Project: Dark Carbon

[rendermandan]

Hey Dan, I just had an idea. I was thinking, if you frosted all the exposed edges of the red plexi you would get a more uniform, softer, less in your face glow than the naked edges. Just a thought.

actually I kinda did. I sanded them with some pretty rough sand paper. In other words, I didn't polish the edges. and it does give the edges some glow. I'm in the process of glueing on the black plexi. and believ it or not, it makes them look worse. basically whats happening is when I glue the black ot the red, it removes all the air space between the two pieces of plexi. the red leds light gets mostly obsorbed by the black plexi and not transfered through. the parts that do leak out into the red plexi lights up the edges but just not as much. Hard to explain.

There is really no way for me to change it now either. Its glued for good onto the case and if I try to remove it, I will destroy the red led stip lights along with the finish on the carbon fiber. Its really not that bad. just a little different than what I was planning on. But still looks good!.

I'll ge some pics for you tonight.

[rendermandan]

Hey guys. Got a question for you. How bad do you think it would be if I bought some Carbon Fiber film and applied it to my keyboard and video card?
Before you get the wrong idea, I will be using real carbon fiber. Not vinyl sticker. Its just .015" thick. 1 layer of carbon fiber. I figured I could apply it to my GTX 280 and maybe the top of my keyboard. I'm already planning on pulling the orange led's out and replacing them with red leds. (Logitech G15 v2).

I just want some opinions before I order the CF.

Thanks.

[EspoNation]

Hey guys. Got a question for you. How bad do you think it would be if I bought some Carbon Fiber film and applied it to my keyboard and video card?
Before you get the wrong idea, I will be using real carbon fiber. Not vinyl sticker. Its just .015" thick. 1 layer of carbon fiber. I figured I could apply it to my GTX 280 and maybe the top of my keyboard. I'm already planning on pulling the orange led's out and replacing them with red leds. (Logitech G15 v2).

I just want some opinions before I order the CF.

Thanks.

they key board defiantly, i have the same one and i hate the orange. the cf would look good on it. it should not be a problem on the vid card. i dont think cf has any conductive properties. you should have no problem keep up the good work!

[Boddaker]

Great stuff there Dan! Have you tried flame-polishing the black plexi edges? Might go a bit faster than sanding. Just gotta be careful not to burn them up lol.

[crazybillybob]

Go for the Carbon Vid card wrap, and the Keyboard..... In fact The mouse wouldn't be overkill! Or the monitor.

[msmrx57]

Hey guys. Got a question for you. How bad do you think it would be if I bought some Carbon Fiber film and applied it to my keyboard and video card?
Before you get the wrong idea, I will be using real carbon fiber. Not vinyl sticker. Its just .015" thick. 1 layer of carbon fiber. I figured I could apply it to my GTX 280 and maybe the top of my keyboard. I'm already planning on pulling the orange led's out and replacing them with red leds. (Logitech G15 v2).

I just want some opinions before I order the CF.

Thanks.

That would just be continuing the theme. So my vote is go for it!

[rendermandan]

Go for the Carbon Vid card wrap, and the Keyboard..... In fact The mouse wouldn't be overkill! Or the monitor.

LOL, well, monitor and mouse huh?

How does this look?

Lol. My monitor has CF on the ends and my mouse already has a cf housing. -Not real of course, but OEM. Depending on how much I have left over from doing the video card and keyboard I might be able to cover the ends of the monitor with REAL CF. -Not sure how to do the mouse though. You can't bend real CF in multiple directions. Even though the stuff is .015" thick, it will still only bend around 3/4" dia.

But anyway, I went ahead and ordered the thin CF sheet. In the meatime, I'll work on getting some pictures uploaded and make a progress report tomorrow.

[DonT-FeaR]

sweet.. will look killer mate

[KiLLERMAN21]

Yes, CF film would look really good on your mouse/keyboard/monitor/video card, for sure.

[SXRguyinMA]

I agree, and the real carbon should look killer, a lot better than that fake painted stuff