Final Update HereI received a bent-in-mail LZ-GH today as a repair project, which I'm very excited about. The keyboard is fully functional but has an unsightly bend in some of the parts. My plan is to get it straightened out, probably re-anodize to cover the damaged finish, and to swap LEDs to a different color (they are currently red, and I'd like a combination of cyan and white most likely--I have those on the way). The keyboard already has 62g vintage MX Blacks, which are among my favorite switches, so no complaints there
I figured it could be fun to document the transformation, as this is my first "Korean Custom", and I think it's an awesome keyboard. I'm honestly very impressed by it. First, the weight is surprisingly high. I've read that it's ~5lbs, but it certainly feels extremely hefty. Secondly, the LZ-GH "salmon red" is undeniably pink in person and is in no way "red" in any light I've looked at it. I now understand how difficult it is to represent the color on photographs, as I have tried. It invariably comes out too yellow/orange. In person, in most lighting, the keyboard looks quite pink. It's warmer pink than my pink Filco, but I'll take a photo of the two next to each other tomorrow in better light. Anyway, I love the current color. Sad that I will most likely be changing it to another--only because I won't be able to reproduce the current one exactly and because I might as well go for my favorite color
Initial photographs (please excuse the poor lighting)
You can see the bend quite clearly here
Beautiful color... that I can't get to show up well.
After disassembling, the switch plate and the back steel plate snapped right back to their proper shape:
The top case and the riser "leg" are definitely going to need straightening
And two of the back corners of the top aluminum case also need some unbending / filling
Going to walk to my local auto body shops on Monday to get some opinions and quotes, as preferably the unbending of aluminum should be done after heating the aluminum to a certain temperature, or it can crack.
I've learned from LZ that the aluminum alloy used for this keyboard is AL6061-T6, if anyone is curious. This could be important for anodizing and heating.