Project : Black Ice (reborn)

w3bbo · 16 Jul 2008 at 08:59

A m8 showed me his abandoned case recently which saddened me :

The frog was not included btw as it was too heavy to post lol!

As you can see I'm gonna have my work cut out with this one but it would just be plain wrong to let a case like that go to waste. Apparently it was being used as a door stop of all things!

I'm not setting myself any time limits with this as I have a lot on atm but with a bit of elbow grease and a little investment (lots of time & little money hopefully) I think it's got potential to become a half decent build.

misterPK · 16 Jul 2008 at 09:09

Yeah that does look a bit sad, like an old classic car abandoned in a field. Any ideas what you're gonna do with it yet? Frosted glass for side pannels perhaps?

It's a shame the words black and phoenix don't really work together...

PK!

Tetsu · 16 Jul 2008 at 09:47

Maybe the frog should live on....get a smaller frog and conceal it within the new build

So whats the rough plan?

w3bbo · 16 Jul 2008 at 09:47

Well the first job is to give it a strip it down and give it a damn good clean as its covered in grime and little spots of rust. Then it'll be off to the powdercoaters, hopefully just for the internals as the exterior appears to be in pretty good shape.

Tetsu · 16 Jul 2008 at 10:07

how much will it be to powder coat the inside....roughly?

benji182 · 16 Jul 2008 at 11:34

i'm assuming it came with the side panels....?

Tetsu · 16 Jul 2008 at 11:54

Anyway enjoy the build i'll keep an eye out for this.

Brizzles · 16 Jul 2008 at 13:35

Tetsu said:
how much will it be to powder coat the inside....roughly?

£69.99 ( roughly! )

Wayne~ · 16 Jul 2008 at 13:52

It is a beast of a case...

Tetsu · 16 Jul 2008 at 15:03

mrdbristol said:
£69.99 ( roughly! )

There's a powder coaters right near my house in bristol. Just down by the showcase.

Brizzles · 16 Jul 2008 at 16:08

Tetsu said:
There's a powder coaters right near my house in bristol. Just down by the showcase.

lucky you

Give them a shout , mate of mine from another forum got his done for £15 cash from a local company !

Schnippzle · 16 Jul 2008 at 16:34

Good luck w3bbo, we have faith in your restoration skills

w3bbo · 16 Jul 2008 at 17:27

Well I've got nothing to lose really as the case only cost £6.79 (delivery!) lol. Rather than spend an obscene amount of money like my previous builds I intend on doing this one more on a budget...although like most bdugets its hard to stick to them but I'm off to a damn good start lol!

EdGey · 17 Jul 2008 at 07:18

you so lucky.

rly nice case for that price

keep us updated

w3bbo · 17 Aug 2008 at 22:39

1 month on and the case was stripped down, sanded down and sent off to the powder coaters. There are also a few plans for a little fabrication which will allow me to fit a 5" screen aswell as some other bits and bobs. I gave Welshtom an idea of what I wanted so lets hope he can restore this case to its former glory, with a little extra buff to make it all worthwhile.

TheCenturion · 17 Aug 2008 at 22:40

That's a v2000 right?

w3bbo · 17 Aug 2008 at 23:04

Nope - Guess again :confused:

domthecondom · 17 Aug 2008 at 23:38

you getting sidepannels with it?

Subterranean · 18 Aug 2008 at 12:32

I wish I could find cases like that lying around

Raikiri · 18 Aug 2008 at 12:34

A+ Black Pearl for free, not bad