Whilst I had the two bezels detached, I thought I'd take a picture of them together to illustrate the difference between the early and late model items...
The complete bezel is from the donor machine, a very early iMac DV (yellow power button) that was running almost permanantlly its entire life in a school computer lab, the broken one being from the later iMac DV SE that hardly saw any use. They appear to be two entirely different plastic compounds... the later one being far more brittle and prone to breakage and fatigue and subject to very noticable deterioration. When taking the screw caps out of the late bezel, it is quite common for them to crumble or snap, and its also enevitable that the clips for the removable bottom tray will snap when it is removed after some use. The earlier one however, is a far more durable and flexible plastic that seems to deteriorate very little if at all with age, doesnt yellow over time, and most importantly, resists breakage during removal of case plastics or as a result of less than couth handling, or even just general movement.
The complete bezel is from the donor machine, a very early iMac DV (yellow power button) that was running almost permanantlly its entire life in a school computer lab, the broken one being from the later iMac DV SE that hardly saw any use. They appear to be two entirely different plastic compounds... the later one being far more brittle and prone to breakage and fatigue and subject to very noticable deterioration. When taking the screw caps out of the late bezel, it is quite common for them to crumble or snap, and its also enevitable that the clips for the removable bottom tray will snap when it is removed after some use. The earlier one however, is a far more durable and flexible plastic that seems to deteriorate very little if at all with age, doesnt yellow over time, and most importantly, resists breakage during removal of case plastics or as a result of less than couth handling, or even just general movement.