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    Default My first attempt at case modding 56k no *COMPLETE Kinda*

    Well, I got really bored one day and decided that my case (Armor 8003) was to plain, and not to my liking.



    A little Cable managing:

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    So I decided to completely disassemble the entire thing, and get it powdercoated and updated a few components to help clean it up.

    Dis-assembly pics:
    Complete case minus side panels, and front:

    IO Panel:

    IO Panel, Front Hard-drive drawer, Power Supply Adapter:

    Front header bracket, Floppy Drive => 5.25 bracket:

    IO Panel Dissected:

    HDD Drawer de-riveted:


    More to come when I get home from work later!

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    Default Re: My first attempt at case modding 56k no no no

    It looks like a nice project. What color you getting it powdercoated?

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    Default Re: My first attempt at case modding 56k no no no

    make sure you put screws in all the screw holes or you'll never get a screw in that hole again after powercoating.

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    make sure you put screws in all the screw holes or you'll never get a screw in that hole again after powercoating.
    Done, and done. I had a problem when I had the intake manifold for my car powdered and the guy powdered all the mating surfaces

    It looks like a nice project. What color you getting it powdercoated?
    The outside is called "Mirror Black" It is a very high gloss black, kinda like a black chrome.

    I am torn about what to do the motherboard tray and a few other parts.
    A dark red would be nice, but black/red is so played out. Any suggestions?

    I use two antec spotcools which have blue leds, but I can switch those out if I go red, and I dont think alot of blue would look that good.

    Maybe like a Dark grey metallic or something like that?

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    Default Re: My first attempt at case modding 56k no no no

    Quote Originally Posted by rousegk7 View Post
    Done, and done. I had a problem when I had the intake manifold for my car powdered and the guy powdered all the mating surfaces



    The outside is called "Mirror Black" It is a very high gloss black, kinda like a black chrome.

    I am torn about what to do the motherboard tray and a few other parts.
    A dark red would be nice, but black/red is so played out. Any suggestions?

    I use two antec spotcools which have blue leds, but I can switch those out if I go red, and I dont think alot of blue would look that good.

    Maybe like a Dark grey metallic or something like that?
    hell i thought blue was played out. my chassis is red/black. but i guess its the only one of its kind.

    what about Green lights and a smoke silver metallic color?

    or white and green.

    frozencpu sells just about every color bar light under the sun

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    Default Re: My first attempt at case modding 56k no no no

    Small update:
    I removed the blue LED's out of the Spot cools, and bought new case fans (non-led).

    Still trying to figure out what color to go for the other parts, but my powdercoated told me he has a color called blood red candy that turns out a very deep red/crimson color that looks like it was anodized so he is spraying me a test panel to compare to the black. Should have pictures of the case fresh from powdercoating later today.

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    Default Re: My first attempt at case modding 56k no no no

    if that red is a candy/crimson red, i would say go for that, it always looks soooo sexy, you can't go wrong.


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    Black/red is popular for a reason: it looks gorgeous. Watch out for orange/pink lighting and you'll be set.
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    Default Re: My first attempt at case modding 56k no no no

    Quote Originally Posted by rousegk7 View Post
    I am torn about what to do the motherboard tray and a few other parts.
    A dark red would be nice, but black/red is so played out. Any suggestions?
    Ooo! Ooo! Blue! Blue!

    Kidding, blue is overdone unless you can somehow get a very dark blue effect. I'm with Twigs on the green, though. The right shade of green looks excellent with black.
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    Default Re: My first attempt at case modding 56k no no no

    1-16-09: small update.

    Alright so a few small parts arrived yesterday and I got a little bit done.
    A big thanks to Performance-pcs for awesome shipping.

    *edit* Anyone know how to paint or color the heatsink on a cpu? Would like it to be black if possible.
    The new cooler: something simple


    Some new case fans:


    Black zip ties and cradle mounts:


    A ton of black rivets to replace the bare metal finished ones:


    I also repainted the 80mm fans that came with the case. They had an orange center which will not due, so I followed the tutorial on this site to pull em apart and paint them!


    After first coat(you can see the old color in the housing):



    And back together:


    O, I almost forgot. . . I got the first batch of parts back from my powdercoater last night!

    I will upload those pictures when I get home from work.

    Also, sorry about the quality of photos! My camera took a poo on me, so these are all taken from my phone. 3.2 Megapixel for the suck!

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