I just bought a SFIV TE Round 2 Fightstick yesturday. Should i mod it and void the warranty, or wait a year in case it breaks somehow… thoughts?
Depends on how lucky you are in life. 
The most difficult thing to replace yourself would probably be a faulty PCB. Other than that, you should be able to swap out the other parts relatively easily. So unless you’re worried about the case breaking, then I would probably just wait another week or so to make sure there isn’t anything wrong with your stick.
hm. true, well the only reason i want to mod my stick is cause i want a new template 
maybe a week or so wouldnt hurt.
Opening from the top wouldn’t void it, I think, how would they know? As for the art, gently remove the top sticker(I went too quick, did some damage to the top), and put it on a sheet of wax paper so you can put it back if needed.
isnt there like a pressure sticker or something? lol iuno sigh if only there was a way to put my own template on top without opening it XD