Modding My Case

[ebfd11]

Well it is that time of the year when i get bored and look to do something different with my case. So I started modding it and so far all I have done is the door and I will be working on posting pics as I go along.

Here is the 1st of many installments



It has a black stripe base coat and metallic red cover coat and 3 coats of clear on it. The silver will be replaced with a metallic film to throw more light off from the light rope I have in there.

Where you can see white around the edges around the door I will using blck pinstripe tape to cover up my boo boo's.

The interior will be painted also I was thinking on maybe a dark blue and have white  laser LED's in to highlight it.

All these are just suggestions, and thought they might change in the process of modding.

I also bought some heavy duty tubing to replace the slack jawed tubing that was shipped with the water cooling.

I will post pics as I progress. I am also going to get my triple monitor stand set up and working.

LawnDart

[Dragon]

I will clean up my room and post pics as I progress. I am also going to get my triple monitor stand set up and working.

LawnDart

fixed

[guncrasher]

hey feralpigsfeet what kind of paint do you use?  spray can?  that looks cool, and I am crazy enough to try to paint mine.

semp

[ebfd11]

Semp
  I used the krylon for plastic as the base coat and then used Metal X paint for the red color... it has sparkles in it ..lol

[guncrasher]

there's a holiday coming up, gonna used it to re do it.  gonna paint mine brown so when i dive into the red cons it will seem less obvious.

semp

[ebfd11]

OK gents here is an update

The first one shows the interior was painted metallic silver and stiffer tubing used in water cooling. I also switched to deionized water and UV additive so when my lights show up it will be florescent blue.
I had to salvage one of my old fans from another case but ohhh well.



Paint job on top and front panels.


Here is the back of the front panel to show how I trimmed it out.



Now this panel I have to redo since one of the local little schleprocks came by and asked me if the paint was dry. Before I could say no....smudge... friggen little road rat should have been slapped.


No light shots



I did notice after the trim I need to remove the lower grill and paint that red also .

So what do you think??

[guncrasher]

awesome job lawn but grills should be different color.  since i cant let you have a better system than mine.  I am painting mine red ( )  but the inside is metallic blue.  all grills will be metallic blue also blue.  reason for inside being blue is because all my fans are blue.  but I am thinking of switching to red fans  now..no, no,no maybe green, or...


semp

[ebfd11]

Yeah a metallic blue for the grills would be a nice touch.

[MaSonZ]

Yeah a metallic blue for the grills would be a nice touch.

or keep[ing them the black that it came with.... but then again you may as well order a red Phantom.

lets see the metallic blue grills...

[ebfd11]

Masonz

That is a custom paint job... black stripe underlay with a sparkle metallic on top.. the pic don't do it justice. I wish you could see the hi-res pics..LOL but our BBS won't allow me to post it.

Lawndart again....FeralPig has died..LOL

[guncrasher]

here's the top of my puter painted red.  not finished yet as it still needs the clear coat.  grills are being painted metallic blue, but are not installed yet.



semp

[ebfd11]

looks sweet semp, guess i will pick a different color for my grill, so we don't look so alike. LOL

[MaSonZ]

you two are killin me.... i wanna paint mine now. but what color? 

[guncrasher]

you two are killin me.... i wanna paint mine now. but what color? 

look at pictures of cars.  will always give you ideas.  btw you do know you will have to take your puter apart to paint the insde .  hey look at it this way practice to redo your wires.

semp

[MaSonZ]

look at pictures of cars.  will always give you ideas.  btw you do know you will have to take your puter apart to paint the insde .  hey look at it this way practice to redo your wires.

semp

ill have an excuse to fight the monster and work on my wires if i paint the inside  

maybe a metallic or Candy blue. an intense blue but keep my grills black....

where to get it around me without buying from an auto body shop though. not sure if the hardware stores around me carry it  


couple questions. paint job is smooth as a babies arse on my case, should i still smooth it out a little more with say 3k sand paper just to smooth it out a hair bit more before spraying it? obviously after each coat sand it down, but how many coats of paint and clear coat? put a coat of clear coat between layers of paint? and how many clear coat layers for the final touch? want it to shine like a Royce off the floor if i can do it