The how to mod your SFIV SE Fightstick FAQ

[D_Roq7]

thx. it was my first time modding a stick…i never realized how hard these buttons are to get in, my fingers are all blistered up and i havent even gotten to play street fighter yet haha

Yeah, my parts will be coming in tomorrow, and I have never opened or modded a stick before, so it will be interesting to see how it goes.

[Sileighty]

:u: I’d suggest just using your palm and pressing down on the button till it snaps, then check to make sure its flush and all the way down.

Hi Guys,

Im looking to replace the stick in mine (which is in the post now!) and would like to know the difference between the Sanwa Joystick JLF-TP-8YT and the JLF-TP-8Y?

Is it just that one comes with a mounting plate?

Also people who have replaced the sticks seem to have cool see through balls on top of the sticks, where do i get them from?!

Cheers guys, great thread!

Basically thats the only difference, get yourself the JLF-TP-8YT and save yourself some trouble.

Seimitsu sells the bubbletops, they’ll fit on Sanwa sticks.

[System_1]

excellent, thanks Sileighty

[System_1]

Yes it will but, you’ll most likely need to rotate the pcb 90 degrees.

Still waiting for a tutorial for this =D

[manman]

Still waiting for a tutorial for this =D

the lizardlick site explains it here
http://lizardlick.com/pages/sanwa_jlf_faq.shtml

[System_1]

the lizardlick site explains it here
http://lizardlick.com/pages/sanwa_jlf_faq.shtml

Yea I’ve seen that, but as a noob what do I need to unscrew to do so? Do I have to take the stick off the mounting plate? Can it be done without doing so? Wouldn’t rotate just the PCB mess up the control ie: pressing down makes you go up?

With SFIV out im sure this forum is flooded with noobs wanting to know.

[System_1]

I picked up a PS3 SE Fightstick. Is it possible to mod this easily to work on 360 down the line or should I have picked up a 360 stick and modded it to work on PS3?

Thanks,

Y2J

[Smeghead]

We all know that the SE components are perhaps sub par and should be switched out for optimum experience, but what about the main PCB board (if that’s what it’s called)? Do you think that the main part of the stick will last a long time?

I suppose I imagine it like adding amazing tires and a body chassis to a car, but then having a rubbish engine.

[Veri7as]

Still waiting for a tutorial for this =D

here the first 20 seconds of this video shows you how: [media=youtube]QytcbzZmXaI[/media]

hope that helps

[Hotobu]

Question:

How does the area of the gate that comes with the SE compare to that of the Sanwa or Seimitsu sticks?

We all know that the SE components are perhaps sub par and should be switched out for optimum experience, but what about the main PCB board (if that’s what it’s called)? Do you think that the main part of the stick will last a long time?

I suppose I imagine it like adding amazing tires and a body chassis to a car, but then having a rubbish engine.

That’s a good question, but I doubt anyone can supply a good answer to that as I don’t think you can measure the build quality of a PCB with anything else other than time. I will say this. Alot of the people around here use Mad Catz PCBs in their custom stick mods so I’d imagine that’s a good sign.

[manman]

Yea I’ve seen that, but as a noob what do I need to unscrew to do so? Do I have to take the stick off the mounting plate? Can it be done without doing so? Wouldn’t rotate just the PCB mess up the control ie: pressing down makes you go up?

With SFIV out im sure this forum is flooded with noobs wanting to know.

yeah, I was just thinking about that part with the directions being messed up. The rotating of the pcb I think is just as easy as they describe it in that faq (take off the plastic gate, then just pull off and rotate the pcb. The video the other guy linked you to shows how easily it comes off. Not sure about the direction stuff though, maybe you have to do some other wiring?..

On a separate note-
Some people have been complaining about the square gate in the TE version. The stick in that is a Sanwa JLF-TP-8YT-SK-W- does anyone know if that one has a gate that can just be rotated to 8-way just like the other JLFs? I would think so, but I haven’t seen it mentioned yet.

[System_1]

yeah, I was just thinking about that part with the directions being messed up. The rotating of the pcb I think is just as easy as they describe it in that faq (take off the plastic gate, then just pull off and rotate the pcb. The video the other guy linked you to shows how easily it comes off. Not sure about the direction stuff though, maybe you have to do some other wiring?..

On a separate note-
Some people have been complaining about the square gate in the TE version. The stick in that is a Sanwa JLF-TP-8YT-SK-W- does anyone know if that one has a gate that can just be rotated to 8-way just like the other JLFs? I would think so, but I haven’t seen it mentioned yet.

Sound easy. Just gotta wait for Chad @ LizardLick to ship my stuff and try it out. Thanks

[System_1]

SE buttons vs Sanwa buttons

I’m definitely doing a joystick swap on my SE to a Sanwa JLF but in your opinion how much better are the Sanwa 30mm buttons compared to the SE’s?

I’m thinking joystick first then the button a month or two from now.

[manman]

I haven’t used the SE, but from what I’ve read they are madcatz own generic version, which I can’t imagine would be much better than generic hori buttons, and sanwa buttons are much better than those for sure. Just based on that, I think the sanwas will feel much better than the stock SE buttons.

[Sileighty]

Yep, they are generic madcatz buttons. If you have to choose, then I’d say replace the joystick first, imo.

[System_1]

thanks for the great post gona use this to mod my SE stick

[System_1]

Thanks for the great post.

Am I any better off getting this and moding it with Sanwa parts over just getting the tournament edition in the first place? I haven’t modded a stick before, and the cost of the buttons and joystick upgrades would cost me $75 (Canadian) and getting the tournament edition in the first place is only another $100.

Thoughts?

[Hotobu]

Thanks for the great post.

Am I any better off getting this and moding it with Sanwa parts over just getting the tournament edition in the first place? I haven’t modded a stick before, and the cost of the buttons and joystick upgrades would cost me $75 (Canadian) and getting the tournament edition in the first place is only another $100.

Thoughts?

If you have to ask whether or not to get a TE stick that means you probably wont be able to get your hands on one for at least a month.

Unless you don’t mind getting scalped on Ebay

[System_1]

So basically if I’ve followed everything correctly the real arcade parts mod for the SE would be something like:

akihabarashop.jp
1 x JLF-TP-8YT
6 x OBSF-30 (white)
2 x OBSF-30 (black)

Products 4,255
Inc. Shipping 5,175 = 55,21US$ = 43,98 atm

*Is this correct? Cause the description for GT-Y says “Octagonal restrictor for JLF-TP-8Y” but lizardlick says it’s standard for JLF series.
*
EDIT: Stupid me… now I get it. My only real question now is JLF-TP-8T ot 8YT? I’m sure this question has been addressed several times… but I can’t really search and navigate the forums at their current overpopulated state.

[manman]

I thought the stick you mentioned there already has a 4/8 way switchable gate, why do you need the GT-Y?

Also, if the TE edition has the exact same parts as the arcade as they say, then wouldn’t the real arcade part for the stick be the JLF-TP-8YT-SK-W?