2nd time modding. 1st time was nothing much to shout about. heres the progress so far.

first up some pics of the casing straight out of the box




now some pics of the casing after it has been taken apart



i'm gonna sand them down to metal layer and mirror finish. the front panels are aluminum so they won't rust however the body of the casing is SECC........they rusted after i sanded of the paints and left them overnight. any idea how to prevent that. below is the top panel after going through 240,400,800,1200,1500 & 2000. i have yet to use the metal buffer and polish. any good brands to recommend?

wow... nice casing there ... good lucky ...

wow TS, nice casing u got there...u sure got lots of $$$ there, still new n mod it after that...

btw, if u dun mind tell us wat're u going to do to the casing? i mean the mod of course.

cheers n gud luck!

tq very much

i'm going to sand off the paint on front, left, right and top panel. after that i'm going to sand them into chrome like mirror finish. liquid cooling will have to wait as i'm on a tight budget.

oh yeah update gonna be slow as i can only work on the casing during weekends.

This post has been edited by cskeong: Jun 15 2008, 07:07 PM

wow nice case indeed.. how much is it? im sure waiting for the result of your mod..

casing is RM 399. guys i'm having a problem. its rusting.anything i can use to prevent rusting after i'm done with the sanding and buffing?

clear coat spray bro..? im not so sure laa~..huu~

well i'm not an expert but here is wat i know. smooth surface gives poor adhesion to paint.........mirror finish surface are smooth........lol. besides i didn't get the buffing done yet so can't cover it with clear coat yet.....though i still think they won't adhere properly

Tai kor me not soo expert la... but i would suggest that u paint it once u get the buffing is done.. to prevent rusting. 1 coat will do to protect it.

may i suggest using WD 40 to cover the surface 1st? the reason using wd40 is bcuz it's easier to rinse if u're going to paint it later, using oil/cooking oil is troublesome bcuz of it's properties.

i'm not going to paint it. i'm going for bare metal mirror finish. wd40 is good however it will trap dirt

yes, i know. that's y i state it can be rinse easier than oil b4 applying anything to it. meaning ur going for a clear coat only?

ok

everyone stay away from CSKEONG......he will be on a mugging streak liao .......



ooops he got me liao......help!

This post has been edited by lot101: Jun 16 2008, 12:29 PM

coming here kacau kacau =.=. and sib yeah i'm going for clear coat only. need to be careful lol. the paints gonna have poor adhesion to the surface.

ai yo....you mai need the attention mah...... ...... send to an automotive paint shop....30 minutes everything kao tim....

I'm not 100% sure, but I have read somewhere in these forums that you can clear-coat it to prevent rust. Other than that I can't think of anything else. Unless you're will to sapu WD40 all the time. lol. Or you can fill up an aquarium with oil and immerse the case. XD

use undercoat sure fix ur problem

Thing is, he wants the exposed polished metal look. I'm having the same problem here too. Probably will try clearcoating first, if really cannot then may have to get it plated.

clear coat added. waiting for it to cure before sanding and rubbing compound to get smooth finish on the clear coat. wonder if it will turn out alright lol

TS
this casing secc @ alu ??

casing body is secc. the 2 piece front panel are alu and anodized black.........gonna have a hard time polishing those 2. little bit of updates. managed to sand and clear coat the right and left panels. below are the right panels pic before clear coating. forgot to take pics of left panel before clear coating.

wow your is coooooooooooollllll mannnnn!!!!!

finished the 1st part,
let's start the 2nd part.

how to maintain the expose metal from oxidation?
clear coat, plated, anodized,paint.

wallpaper

wallpaper??? lol u'r joking........rite? anyways lack of updates recently as these few weekends was running around and no time to really get into modding. hopefully i can update a few more pics by next week.

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Added on August 8, 2008, 9:50 amok after such a long period of no updating i finally finished my casing. i'm rather dissappointed with the end result. the clear coat completely messed up the bare metal finish and there were some accidents when my mum sprinkled some metal paints on my clear coat while i was waiting for them to dry and cure up abit

inner right panel sprayed black


inner left panel sprayed black


inner part of casing sprayed black


the pc parts that are going into the casing.
mobo: asus m2n sli
proc: amd am2 6000+ 3.0 ghz
proc cooler: cooler master sphere
rams: 4 X 1 gb 800 kingston hyper x
vga: asus 8500 X 2
vga cooler: cooler master cool viva z1 X 2
lcd: samsung 19" wide screen
power supply: cooler master 500 watt
hdd: western digital 160gb sata
optical: liteon sata dvd rw


front panel after sanding.




This post has been edited by cskeong: Aug 8 2008, 09:50 AM

Fuuuyoh... cantik!!!

close ups of front panel


front panel after clear coating and assembly


ok the following pics are kinda blurry due to shaky hands.

parts installed into pc


night shots for uv effect. need more improvement on cable management please advice


have a few more minor things that i have yet to add. will continue updating. hopefully someone can advice me on how to fix up my cable management even further.

aiseh bro..all great job n uv mode..spoiled with sata cable hanging there

tq very much. trying to find solutions to the sata hmmmm

only 2 sata and 1 molex only UV reactive? lolz..

anyway,u should SLi 8600GT...not 8500GT..in my opinion..

if u take a look properly there is another cable in the back that is uv reactive. i'm more to stealthing my cables instead of uv them. i only uv those that i'm unable to stealth. and about the cards..............i'm too lazy to wait for stock as the place i bought my pc doesn't have any on hand 8600. so far 8500 is rendering the games i'm playing beautifully on highest settings without any hiccups. thank you for your erm pointless comments.

U need more uv fans to enhanced ur uv effect. 8500gt sli? worth it ker. why not just get a 9600?

Ok..u are welcome..thanks for your respond.. just my 2 cent..no offense at all..gud luck in your modding buddy..i appreciate your comment..

no offense taken and i hope the same to u too lol. though it is kinda pointless since that well.........card already bought and i cannot exchange. besides this is modding thread was hoping for more comments on how to improve cable management, uv look etc etc. sorry if i sounded too mean.

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Added on August 13, 2008, 4:32 pmthe price my fren the price. we all have budget mah. this setup including casing is already 3.3~3.4.

This post has been edited by cskeong: Aug 13 2008, 04:32 PM

since ur innerside of ur case is black i recommend ur change ur sata cable to black and sleeve everything in black as it hides well and will look a lot neater my fren...

damn..what a beauty u have there..!