Replacement MacEffects inner bezel for iMac G3

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Well my gray iMac bezel arrived recently - woohoo!

I'll be taking on this project within the next week or two ... and will be recording it as well, as I plan to produce a video on this which will be the first one ever posted to YouTube. (which is something that's been requested of me for quite some time)

The original one in my Indigo is in pretty good shape from the outside, but it is fairly yellowed and there are cracks on the CRT screw posts. So I have been looking forward to replacing it for quite some time.

Now to read up on the Service Source manual ...

 

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Got the new inner bezel installed. It went pretty well; took me about 3 hours (including time to document it) but obviously very much worth it. The original one was more brittle and yellowed than I'd previously known.

Old (left) versus new (right) - feat. one of several broken screw standoffs for the CRT mounts.

Disassembled iMac, midway through the process - thankfully CRT discharging is not necessary.

Happy Mac with new bezel installed!

I produced a video (my first ever) on this project, linked below, which covers the replacement process in a pretty detailed fashion. Huge shoutout to MacEffects again for making these available.