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~!!

Here:

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

nice,is this yours?

Nope. I'm using cheapo casing only.

haha...ikan got a really bad habit by displaying gorgeous looking cases and poison people into buying them.... i'm 1 of the victims...

your definition of cheapo case also pretty expensive..if your ah lian v1000b is cheapo, i dunno wats mine man...

That's my mission. Bring some pictures and poison them to buy it.

I didn't mean anything.

hahaha....did side panel modding job on your case already?? why not grab the lian-li side panel?? i'm sure RM240 is not a problem for you right???

RM240 for side panel??? I'm rather to make own design.

haha....i'm eagerly waiting for your side panel...haha...kinda regretted getting the lian-li default panel...looks so ordinary..haha..mayb i'll back to ATE and buy back the ori side panel and mod it... if only some1 can sponsor me... hahahaha

aiyaaa...now this thread change to lian-li casing ah...huhu...better stop talk about it coz mod will be very angry and will give u 10% warn...huhu...

haha.. thx for the pics ikan! anyway ikan, hunting for 20% warning ka? haha j/k

No problem. Hope ianho don't give me warn.

If wanting to stick it, use longer screw so can last

I think cutting a large side window on the P180 is not a good idea. P180 may be good in everything but it sucks in cable management. So if you have a large side window like the one above, you will have a messy rig.

I suggest cutting a side window just the size of a ATX mobo so that you can only see the mobo from outside, and not all the mess and drive cages. Maybe you can make a "P" shape window that helps to showoff the mobo and the PSU.

A smaller side window also helps to lower vibration... a thicker acrylic at the side panel also can make the side panel more rigid.

guess what guys.. i've done the mod! i also surprise to finish it myself, although i was seriously considering to send to ianho.. but finally decide to do myself since i've no time to go to KL in this week, and i need to finish it before this saturday where i'll be going back to MMU.

will post the pic soon, but quite ashame to post it since there's no wow factor in my mod

Hurry up with the pix! That's what this forum is all about. Big time pimping!

Pics pics, I wanan see.....

Still waiting the pictures. Overclocker turn to modder.

yo bro, no updates ke?

doesnt look like a P-180 side window to me ><

Either Lian-Li or Coolermaster casing...

This thread is about P180 mods. Thread Cleaned.

This post has been edited by ianho: Jul 19 2006, 12:58 AM

at last manage to get back my camera!

here are the pics that i promise

This post has been edited by irenic: Aug 2 2006, 02:39 AM


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the panel is pretty nice.
what did u use to cut thru it?

thx. i dunno whats it called but the cutter is round shaped and normally be used in fiber car shop

if two layers window, i think need longer than normal screw, for best performance to hold the panel

U used a grinder I think. It's a big huge thing right. Anyway, what uve done to rescue the panel is exactly what I was telling u about using whole piece of acrylic. Good rescue job u did.

@irenic
OMG, really really nice. But what are those red screws?

That's red screw using with allen key. Can found at Motorcycle Parts Shop.

yups, as the time i read ur pm, my dad came with that idea.. thx a lot! neway i'm glad to have a father who likes pc as well


thx.. refer to ikan semilang post below

act i wanted to buy silver color, but at that time the shop only left red color, it kinda funny bcoz my casing has no red led / light at all.. if blue or black is better..

but never mind, no intention to change it yet hehe

This post has been edited by irenic: Aug 5 2006, 03:32 AM

already look and touch the side panel at irenic place...solid rock ...nicely done

hey irenice, u may wanna tidy up those cables, gives it a better look!

owh maybe some CCFL? to bling it up a little.

really liked the red screws...good job. using a grinder to cut the panel must hv took a lot of steady hands..hehe

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This post has been edited by ianho: Sep 24 2006, 11:40 PM

Do not sell anything in here. Sales belongs in Garage Sales. I haf sed this over n over again. It's getting tiring. Content deleted.

hey bro..
u using 3D Galaxy Rite..
dem cool man..
u using the provided gb tubing or u buy new 1 ??
izzit 1/2"ID w/ 3/4"OD ??
look like very thick to me ..

Actually the red screw spoils the overall look.a small simple screw will look nicer.

u juz watercooling ur vga card, and air cooling cpu??

it's 1/2" ID


some like it, some dont

i watercooled both vga and cpu

i think if u change the allen key to black wud be nice.silver color wont pop op since there will be no contrast to it.IMO lahhh....

Yeah, that's right...

:offtopic: By the way, eh irenic, aku ingat ko nak jual casing ni?

Anyway, nice mod u've done there irenic!!