Did Sanwa ever make fully gray buttons (plunger and rim)? I take it they didn’t as I’ve only ever seen “dark hai” which has a black rim with a gray plunger.
If they didn’t, does anyone know if the button parts (plungers/rims) from these two sticks are interchangeable?
I need gray rims with blue plungers for a stick I’m modding. While Sanwa OBSF switches fit into the gray Hori buttons from the VX stick, Sanwa plungers sit too low and just don’t fit the bill.
-Also, if anyone would like to sell me their gray Hori buttons from a VX stick, please send me a pm.
If all else fails why not try sanwa OBSC-30 smoke rim with OBSF-30 blue or OBSC-30 clear blue plunger just a suggestion look into this option who knows you just might like this.
I have “a” grey Hori 30 mm button, [S]I need to check if I have a 2nd one, or did[/S] I threw it out when I threw out the other hori buttons.
The button is from a Hrap - EX.
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I just remembered I threw out the other Hori buttons when I broke there tabs trying to get them out of the top panel. I possess what Kyle dubs “Happ hands”.
I don’t know if you bother someone for 1 push button.
I’m not into the clear buttons, but thanks for the idea.
Well the reason I ask is because the Wii stick mods I’ve seen require widening the holes to get 30mm buttons in. The gray buttons from the Hori VX stick are 30mm. I’m guessing that the plungers may not match up, but I thought I’d see if anyone had tried.
I may end up having to do it that way since most of these sticks with the gray buttons only have a few. There’s a shop near me that has a used Wii stick, I may go grab it tomorrow and see if the plungers will fit. If they do I’ll make a thread in the Trading section to see if I can get some gray buttons from people.
The point is that I need gray rims and light blue plungers. Sanwa doesn’t make gray rims. So I put an OBSF switch in the gray Hori rim, but a Sanwa plunger does not work properly in the Hori rim. So now I need to get the blue plungers from the Hori buttons on the Wii stick and see if those will fit in the gray rims from the VX/EX SE/etc sticks.
FYI, the FS wii blue buttons can yellow over time. Kind of like how some SNES yellow, but on top of blue. They kind of looked like they where put in the oven or something. I had a set that I put in my agetec with Sanwa switches.
The only fully gray Sanwa buttons that I’m aware of are the specially manufactured 24mm OBSF-24’s that Sanwa makes for Hori joysticks.
They first showed up on the limited edition HRAP 2 SA joystick and later as standard production issue for the Hori Real Arcade Pro V3 SA/SX joysticks.
The regular production HRAP V3 SA, Soul Calibur V, and the Ultimate MvC3 joysticks use the 24mm button for Start.
I have never seen Sanwa (on any product listing/catalog) make fully-gray buttons available as plug-in or screw-in replacements… The Dark Hai 30mm OBSF-30 is the closest one they have to a standard production gray button. Even then, only the plunger is gray. The holder/rim is black.