Mod front fascia

Jetster · Apr 5, 2013

So i needed some clips from Corsair for the front door panel on my 550D cus I broke them. I spend a month trying to get Corsair to sent me some. A couple forum requests, RMA three e mails and a phone call. So they sent me the whole front fascia ( I only needed the clips)

So now i have an extra front door. What could I do to Mod it? Just looking for ideas,

Its solid aluminum

de.das.dude · Apr 5, 2013

i respect corsairs minimalistic designing. so it would be best to leave it as it is.
plus its aluminium, so its quite hard to work with.

although... if you want you can make a rectangular hole for fitting a temp display/fan control.

and make some round holes to fit power buttons with the colored rings around them and they come in chrome plated.. so it would match well.

for temp disp/fan control go for something touch based, like the Bitfenix recon. also Black and White coloring will match yur case well!

Nordic · Apr 5, 2013

de.das.dude said:
although... if you want you can make a rectangular hole for fitting a temp display/fan control.

The 550d club at overclock.net has lots of mods for the 550d but the only one I have seen is to cut out slot for temp/fan monitor thingy. I'll try and find a pic.

The only other thing I can think of is put some sort of markings or what not but that ruins the minimalism of it.

My clips just recently broke also...

Jetster · Apr 5, 2013

Ill check out the thread at overclock.net. I think maybe Ill sand it clean or etch a design on metal using acid

They do sell the clips in a hardware kit for $4. I almost bought it but they finally sent some with the whole door. Now i have an extra door

Nordic · Apr 5, 2013

Because there are 50 pages or something, I would start looking at about 25+. Nothing really interesting is posted till around then.

Found it here.

I kind of want to get a side panel out of their store.

LAN_deRf_HA · Apr 5, 2013

james888 said:
The 550d club at overclock.net has lots of mods for the 550d but the only one I have seen is to cut out slot for temp/fan monitor thingy. I'll try and find a pic.

Any mod for making the door less of a bitch to open?

drdeathx · Apr 5, 2013

Etch TPU logo on it in the middle and see if you can install some cathode lighting behind the door so it looks real cool in the dark.

Jetster · Apr 5, 2013

LAN_deRf_HA said:
Any mod for making the door less of a bitch to open?

I was thinking of machining some metal clips and magnets for the other side. But if you take one clip off on the side you open its not as bad

Nordic · Apr 5, 2013

LAN_deRf_HA said:
Any mod for making the door less of a bitch to open?

Yes. Glue the door to one sides clips and remove the other sides clips. Probably just removing one clip on one side would work too.

Do you always rip off the whole door also, I think thats how I broke the two clips at the bottom.

LAN_deRf_HA · Apr 5, 2013

Jetster said:
I was thinking of machining some metal clips and magnets for the other side. But if you take one clip off on the side you open its not as bad

Tried that, it made the door sit unevenly on the side that's missing the clip (I view my rig from the side.) And it's still bad with just one even after greasing it. I've had this thing explode open and pop off the other set of hinges and fall off my desk twice now. They should feel embarrassed for putting this crap on the market.

Nordic · Apr 5, 2013

The case is great, the door mechanism certainly is not.

Jetster · Apr 5, 2013

james888 said:
The case is great, the door mechanism certainly is not.

I asked for solutions over at the Corsair forum and they acted like they had never had this problem. Its clearly a design flaw. I kinda turned off by Corsair right now. Then sending me a complete new door just confirmed my feeling. The new door and a broken clip lol

Jetster · Apr 5, 2013

james888 said:
Because there are 50 pages or something, I would start looking at about 25+. Nothing really interesting is posted till around then.

Found it here.

I was wondering how he did that. Its actually a window in the door that's tinted

This is cool

Cut holes in the cover to clean it up

Nordic · Apr 5, 2013

I feel corsair should of done something along those lines. I hate that if I want one fan in the top I have to take the whole thing off. Same with the side.

Then there is me modding my case for watercooling.

Jetster · Apr 5, 2013

At least you can get the parts to mod. And there not too expensive

de.das.dude · Apr 5, 2013

true that. here in india, if we want to do something we will have to make it ourself.

Jetster · Apr 10, 2013

Just spend about an hour on this but you can see the spot I polished. It will be a lot of work but will look cool when its done

Norton · Apr 10, 2013

How about a copper/black treatment on the front?

Here's a link to some self adhesive metal foils:

http://www.softexpressions.com/software/emb/GlueFoil.php

OR

Shiny aluminum finish, fake rivets, and some B-17/B-29 Bomber nose art?

Jetster · Apr 10, 2013

Great Idea

Widjaja · Apr 10, 2013

Mailbox.

Jetster · Apr 10, 2013

Just some thoughts:

Nordic · Apr 10, 2013

Jetster said:
Just spend about an hour on this but you can see the spot I polished. It will be a lot of work but will look cool when its done

http://img.techpowerup.org/130409/Capture016.jpg

Looks like there is some coating on there. What are you doing to polish it.

Jetster · Apr 10, 2013

james888 said:
Looks like there is some coating on there. What are you doing to polish it.

Sanding and aluminum polish

Nordic · Apr 10, 2013

Jetster said:
Sanding and aluminum polish

Low grit I assume?

Jetster · Apr 10, 2013

james888 said:
Low grit I assume?

Right now Im just using 220 Then ill work my way up. I think its powder coating but I might try 100 tomorrow just to get the rest off.

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