Ok, i got a curious one here. My Lian Li's rear fan has these lil plastic bits that hold the fan to the case, rather than bolts. They're like a two part bit, you push one through the rear or the case and into the fan bolt hole and then push the other inside it to splay out the first to hold it in place. And i mean, what a piece of kit! No noise cos they dont rattle free etc and look a lil nicer than bolts. Anyone know what i'm on about and where can i find em??!! Stoooopid thread i know, but they're so cool! Ty -Matt
Maplins sell them.... thing is they are a B******d to find in the catalogue as its all messed up, take one of the fasteners into maplins and tell them u have seen them in the catalogue but you forgor the order number, they'll find it for you. i had to get some too. thats where i got them.
i HATE those things. i really wanted to put my panaflo 80mm m in the back of my case, over the psu, but its an older fan, and has solid corners, so the snap rivets dont work for it ..
i like them GOLD screws, where u get them from. i have a some gold grilles and i wanted them to look good... also did you make the wholes bigger as i have tried using normal fan screws and it dont fit!
the screws are actually brass, but when place on aluminium look gold. All the parts are from the local DIY shop, B&Q actually... they are M3 screw and nuts, i just used those spread thing before mounting the screws. And as it was a fully threaded screw, i was able to stealth mount the fan, notice how the grill is sunk below the surface level
Thanks to alls, must say cypher, those brass screws sure do look the biz, nice one with the mounting of the fan too. Cheers Sgt. Gimp for the code, good ole maplin.
Man I wish I lived in the UK, PCMODs charges 1.99 for 4! Ripoff I say but I do love those things. If anyone knows of a USA supplier that would awasome. Iamgoodyy
Hey Cypher, what size tank cutter did you use to drill that 80mm hole, i can only find like 76mm and 72mm, does your fan guard not pretude at all into the hole then? I'm guessing that was the existing Lian Li extractor hole with the original grill cut away? Does look cool.
iam try www.caseetc.com .... 10¢ each for standard fan screws (the ones at pcmods aren't like norma ones, they're big and ugly looking... i know, i have some...)
Thats the regular hole, dremeled the standard crappy hole thing out, and used rubber hole trim. The grill sits level with the rest of the case
