Faceplate & Touchpad

Insanely good details, simple and perfect. I did put together a good controller for the first time, and I count this as reliable. Nothing broke easily and I was able to put these things together simply. Everything fit good, and feels good in my hand.

Came out awesome, doesn’t take long to do if you’re comfortable taking stuff apart. Heat gun or hair dryer to soften original touch pad, so prepare for that. That was the most challenging part, as well as the little clear plastic light guide parts to install in new touch pad bracket. Other than that it was a breeze. Just be patient and have fun with it. Love the wood pattern, it has a soft feel to it and it is great quality made parts!

The eXtremeRate "The Great Wave" Touchpad Front Top Shell is a beautiful and high-quality upgrade that gives your PS5 controller a completely new look and feel. The design is striking—visually unique with vibrant artwork that really stands out in person. Beyond looks, the material feels premium and smooth to the touch, offering just the right amount of grip while still allowing your hand to glide naturally during gameplay. Installation is fairly simple, especially if you're comfortable opening up a controller. Even if you're new to modding, a quick YouTube tutorial will walk you through the process step by step—it can easily be done in under 5-10 minutes. Once installed, everything fits perfectly with no creaks, gaps, or loose parts. Overall, this shell delivers on both aesthetics and comfort. If you’re looking to personalize your controller with a design that reflects your style, this is a great-value upgrade that feels just as good as it looks.

Beautiful shell great quality.

Got this because of it being dragon. LOVE how it turned out. If you know how to change them out this faceplate is a great addition to my controller. Heavy-duty plastic and fit like a glove. Smooth enough to touch but stays in hands just fine.

I bought this shell and the controller for an early Christmas present for my Fiancé. He absolutely loves it! It didn't take him too long to put together. Maybe an hour and a half? The only down side is that he wasn't able to get the computer chip off of the other controllers touchpad. So he had to use the original touch pad instead of the custom one. Other than that though, it's perfect and works like a charm!

The overall feel and quality are fairly high, but the thickness of the shell is not quite the same as an original shell, so this results in the face buttons and dpad being less firmly held between their rubber membranes and the front shell. This isn't too much of an issue for the face buttons, because the DualSense also uses a thick rubber piece around all of the buttons that holds them in place. But for the dpad, in my case at least, it was VERY lose even freely rattled around in its slot when fully reassembled. I had to disassemble again, and shim up the dpad itself with some strips of tape in the cross section. Now it fits tightly as it should, but this isn't something that should be an issue on a $20 product that's only half a controller housing. Beyond that, if I had to nitpick, the woodgrain print is a fair bit darker and less pronounced than the product images, and my touchpad grain is a bit distorted and crooked, likely from being dipped at an odd angle when they applied the print. Installation is simple if you are used to taking controllers or other electronics apart, but probably a bit daunting if this is your first project like this, particularly removing the touchpad from the front plastic of an original shell. This is possible to do without a heatgun/hairdryer, but it makes it a bit easier. Also, just a lot of ribbon cables and fiddly parts to potentially break if not careful or comfortable with them, but that's all just on Sony for making the Dualsense so over-engineered. Overall, decent product, but not amazing.

LOVE it!!! But I hated the process. There’s alot to this. I also changed the shell to my Xbox controller, very easy. This took a few hours. If you’re gonna go through this process, might as well change out the buttons, thumbsticks and D-pad. Once you begin you’ll realize the same thing, that you don’t want to do this twice. I have a model kit tool set, makes this much easier. If you don’t have that and don’t want to get that, they provide you with the basic tools you’ll need. Will need a heat gun, no getting around that. Also, their YouTube videos are a HUGE help. But once you put everything back together you forget the hard work and you’ll be happy with your unique controller. It feels great too, not too smooth where it’ll slip out of your hands. Doesn’t feel cheaply made either. No gaps. Like it came from Sony this way. Highly recommend!!!

Amazing quality and looks splendid! Fitment was precise, although required couple of extra tools. Takes about 30-40 mins to put on.

Touch is not supported, so what is the point of buying the frame? Be careful not to be deceived

Got this part last as i was a little hesitant to take the entire controller apart, but i did and its working 100% fine, and the controller looks awesome now! Id suggest using a youtube video before taking your controller apart so you can see all the different parts, but this shell is definitely worth the price! It feels amazing, everything fits surprisingly perfectly, touch pad works with zero issues which is the part i was most hesitant about and i couldnt be happier with how it turned out! Now it matches my whole set up!

The listing is not accurate as the touchpad is not compatible with BDM020 models despite the listing stating this is compatible with BDM020. I cannot find a single thing in the listing stating otherwise.

Great product! Put it on in about 30mins (10mins of blowdrying). Solid quality, bits fit perfectly. However I chipped mine right at the end when putting in the sharp black bit. Be careful. Overall very happy with product!