Antec 900 - Case Refurb

belial8321 · 12 Jul 2011 at 16:07

Hey guys, just finally replaced my old antec 900 case, which is looking a little worse for wear, but i thought cause its such a nice case in general i'd give it some loving.

So far i have emptied it of all electrics etc etc and taken all the bays out and all the plastics off, leaving me with a totally bare chassis, which is where my picture log starts. - The reason it's outside is cause I had to drill out a screw which had lost all thread and i couldn't remove.

Here are general shots of the poor state the case is in at the moment.

Damage from drilling out screw, wonder how i can fix this -

Case was also COVERED in really thick grime and dust, didn't fancy the labour so i pressure washed it and left it in the sun to dry!

yay for insane quick ways round work!

belial8321 · 12 Jul 2011 at 16:28

Just trying to strip down the case further - i intend to paint inside and out matt finish black, im pretty sure i need to sand it down, prime it then paint it, anyone know more about this? and how can i sand it apart from using just my arm and sandpaper, it hurts!

belial8321 · 12 Jul 2011 at 16:56

Found a wire brush drill bit and some goggles

its noisy but is working

SUCCESS!

DStruct · 12 Jul 2011 at 22:44

Good effort

ZZZAC · 13 Jul 2011 at 08:23

best idea is to de-rivit before spraying, otherwise it will be awkward and hard to get a even finish.

belial8321 · 13 Jul 2011 at 13:22

ZZZAC said:
best idea is to de-rivit before spraying, otherwise it will be awkward and hard to get a even finish.

How do i derivet?

DirtyJester · 13 Jul 2011 at 13:49

belial8321 said:
How do i derivet?

Drill them out using a slightly larger drill bit than the hole in the rivet, then use a pair of pliers to knock off the rivet remains / head. Don't forget you will need new rivets (and rivet gun) or nuts and bolts to put it back together again.
Check this out...

ZZZAC · 13 Jul 2011 at 15:22

DirtyJester said:
Drill them out using a slightly larger drill bit than the hole in the rivet, then use a pair of pliers to knock off the rivet remains / head.

There you go

belial8321 · 13 Jul 2011 at 17:14

Ok guys thanks for info on riveting

will look into it.

I have been removing the old paint/power coating from the case ready to receive the primer, got a fair bit off, although last night, impatience and lots of cider got the better of me and i tried to paint over the old coating with random metal paint, bad idea XD have spent a lot of time today correcting the mistakes, as you will see in the pictures, a lot of the tricky bits are down to bare metal now so i should have it done by the time my primer arrives from the bay.

belial8321 · 13 Jul 2011 at 17:16

belial8321 · 13 Jul 2011 at 17:17

The last pic posted, the base of the case, that is where i made the mistake and will need some attention tomorrow

KiiYzOo · 13 Jul 2011 at 17:19

did you paint it with a paintbrush?

belial8321 · 13 Jul 2011 at 17:30

Lmao, i'll admit yes, now i know it was stupid, but alcohol and boredem were in control of me

can anyone recommend a decent black paint (spray) to use after i have applied the primer?

belial8321 · 14 Jul 2011 at 15:17

Anybody?

belial8321 · 15 Jul 2011 at 12:55

Yay my etch primer has arrived, just a little more preliminary sanding work and we're good to go on spraying, i also need ideas of how to make the case side look nicer, i ordered an A3 size 4mm perspex sheet for window mods cause i dont like the current one, will get some pics up in a bit

Kurisu Makise · 18 Jul 2011 at 08:25

KiiYzOo said:
did you paint it with a paintbrush?

belial8321 said:
Lmao, i'll admit yes

belial8321 · 3 Aug 2011 at 13:33

Ok big pic upload incoming in next few mins, time for a massive update, have done a lot of work but sadly missed out pictures due to there not being a camera available for me -

My last update/Pics show a massive fail attempt at painting the case without fully sanding it or priming it -

Since then i have

- Purchased more primer
- Purchased Black and Neon Green Plastikote projekt paint
- FULLY sanded down case
- Primed case with 4 coats
- Sprayed whole case black
- Sprayed selected components neon green
- Ordered 4 Antec high air flow tricool fans
- Ordered a CCF Green lighting kit

Pics incoming soon.

belial8321 · 3 Aug 2011 at 13:49

And here is an EPIC fail - it came out perfect until the wind blew some paper over it, therefore smudging it

then i realised, the epic fail from me, i did it upside down!

ARGHHHH - i would fix it but i cba right now, and that side is going against the wall anyway

- out of sight out of mind!

MESSSSSSSSSYYYYY

This is what needs the work now (below)

I HAS FRIEND!

-=Vect0r=- · 3 Aug 2011 at 22:15

Nice! The 900 is a great case! Will you be using green LEDs in the build also?

Whilst you are up for some modding, why don't you add some cable management holes like I did with my rev1 900? There's plenty of room behind the panel with some careful cable management and will make a massive difference inside the case!

Holes drilled with holesaw (having matched it with mobo cable locations before cutting

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After some filing:

And the fugly shot that no-one will ever see!

seldNofSparta · 3 Aug 2011 at 22:21

nice!