Powdercoating my Cosmos?

[TedShred]

... Would love to see some pics of the case when you get around to it TedShred. Also some gutted pics if you have the time.

JM

Sure thing, here's some pics of my slooooo-movin' build:

The total guts. edit: forgot the drive bay clip/button things. (Wish I would have known about them pushing toward the front for removal. I just kinda squeezed the sides and pulled. It worked, but I think I might have got lucky not to break one):


Heat gun (ok, hair dryer) to remove panel foam. SOS pads (steel wool/ soap) takes off the tape residue pretty easily.

same heat gun to separate door (since cut) and acrylic from same 2x tape as on the panels. The little separate CM logo comes off the same way. Darnit, mine's hiding somewhere - I've been looking for it for over a week


This rivet looks tricky, but there's a good thread somewhere here where I got some great suggestions on removal technique


Notice the clear plastic strips (in front of the bag of handles & stuff) - they're from the top & bottom of the HDD caddy (hair... er, heat gun, again) I think that's gotta come off if the caddies are being P-coated. For taking off those little blue handle rests, I found they twist off nicely with needlenose pliers


Each of the top/bottom rails are marked with their intended place, R-B, L-B, R-T, L-T (mine are chromed. well, 3 for now - #4 isn't done yet)


Edit: sorry for goin' OT, but I can't help it Was always planning black/chrome exterior, but I've changed things up as I'm now gettin' totally inspired by this cool mint hotrod pic: