Hi, i need some idea from u guys on how to mod the side panel for my antec p180.. i already removed the silver aluminium that cover the side panel so rite now as u can see in the pic is the base of the side panel itself..

well i think i made a mistake by removing the silver side panel but i have no choice since i already 'ter'scratched it quite deep when i was lifting the casing on a trolly!
hehe

so here is the pic of the side panel after i remove the silver cover.. i tell u sthing, it's damn hard! :



ok here is the pic of the inside of the case.. as we can see it got 2 parts, bottom for hdd + psu and upper part for mobo + my wc ..



I'm very bad in modding side panel, esp for case with 2 sections like this one.. Last time i had lian li v1000b which also got 2 sections but i just bought the original arcylic lian li side panel .. So i hope u guys can give me some idea how to mod it.. i hope can make it look smart and of course neat..

thx a lot in advance~!!

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thx .. =D but too bad i cant use the silver panel back!

I suggest you throw your ruined side panel away and make an entire acrylic to replace it. That would be nice.

or u spray acrylic with silver colour from back, u can hav silver glass effect side panel..

i dont mean to be a jerk or anything, but i still think the p180 should be left the way it is - without mods. i mean, you dont mod a beatiful DB9 or an Enzo, do you?


[just my 0.000002 cents ]

yeah u're not jerk bcoz many p180 user feel the same way.. me too to be honest. but somehow i'm a bit worry bout my wc insde a box where there is no hole that i can see to check the condition

so here is my plan .. i'll put a tinted arcylic at the side panel.. for now i managed to put back the outer silver aluminium at its original place so i'll decide whether to do like the pic in ikan semilang's post above ..

kianwee :

ur idea seems simple and nice but i'm afraid it will look cheapo which will spoil the look of this p180 (well.. i already spoilt it .. but i guess just a lil bit )

shiinkuro31:

i try to imagine ur idea and i guess i know .. u mean i put arcylic as side panel like kianwee said and then i spray it with silver color from the inside .. am i rite ?



well i am thinking to do airbrush for both right and front panel.. this casing is simply elegant, but sometime it looks like a flat house! =D

want no sweat?? just sell to me ur casing & get another wif side panel

get to ianho lah..h ecan do for u...can c in the garage sales section

Good god what did you do to that sweet P180?

Hrm. Since you got the silver panel back on (hopefully it still looks decent), then yeah, a window would be good. But whatever acoustic dampening properties the side panel had will no longer exist now.

Hmmm..... nice casing wif good thermal air flow ventelation casing......

Well, not really true. We can always do a sandwich window using 1 acrylic sheet on outside n 1 on the inside with a layer of air between the 2 sheets of acrylic just like double glazing windows. That shud b more than enuf soundproofing.

For double glazed window, at least a small gap between the two sheets of acrylic right?

Ya there will be a gap between the 2 sheets of acrylic.

how u gonna stick it?with screw ah?maybe need long screw...

the silver panel cant used anymore! hehe .. well i just got myself the akasa acoustic sound absorption.. hope it can helps a lil bit hehe


great idea! any pic of sample ?

i am thinking of using the colored bikes screw ..

This post has been edited by irenic: Jun 8 2006, 11:09 PM

dont use long screw coz when its long ur side panel will hard to remove like mine...me also looking for short screw...

My opinion, send it to ianho and he will do a good job with your side panel mate. He did a wonderful job for me that I am sending my PC again to him

ahhhh.....my dream casing. Well, U can try to PM taiko IANHO to see what he can do. Seems like you've ruined it quite badly.

yeah if i'll send it to someone surely he is ianho..

act not so bad like in the pic just imagine the black side panel without the silver aluminium.. i clean all the glue ( or issit double sided tape?) already and it look ok haha