Customize Your Billet Box – Got Panels?

Welcome to part 1 of a series of on Billet Box customization. This series aims to help you find the items you need to customize your Billet Box. This segment will help you find panels for your Billet Box. Special thanks go out to Garrett DeGregory of Rainy Panels for the beautiful lead photo. There are several great panel makers in that photo, left to right, you have Super Secret Panel Project (SSPP), Stabwood and resin by Maddox Customs, Neon Greens from Mums, The white panels are from Customized by BaLee, the purple anodized panels are from Bennett Customs, the pink is Linx from 4dcb, next up are a couple of newcomers, McCool, and Rainy Panels.

A set of custom panels can really set your Billet Box apart from the crowd. The image above shows my 2020 clear the day it arrived and what it looks like today, 4 weeks later. A different button, a new drip tip, and a set of sexy panels, and it doesn’t even look like the same Billet Box. A big draw to Billet Box is how easy it is to customize your Billet Box with the vast amount of accessories available.

Got Panels?

By now, you might have seen scores of panels in handchecks and wonder where they came from. You’ve looked on websites from a Google search and just can’t find that set you saw earlier today. Where do they come from? Well, I hope to help answer that question.

There are plenty of awesome panels you can find on websites, but they’re a good number of them are never sold on websites. A lot of the popular panels are only found in that panel maker’s Facebook group, for instance, my 1st set of 3rd party panels by SSPP. Super Secret Panel Project has a website, but most of the panels are sold via quick strikes in their Facebook group.

Panel makers that use their Facebook Group to sell their panels use several methods, but these two are the most common:

Quick Strikes – This is a method where the panel maker will make a post and the 1st person to comment with a particular word, typically X1, wins the change to purchase the listed panels. Sometimes they have more than one available, but most of the time, it’s 1 set at a time.

Waffles – Sometimes the 1st 10 comments get put into a randomizer and the winner comes out with the panels at a discounted rate, supplemented by the others that didn’t win.

Panel Types

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You will see panels out there made from all sorts of materials. The most common and most affordable are made from various types of acrylics. Five of the eight examples in the lead image in this article are made from acrylics material, but you can also find panel makers selling panels made from G10, the material that the stock panels from BBV are made of, stabilized wood, combinations of resin and stabwood, various metals, and more.

There are also several different cut-outs for different styles of buttons. Most common are round buttons for the stock buttons and button plates, but you will also see a good amount of rectangle cut-outs designed to accommodate the Mission XV Mission Switch. An example of that cut out can be seen in this photo of my 2020 Rat with the Mission Switch cutout by Sway from KONTRL, another awesome panel maker.

Another button style you see are squares but they aren’t as popular as the others cuts.

One tip I can give you when you are trying to win panels in quick strikes is to be careful to check the button type before typing X1. You might win panels for a button type you don’t even own… yet.

Where to get Panels

Here’s a list of some of the great panel makers in the community and how to get a set from them!

  • KONTRL (Example) – Sway is one of the vets of the Billet Box panel scene and he is constantly improving on his designs and the features of his panels. He recently launched a switch set to replace your stock button. Kontrl panels are only obtained from their Facebook group. Sway makes panels in both round and Mission (rectangle) cutouts and makes panels for a few other mods as well.
  • SSPP (Example) – Super Secret Panel Project is another mainstay and you’ll plenty of hand checks with their panels. The 1st panels I bought were from SSPP, the set in the example. To get your hands on SSPP panels, you need to either join their Facebook group and win a set through quick strikes or check the website. Most of the time, they are sold through the Facebook group, but Arlo sometimes adds the drops to the website.
  • Mums (Example) – Mums has been around for quite a bit too. In addition to having a HUGE selection of panels of all different styles, colors, etc, Mums also has some of the best 3rd party Boros out there. While most of the major panel makers use Facebook to move their products, Mums uses its website for sale. You can get updates on inventory restocking from their Facebook group.
  • 4DCB (Example) – Maker of the Linx Panels and Inners. 4CDB started as a stabilized wood supplier and has evolved into a full-fledged woodworking shop and had been around since late 2016 making billet box accessories and stabilized wood. You can get their products during drops in their Facebook group, typically Friday and Saturdays. There will normally be an announcement earlier in the week in the group.
  • McCool Panels (Example) – McCool Panels have taken the Facebook communities by storm recently. Well made panels with a great selection of styles and colors along with being quite affordable have put these panels into a lot of Billet Box owner’s hands recently. McCool panels can be obtained through quick strikes in the Billet Box USA Facebook group as well as from Vapeology, an online retailer.
  • Rainy Panels (Example) – Another newcomer that has hit the ground running. Rainy Panels by Garrett DeGregory have a sweet, unique logo that looks awesome on a Billet Box, especially with a color contrast underneath. These panels are well made and come in a wide variety of colors and come in round and Mission Switch cuts. Right now, you can get these panels in their Facebook group through frequent quick strikes.
  • Bennett Tool Customs (Example) – Gorgeous panels in various types of materials for your Billet Box. You can order direct from Matt Bennet or grab a set in a waffle in their Facebook group.
  • Lakeside Craftsman (Example) – Custom panels in several types of materials – wood, Kirinite, and acrylic. Check out their Facebook group for more info.
  • Maddox Customs (Example) – Custom wood and Kirinite panels. You can purchase Maddox Panels for Billet Box and other mods from their Facebook group.
  • Friendly Flipper (Example) – These panels are all over in screenshots and are probably the most recognized and most flipped panels out there. There is always a set of their panels for sale in the various B/S/T groups. From what I can tell, they are only for sale on their website, but since I have been into Billet Box, their stock hasn’t been updated. They have a Facebook group too, but I have not been approved to view, so I am not sure what happens in there.
  • RJ Mod (Example) – A modder from Korea that makes mods, but also creates very limited runs of high end, aluminum Billet Box panels with deep-engraved designs. They typically make a limited run of 10 of each design. They are not cheap, but they are breathtaking. The guy running the show lives in the US, but these are made in Korea. You can purchase the panels in their Facebook group via quick strikes, auctions, and randoms drawings.

This list is primarily panel makers in the US, I don’t mind adding others, but I am not real familiar with others. Feel free to contact me with suggestions.

With just a new set of panels, you can customize your Billet Box to make it your own!

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