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Starting my new build. ARF 904, with Noob 4130.
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The pushers' angle in the latest ARF (V2) seems correct to me. What is not correct is the protrusion of the pushers once mounted on the ARF case. As you can see, even Noob pushers are "too short" on an ARF case (not the actual pusher but the screws are too recessed). I suppose this is due to a too deep "hole" on the ARF case.
To be clear this case has a mod to push them out even more than a ARF normally. This car is a GEN 1 ARF 904 Case. This came with the very pointy fake looking pushers.
If angle has been corrected on a V2 case i would buy one, would need to see them side by side, i suppose if someone has one for sale i can buy it and check them out next to each other.
I have a friend who is thinking of doing the swap, if he sends it to me for me to do this, i will take photos alone the way. I promise guys its not that bad to swap in at all, I am curious what others ran into when trying. Coming from the world of swapping Gen 3186 into noob CHS case this was easy.
Here is a few daylight photos, I know its far from perfect now, But with the new goodies coming in
Should be looking a little different within a week or two.Also on the first photo, ignore the top endlink fitment, i mixed up the spring bars and used a 1.8mm vs the 2mm its set for. just moved around a little,
Hope you guys enjoy the photos, Does anyone know if there is a write-up on reshaping the case lugs? or a really good side by side of the cases?
markfisher
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For the new angle of the pushers you can check yourself on the intime site searching for the old ARF and the new V2. I saw a clearly different angle on V2, almost the same as gen, even if the recessed screws are still there.
What kind of mod have you done?
What kind of mod have you done?
The Center pusher tab was shorted to match exposed area of gen, as well as the case has a spacer made to stop threaded stop from going as deep.
You can see the angle is the same, except with mods its not as pushed in, not saying mines GEN. Just looks better than ARF IMO.
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yeah, i was also wondering, why use an ARF mid case? IMO, the noob mid case is better (noticeably, the crown height is spot on -- unlike the ARF -- and the crownguard profile looks better from the side). I think it's more strategic to have the noob midcase reshaped instead
I have the v1 noob case which was not so good, and I had a arf case. I chose to swap it over, not saying for every one else this is best option, just the route I’m going.
hey guys,
update ted on the build, been wanting to mod the case and make it more gen like shaped.
Made some progress today, sadly I had only a noob Daytona case to go off of. How ever it looks much better.
modded pusher side, reshaped the crown guards, and modded the lugs on other side (arf issue)
Pusher side, not only is the angle off on the pushers from having the 7750 vs 4130 they really missed the shape , and dropped the pushers into far into the case. changing the angle here really made the pushers look correct and more gen like.
I’m hoping to get my hands on a gen case to use a reference. But for the first round I’m very pleased. Also I need to find the tool to remove the pusher tubes from case, was a real pain working around them.
Arf left noob on the right
tried getting the reflextions similar to each other. Can get a little better.
Reshaped the case using 600 grit on a 1” belt sander finished belt sanding off with 1000 grit, then came back with hand sanding to prep for polish, than followed with Dremel and a rough polishing pad, than followed that with a bench grinder brushing wheel to achieve a smooth surface and polished it off with a 3 step polish process.
all in all I’m very happy so far, had some plans tonight and did not get to finish the watch, hopefully by the weekend I’ll have it together.
gen hands show up on Friday, and I expect the dial and bezel to show up soon.
update ted on the build, been wanting to mod the case and make it more gen like shaped.
Made some progress today, sadly I had only a noob Daytona case to go off of. How ever it looks much better.
modded pusher side, reshaped the crown guards, and modded the lugs on other side (arf issue)
Pusher side, not only is the angle off on the pushers from having the 7750 vs 4130 they really missed the shape , and dropped the pushers into far into the case. changing the angle here really made the pushers look correct and more gen like.
I’m hoping to get my hands on a gen case to use a reference. But for the first round I’m very pleased. Also I need to find the tool to remove the pusher tubes from case, was a real pain working around them.
Arf left noob on the right
tried getting the reflextions similar to each other. Can get a little better.
Reshaped the case using 600 grit on a 1” belt sander finished belt sanding off with 1000 grit, then came back with hand sanding to prep for polish, than followed with Dremel and a rough polishing pad, than followed that with a bench grinder brushing wheel to achieve a smooth surface and polished it off with a 3 step polish process.
all in all I’m very happy so far, had some plans tonight and did not get to finish the watch, hopefully by the weekend I’ll have it together.
gen hands show up on Friday, and I expect the dial and bezel to show up soon.
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Thank you, really excited to get the arf parts in!!!
tossed it together pretty quick just so I could toss it on the wrist. Really loving how much better the lugs look.
any input on how to shape them better?
You need to sharper the edge of the lugs more. Gen case is very sharp edge side to bottom of the lugs. The arf v2 case is very correct in that case. You could use arf pusher and shorten it , since noob pusher is just wrong looking. Those two ring on the head is too deep .
best case set is a v1 newer batch with correct length and angle of pusher, but they are very rare.
best case set is a v1 newer batch with correct length and angle of pusher, but they are very rare.
