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Title: Leopold 200R White-White spacebar
Post by: SUPER432 on Fri, 20 December 2013, 20:44:03
Apologies in advance - I swear I tried to search!

I bought a blank set of white keycaps from WASD (it's a brilliant white, not beige/off-white-ish like the original keycaps). Love it - except the spacebar doesn't fit, which I knew in advance.

Anyone have pointers as to where I can acquire a spacebar in this color to fit my 200R? Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Title: Re: Leopold 200R White-White spacebar
Post by: terran5992 on Fri, 20 December 2013, 21:48:20
Whats wrong with the spacebar?
Title: Re: Leopold 200R White-White spacebar
Post by: Pacifist on Fri, 20 December 2013, 21:51:01
what size is it?
Title: Re: Leopold 200R White-White spacebar
Post by: yasuo on Fri, 20 December 2013, 22:10:19
fc200r has universal spacebar, i think EK sellings
Title: Re: Leopold 200R White-White spacebar
Post by: SUPER432 on Fri, 20 December 2013, 22:28:54
Sorry, some pics would probably help.

The spacebar on the keyboard is original from Leopold. The extra is from the WASD set. They're also different colors - WASD a very bright white, and Leopold a beige/offwhite.

As you can see from the second pic, the stabilizer markups don't match. Does anyone sell a spacebar that would fit my 200R in the same white as the WASD one?

Much appreciated for the fast responses guys!
Title: Re: Leopold 200R White-White spacebar
Post by: terran5992 on Sat, 21 December 2013, 02:39:05
Oh damn thats going to be hard to find a replacement.
Title: Re: Leopold 200R White-White spacebar
Post by: yasuo on Sat, 21 December 2013, 03:19:57
there you go :)) but only black colors :)
elitekeyboards.com/products.php?sub=access,cherrymxkeys&pid=sb_u2 (http://elitekeyboards.com/products.php?sub=access,cherrymxkeys&pid=sb_u2)
maybe you should paint it
Title: Re: Leopold 200R White-White spacebar
Post by: SUPER432 on Sat, 21 December 2013, 03:50:22
Mmm yeah no paint, don't want black, specifically asking if anyone knows if there's a white-white spacebar to fit the 200R. Doesn't seem to exist unfortunately!

Would love for someone to please me wrong.
Title: Re: Leopold 200R White-White spacebar
Post by: IvanIvanovich on Sat, 21 December 2013, 12:39:51
Keycool also used same stem spacing as Leopold initially. I have seen separate spacebar available for them on taobao in the past. Keycool white is also brighter, but I am not sure it will be exact match.
Title: Re: Leopold 200R White-White spacebar
Post by: SUPER432 on Sat, 21 December 2013, 13:59:12
Keycool also used same stem spacing as Leopold initially. I have seen separate spacebar available for them on taobao in the past. Keycool white is also brighter, but I am not sure it will be exact match.

Man, thanks! Now to see if I can get my hands on one.
Title: Re: Leopold 200R White-White spacebar
Post by: Suichoy on Tue, 24 December 2013, 17:54:21
I was able to adapt a Banggood PBT spacebar to put on my Leopold FC200R using a mod that is mentioned briefly in a few threads (and also in Ripster's image guide). Using an x-acto knife, I isolated the stem from two spare QFR keycaps. I then sanded down the original stems inside the spacebar. I placed the isolated QFR stems on the cherry stabilizers, flattened a sizeable ball of epoxy putty on each sanded area of the spacebar, and pressed the spacebar onto the stems, adjusting until the spacebar was flat. I'm not sure that the mod will hold if I try to remove the spacebar but it works! It is, however, time intensive so I would not do it again but I'm glad this fix exists.

EDIT: And AFAIK, the Banggood keycaps are Keycool keycaps. The spacebar is "universal", as in it has 4 stems, but none of them fit Leopold FC200.
Title: Re: Leopold 200R White-White spacebar
Post by: ideus on Tue, 24 December 2013, 18:12:24
You should check if the stems in this spacebar (http://www.vendio.com/stores/E-sports-Gaming-equipments/item/pbt-key-caps-leopold/pbt-white-space-bar-for-mx-che/lid=36564777) fit your board. It is 7 bucks shipped. And it also comes in white only  :) .
Title: Re: Leopold 200R White-White spacebar
Post by: SUPER432 on Tue, 24 December 2013, 23:13:05
I was able to adapt a Banggood PBT spacebar to put on my Leopold FC200R using a mod that is mentioned briefly in a few threads (and also in Ripster's image guide). Using an x-acto knife, I isolated the stem from two spare QFR keycaps. I then sanded down the original stems inside the spacebar. I placed the isolated QFR stems on the cherry stabilizers, flattened a sizeable ball of epoxy putty on each sanded area of the spacebar, and pressed the spacebar onto the stems, adjusting until the spacebar was flat. I'm not sure that the mod will hold if I try to remove the spacebar but it works! It is, however, time intensive so I would not do it again but I'm glad this fix exists.

EDIT: And AFAIK, the Banggood keycaps are Keycool keycaps. The spacebar is "universal", as in it has 4 stems, but none of them fit Leopold FC200.

Good info, thanks!

You should check if the stems in this spacebar (http://www.vendio.com/stores/E-sports-Gaming-equipments/item/pbt-key-caps-leopold/pbt-white-space-bar-for-mx-che/lid=36564777) fit your board. It is 7 bucks shipped. And it also comes in white only  :) .

Ahh, so close! Distance between stems on mine is 80mm
Title: Re: Leopold 200R White-White spacebar
Post by: ideus on Tue, 24 December 2013, 23:15:06
I was able to adapt a Banggood PBT spacebar to put on my Leopold FC200R using a mod that is mentioned briefly in a few threads (and also in Ripster's image guide). Using an x-acto knife, I isolated the stem from two spare QFR keycaps. I then sanded down the original stems inside the spacebar. I placed the isolated QFR stems on the cherry stabilizers, flattened a sizeable ball of epoxy putty on each sanded area of the spacebar, and pressed the spacebar onto the stems, adjusting until the spacebar was flat. I'm not sure that the mod will hold if I try to remove the spacebar but it works! It is, however, time intensive so I would not do it again but I'm glad this fix exists.

EDIT: And AFAIK, the Banggood keycaps are Keycool keycaps. The spacebar is "universal", as in it has 4 stems, but none of them fit Leopold FC200.

Good info, thanks!

You should check if the stems in this spacebar (http://www.vendio.com/stores/E-sports-Gaming-equipments/item/pbt-key-caps-leopold/pbt-white-space-bar-for-mx-che/lid=36564777) fit your board. It is 7 bucks shipped. And it also comes in white only  :) .

Ahh, so close! Distance between stems on mine is 80mm


Sorry about that pal. I hope you find it.
Title: Re: Leopold 200R White-White spacebar
Post by: rowdy on Wed, 25 December 2013, 04:38:56
Keycool also used same stem spacing as Leopold initially. I have seen separate spacebar available for them on taobao in the past. Keycool white is also brighter, but I am not sure it will be exact match.

I have a KeyCool 87, the space bar has the two extra universal stems on either side, but only one centre stem that is compatible with Filco, Ducky etc.

Pictures here: http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=43143.msg920703#msg920703
Title: Re: Leopold 200R White-White spacebar
Post by: Attack on Fri, 03 January 2014, 06:30:08
You can get one here. http://keycapsdirect.com/key-capsinventory.php
Get the white universal spacebar, it fit mine.
DCS - 6.2 UNIT UNIVERSAL SPACEBAR - WHITE (WFK)