Project: Jeep By FoRmEd

[FoRmEd]

I made a Thread a little while back and it was delayed because of
the judging. So here it is...

The Judging is over and I won the Contest!
First Place $250!
http://www.overclock.net/case-mods-general-discussion/67603-return-case-mod-competition-winners.html

I will be uploading my worklog momentarily!

WARNING DSL KILLER 100+ PICTURES

[FoRmEd]

Ladies, Gents the Jeep by FoRmEd
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b358/FoRmEd/Jeep/anime/fa90529a.png


My resent purchase of my Jeep Grand Cherokee inspired me to start
a case Mod to look similiar. Heres my front sketch.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b358/FoRmEd/Jeep/anime/case500x450-2.png

The case that I am using was from my first build 4 years ago.
It was a 750mhz AMD 128 RAM, to embaraced to tell the Rest.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b358/FoRmEd/Jeep/JeepMod002.jpg

I already took out alot of the crud, and the front bezel. So the next
step is to pull her apart. Hence the drilling of rivets!:laughings
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b358/FoRmEd/Jeep/JeepMod005.jpg

So then I made sure that I could pull it apart.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b358/FoRmEd/Jeep/JeepMod007.jpg

Time to start fabrication!

My first order of business is make all the outside skin! The
Side panels are there(need fab, but there) so I need to make
a new front bezel.

First I got a piece of metal and sized it to the front of the case.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b358/FoRmEd/Jeep/IMGP1620.jpg

Then I put a small curve in it, so that it was raised from the front of the case. http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b358/FoRmEd/Jeep/IMGP1621.jpg

Then I just mixed upsome real toxic stuff, laid down a sheet of composite and
FoRmEd it around the metal that I already bent! I then repeated 2 more times. Finishing product was this, now I just need to cut and sand!
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b358/FoRmEd/Jeep/IMGP1622.jpg

So I started to sand and found that the mixture that I used was very strong.
It took two hours to flaten out the front bezel.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b358/FoRmEd/Jeep/frontbezel002.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b358/FoRmEd/Jeep/frontbezel001.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b358/FoRmEd/Jeep/frontbezel003.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b358/FoRmEd/Jeep/frontbezel004.jpg

Ok now It is time to remove the generic front plate and back plate to
make room for the ones I am about to fabricate...
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b358/FoRmEd/Jeep/Casebonage001.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b358/FoRmEd/Jeep/Casebonage002.jpg

See the Propane tank in the back? Ya... what a noob... he's going to blow himself up...
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b358/FoRmEd/Jeep/Casebonage005.jpg

Finished with that...
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b358/FoRmEd/Jeep/Casebonage003.jpg

I just got in my materials for the case... here they are.. the black
roll is my mesh.. the blue thing is my plexi... the metal rod is for the supports,
the sheet metal is for the grill and some internal braces for DVD burner,
and the high speed triggers are for the power and clear cmos, then the door
bell is for the reset button...
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b358/FoRmEd/Jeep/switcj002.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b358/FoRmEd/Jeep/switcj001.jpg

I recieved my WC today...
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b358/FoRmEd/Jeep/waterblock.jpg

Now I am just waiting on my modular kit, reservoir, sleeving, hdd cooler case, and molex kit...

Today I made my motherboard mount plate... All I did was line a piece of plexi
up with my mobo and draw... I made those big holes for more ventilation...
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b358/FoRmEd/Jeep/mobomount002.jpg

Time to work with the Front Bezel Again...
First to make the Metal that is going in the Front...
I cut a piece of Zinc to the Size I needed then drilled holes to fit right..
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b358/FoRmEd/Jeep/work1001.jpg

Time to Rivet it in...
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b358/FoRmEd/Jeep/work1002.jpg

[FoRmEd]

The rest of the work log is here:

http://www.overclock.net/case-mod-entries/40427-project-jeep-formed.html

[FoRmEd]

Time for the final pics!


http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b358/FoRmEd/Jeep/Final/Final008-1.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b358/FoRmEd/Jeep/Final/Final007-1.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b358/FoRmEd/Jeep/Final/final002-1.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b358/FoRmEd/Jeep/Final/final001-1.jpg



Edit:

Special thanks go out to all the members on Overclock.net that helped me when needed...
And to those Awesome Members at TBCS that helped with my LED's!

Special Thanks to the honorable Weasel70 for his dire atempt of Quality Control.(I didnt listen sometimes.)


Link To Original Thread (http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1955)