Ok here is one of my many projects im working on. This case started out as a ThermalTake Xaser II. I picked it up at a local pc shop for 50 bucks. What a deal and all because the side panel was dented. Not a biggie since I will be hacking away at it anyways. Ok here is my progress so far.

The first thing I noticed was that the fans are off centered from each other. I had to fix that since the grill on the bezel will be cut and acrylic will be added. I had to cut the holes bigger and offset the bottom drive cage. This invloved alot of small cutting to reposition the drive cage bracket. All in all it has turned out good.

The paint is an intense blue pearl with a silver metal flake base coat. The frame is painted with purple metalcast.

New fan holes.


Modified drive cage and bracket.


Smooth mirror finish on top.

That's a pretty good start. Very nice paint.

Thanks. Im now working on getting the rest of the case painted. The side panels are done just waiting 48 hours for the clear coat to dry and then give it a nice wetsand and some compound. The front panel is still a work in progress. I will post more pics as the project progresses.

I should have used a lime green paint instead of blue and went with a "grape ape" theme.

hey good paint job there the removable hard drive bays - the metle latches on top - are they removable? or did you mask them while painting the rest?

They arent removable by default but I was able to get the latches off. I drilled out the "peg" or whatver it is that holds them on. Then I used a metal rod and some jb weld to fix it after it all was painted.

Ive finished most of the work on my project but I still have a few minor things to complete. I need to paint both my fan speed controllers and then I will be nearly finished.

Here are some pics of the near complete project. I am very happy with the way the paint turned out and the color scheme.

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