fixing bumper to accept other plugs?

[caligurl]

has anyone successfully drilled/dremmelled/filed the bottom opening of the bumper so that you can use other chargers and that looks neat and clean?? i have several that i bought to use in the car, at work, at home... that don't work with the bumper...

same for the hole for earbuds.... i have a plug in the car that hooks it up to the stereo and it's too large to work....

i like the look of my pink bumper... but not at the expense of never being able to charge it or listen to it in the car!

 

[Sleazy E]

i wouldn't file the bumper down, it will look ghetto. they sell slim adapters on ebay for like $15 that will fit on your current charger to allow it to work with your ip4.

 

[iUser4Lyfe]

i wouldn't file the bumper down, it will look ghetto. they sell slim adapters on ebay for like $15 that will fit on your current charger to allow it to work with your ip4.

Looks ghetto? **** is that supposed to mean?

Its actually not hard to customize the bumpers. I was able to successfully enlarge the openings to allow for my third party accessories with a simple razor from an x-acto knife. Its doesn't look "ghetto."

 

[nparmelee]

Yep, hubby did on his black bumper. He used a dremel and then a small round file to clean it up, it looks good and if you didn't know he had done the work himself you'd think it came that way.

 

[caligurl]

could you two post a couple of pics for me so i can get an idea of what you did? (exacto knife... didn't think of that!)

 

[SNF Mixer]

I dremeled my three busiest iPhone cables. Just shaved 'em down a lil bit on the sides and edges, tapering them. I taped over the silver parts of the 30-pin connector so I wouldn't accidentally ding it, and to keep the dust out. Plastic dremel dust doesn't smell good!

All three cables now lock into the bumper case fine. I thought it would be better to have three cables that almost no one sees look a little rough, rather than have a chewed up bumper, which a lot of people see when checking out the phone.

And bumpers are hard to get if you destroy one. Cables are plentiful.