Spraying a 360

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Has anyone here got any experience with spray painting a 360 case?

gf's brother's 360 (warranty voided) RROD'd on him, i've towel wrapped it, which worked for 2 days, and threw it on with no fans today, overcooked it and cured it yet again!

So this week (once my damn Torx 10 screwdriver arrives!) i'll be trying to do the x-clamp fix to see if that has more luck! (if anyone knows the dimensions {exactly [Damn bracketing system]} of the screws & washers needed in the x-clamp fix, could you please let me know? All i can find is "kits" offered for about £8, and i'm not paying £8 for 4 screws and 16 washers!

Anyways, onto the subject, thinking of spraying it silver or yellow (his favourite colour) for him, if I can get it fixed to a good working standard! Does anyone know which paints / primers (Not even sure which I need?) would work best on the 360 shell? Pretty new to spray painting things like this, so any help would be appreciated!

Merci!
 
Kyle009 said:
or it could have red ringed before the 360 warranty extension was announced and he had attempted to fix it himself thus voiding his warranty ;)
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:)

Thanks for the links and advice, have found the screws etc.. on B&Q thanks to Wyrdo :D

Yes, the console is modified, it was a screamer, so I got it flashed to a slower speed so that he won't be deaf by the time he's 16!

As of now, its just a project for me, I want to clamp it and get it pained all yellowy (his favourite colour) for him, just so i have fixed it! :)
 
greeny_fastcar said:
Just thought I would check as some people do not know about the extended three year on the RROD. :)

But yeah good luck with the painting you should post some pictures up when its done let us all see the finished project! :)
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Will do :)

Just going to have to do some stage by stage shots, Torx 10 finally arrived today so I can get the board out properly, too! :)
 
Decided for testing i'll use my Wired 360 controller and see how that comes out :)

Job interview at 2pm tomorrow so i'll pop on down to Halfrauds after that!

Are there any specific primers/laquers i need to get? And just normal Halfords paint?

Very new to spraying/modding anything like this! :)
 
Looks good mate! tempted to do a wee window, but lack of experience is putting me off! :)

Only one query, with the front panel of the 360, if i want to remove the power button and sync button, its looking like they'll need prising/snapping off and then to be reglued after? :(
 
Foxtrot26 said:
pretty easy to do if you take your time,

halfords spray cans are your friend

sand it
big hit of plastic primer
sand some more
paint of your colour choice,
sand
paint
laquer
sand
laquer
repeat until happy
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If i wanted to add a silvery sparkle to the colour, would it be worth spraying silver before the highlighted step?
 
Chris1712 said:
You wont have to remove the buttons as theyre part of the mobo/metal casing thing. The exterior case will come completely away without removing anything really.
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I mean the actual part you press, as my removed front casing (minus memory cards slots) still has the sync button and power button w/ clear part from green rings/rrod on the front.
 
I found a small can of Plasti-Kote in Focus today for £3 when I popped in, so bought a chrome one, and tested it out on his DVD drive bezel straight off, just to see what kind of look it'll get, its currently in the garage drying!

Not overly sure how well Chrome Drive bay and yellow case will work hehe :) and i'm trying to think what kind of look yellow over chrome might pull through, hmm! :)
 
Ok, here goes, excuse the bad quality, SE K800i with flash = too bright, without, grainy as you can see!

The memory card slot covers ARE the same colour, irl! :)

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Tempted to chrome a joypad, but i think that will need lacquering too, for sure, so the touching doesn't rub the paint off! :)

Wow! the colour looks crap when resized!

These DO look good irl!! :)
 
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