[Case Mod] Aprire - Lian Li PC-7HX

[flix_29]

Hey guys,
for a long time I was just an inactive reader here at xtreme systems, but after seeing the announcment of this contest I needed to register. Even though I had some problems, german mail adresses aren't that popular, I'm finally here to show you my contribution to this contest



I'd rather let the pictures tell, so let me just say that the theme of the mod is Lamborghini. I really like these cars and I let myself inspired by especially the Lamborghini Aventado and Reventon.

Here some pics of the original case:










The finish is actually to nice to destroy, but who cares?






Big thanks to my girlfriend and a friend of mine which helped out some times working on the case.


Now I'm very proud to name the sponsors of this project:

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Caseking supports this project with some nice stuff from Bitfenix.










Thanks a lot



I hope you have fun while reading this worklog and I'm happy for every feedback


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Now lets start with the first real update about what I did so far!
At first I disambled all the stuff I didn't need, that was a lot But I didnt take pictures.

Second step: I cutted some angle sections:






These parts were mounted on top of the case. But why? :P








After that, I began to cut out some plexiglass.
















After cutting it, I arrange the parts...



...and began to glue them together:






Some parts were bended by using a heat gun:






Adjusted, ground and mounted:








Continued the glueing:




Now it looks like that:




The top of the case must be adjusted to fit the All in One Watercooler from Enermax:







Now it's time for the highlight of this mod.
What would a Lamborghini mod would be without some gull-wing doors?
I will use some gas springs which are normally used for furniture.



The bracket on the sidepanel:




At the end some pics of the working sidepanels:








I hope you like it.

[k.3nny]

Sick!

[thechoozen]

hy flix, nice to see you here too!!!
i really like what you did to the doors!!!

[Snelleedie]

Love the doors man, but with the amount of work U got there something tells me that this case is already close to finished. :p

[flix_29]

Thanks a lot.

Today I started with the front. First I cutted some plexiglas and aluminium bars and screwed it together:




Mounted on the case:




Filed it :




Some other Hardware I am going to use:



I love this card



I am going to work tomorrow the whole day on this mod, I hope I can make a big update tomorrow

[flix_29]

its time for a new update.

Didn't take a lot of pictures these days, but it was every time the same kind of work: cutting, glueing and filing the plexiglass.

I continued with the front:






Cutting this parts by using a scrollsaw:






Started to grind the front and mounted it on the rest of the case:












Still a lot of work to do...

[flix_29]

Update time

The front is nearly done.

Tomorrow I won't go to university... deadline is comming



At first I wanted to mount the fan controller inside but I didn't quite know how. So i decided to mount it at a "standard" place.
I don't like to see it all the time so I need a cover. I used some tiny magnets to hold it. Works great.

This is how it looks at the moment:








Hope you like it, see you tomorrow

[flix_29]

Actually I wanted to be done by now but filling and grinding is such a time waster...


Nothing exciting to see, just some small blocks of plexiglass. They will hold the fins on the front.



First coat of primer, just to see where I need to fill again:




Yesterday I broke some parts...
So I needed to fix that. That was really discouraging, but now its done


Bended the mesh for the front:






The top cover is also cutted and glued::




Startet to paint:






Front is nearly done:

[flix_29]

Thats it
Still some small things to do (for example lightning) but I'm satisfied.

















Good night

[k.3nny]

Verry nice ! *u forgot to paint? the inside of the winghinge Its all nice flatblack i like it !

[masbuskado]

Nicely done... excellent craftsmanship... keep the hard work... stuff like this is what we need...