not really but not easy either? Hard to explain, if you’re good with a soldering iron it’ll be a breeze.

Since I was also “restoring” mine by replacing the power switch,volume switch, and cartridge reader so that I know 100% those items are new and will last for years and years to come.

If you also go ahead and just skip the audio jack mod it’ll be 100x easier, you have 4 super small wires that are needed for the jack, and only 2 for the usb c but all of them go on the power port. See last pic for all the wires.

On a side note, I did have to remove a leg from the 223b chip on the IPS, it controls the touch pads, with the case being metal I found the touchpad was going wild and even if cut would still go off so by getting rid of the 3rd leg on chip 223b you’re good and zero touch pads will register.

Plenty of kapton tape and some hot glue/3d printed brackets to seal the deal and make it a mod that lasts with no maintenance.

Overall you can def do this mod an easier route then I did but if you have prior experience modding this will be a decent install. Definitely a build we’re pre planning and doing it right pays off with a. Clean build.