w00t PROJECT MODDAGE (Featuring Sarah the Red PC60) ;)

Mr Mister

Mr Mister

Mr Mister

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Picked up a nice Silver Lian Li PC60 case off ebay for £42 + del. It looked nice for a few weeks then i decided it needed some personalising. I took it on myself to make the trip down to halfords and bagged myself 3 cans of primer, 2 cans of matt black paint and 3 cans of volkswagen mars red paint. And of course some lacquer

After a few different ideas i decided to paint the inside matt black and the outside bright red.

Here is the before pic:



And as i go through the project i will update this thread with pics and any problems i occur.
 
Right heres the first update!

The first stage was painting the inside part of the case. First was 2 layers of halfords finest grey primer followed up with 2 coats of halfords matt black paint.









Next stage was to paint the rest red. Ill put it up in a few mins when ive got some more pics.
 
Anyway the red coat!
The first pic looks orange because of the flash on the camera but i put it up to show the general idea im going for.



Shows more the actual colour but red never photographs well.



The parts arent all tidied up yet so just ignore the wiring





Before you say it, the sun shows up that the paint on the top of the case isnt completely even but i still think it looks pretty darn good!
 
For anyone thats interested here is the spec of that machine:

Pentium D 930 @ 3.6ghz w/big typhoon
1GB Corsair Value DDR2
Abit LG-81 MATX
Nvidia 6600GT
Soundblaster Live
160GB Maxtor SATA

:)
 
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The black on the inside isnt very resistant because i didnt bother with any lacquer to protect it, but the red coat has 2 coats of lacquer over the top so no chips yet :)
 
Have you / are you painting the bezels to match?

Sorry for the bombardment of questions.

EDIT: yes you are as you have part of a stealth bezel fitted.
 
Yes lol its not quite finished yet. All the bezels etc are painted and lacquered. I just need to lacquer both side panels then ill get some more pics up.

Ive been rather lazy and am using the case without the panels on :p

The stealth bezel does looks sweet though...

Questions are good... hopefully encourage budding modders. However easy/difficult the mod is. :)
 
Keep it updated!

And yes I know what you mean with side panels, none on the S80.

Although I have an excuse, there are 5 of them to fit back on. :o
 
Looks different, quite nice too, although I'm a proper silver fanboy :o

Are you going to paint the power buttons too?

I think some Ambers would look right at home with that matt-black inside.
 
No im going to leave the power buttons silver because they are plastic and would probably looks tacky if i painted them. Plus i think its nice to have a bit of contrast.

I do have some ambers i could put in there, but the case doesnt have a window lol so you wouldnt see them. It kind of defeats the object of painting the inside i know, but i thought what the heck :D
 
Powder coat the insides, much more durable in the long term.

How is the paint on the outside holding up compared to the non laquered inside?
 
messiah khan said:
That looks nice. Great colour scheme. Im tempted to try and spray the inside of my v2000b black myself. I had been toying with the idea of having it powdercoated/anodized, but the price is a bit steep.
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Yea it does look nice with a window. I always liked the internals of the akasa eclipse because of this. Powder coating and anodising can be expensive.
 
Yewen said:
Powder coat the insides, much more durable in the long term.

How is the paint on the outside holding up compared to the non laquered inside?
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This was really just a bit of a project, its just for the secondary pc. The outside panels are fine. The front panel is the best really because it got the most coats of paint :p It looks even as well compared to the top panel. Having said that there are no areas where it has chipped off etc. We'll see how it lasts. Maybe a few more coats of lacquer then some car polish to shine it up :D
 
I honestly think that you should paint the power buttons black too. The silver clashes with the red too much.
 
Yewen said:
Powder coat the insides, much more durable in the long term.

How is the paint on the outside holding up compared to the non laquered inside?
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If you use etching primer and a good few coats of paint it should hold up really well anyway. I'm not sure how much it would cost to powder coat but id imagine it was very expensive.

Mark
 
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