Case Mod - In Progress Project: Chevy Hot Rod (4 month update!)

The case I'm using is the Cooler Master 690 Advanced a store display from Micro Center that served it's purpose for over 2 years! In that time it took a lot of abuse so it's due for a major makeover







Under the plastic frame was 2 years of dust







After a good cleaning, a nice coat of metallic silver went on





And repeated that color on all of the metal mesh on the outside of the case

 

ohh, shiny!

 

Another mod of your usual quality there TGS

 

Wuhuuu, go on Dude..! I will follow this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRxQ6jyuzRs

 

I lurve HAWT RODS! All that POWAAAAA!!
Gona love this one

 

All of the plastic on the case is painted purple. It goes on light at first



And it slowly darkens



This one section keeps going on wet and drying far lighter than the rest of the case



Well at least the front is done. I reassemble all the metal mesh on the front panel



And then put the feet back on





After literally a dozen coats of dark purple, I finally get it to go on even



I have these SilentX fans that I once used in my OCZ theme case. This time they're painted silver to match



And I have this high power Aluminum blue LED fan for the rear exhaust





So much more to come

 

i want chromed exhaust pipes and HUGE supercharger! and i mean it!!!

 

I agree!!!

 

I am always in awe of your build logs

 

Hmm, I can't help but think that a metallic purple enamel paint would have fitted better with the whole hotrod look. Like the silver though, came out well on the fans.

 

It actually is metallic, but lacks the look because it was sprayed on top of a primer and not directly on the bare metal

 

I got the exhaust pipe to use as a scoop



That will attach to the top via two screws







I also repainted the reset and power button



The drive cage looks a little weird, but I don't want to paint it

 

I picked up a Cooler Master Musketeer on eBay for $7



And some new Purple paint and primer in one that dries more evenly



I'm using a light coat of glitter too just like in my Hello Kitty project





While that dries I move on to the right side panel where I mark off mounting holes



An then drill them out



So I can mount these small block headers







Then it just requires 8 bolts and nuts to secure it to the panel



I think I need to cut these off too



It looks cool so far

 

The case looks great. Did you have to weight the case to stop it from tipping over with that header hanging off the side?

As a side note, TGS you ahve have the best "wallpaper" in your shop.

 

Actually, the case stands fine, even when empty I thought it would fall too

 

Grunt, Grunt, Grunt Nice

 

I love it. I like the color, and the concept is sweet

 

Little Deuce Coupe you don't know what I gottttttt.

 

I'm sorry for the delay. I have been working on this on and off and I keep forgetting to update the work log. Update coming soon