes. They come in metal, ABS, or wood and people tend to use them for music electronic projects or similar, turns out fight sticks are not bad either if your not planning to buy a stick case.
Or go to http://www.fightstickasia.com and get a hitbox case for $100
My basic assumption for any project (especially ones concerning store-bought sticks) is that people want to mod non-destructively. I was a huge supporter of Angel’s custom panel offerings back in the day, and eventually Jasen’s for this reason. Hitbox in particular isn’t always a guaranteed success for some people, so knowing you can just swap back to your normal stick configuration without any compromise is the preferred way to go.
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