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post #21 of 74
12/25/05 at 7:38am
I am painting mine in AH-64 black.
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post #22 of 74
12/25/05 at 10:42am
hifiking... LOL... good luck getting ahold of that paint. Our gov't would probably assassinate you and steal your laptop! =)

AH-64 paint is IR absorbing paint that is kept under lock down on military bases. Same as the black & gunmetal colored stealth paints. Some of the stealth paint was stolen/sold out of NADEP in Jacksonville years back during the string of Clinton base closings. Saw a guy paint his car with it... his car was stolen 2 weeks after he showed it off. LoL
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post #23 of 74
12/25/05 at 10:58am
Nice cars darkloki!
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post #24 of 74
12/25/05 at 12:27pm
How about getting it all silver chromed plated or gold chromed plated? That would be different.
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post #25 of 74
12/25/05 at 12:42pm
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Originally Posted by JaxChris
hifiking... LOL... good luck getting ahold of that paint. Our gov't would probably assassinate you and steal your laptop! =)

AH-64 paint is IR absorbing paint that is kept under lock down on military bases. Same as the black & gunmetal colored stealth paints. Some of the stealth paint was stolen/sold out of NADEP in Jacksonville years back during the string of Clinton base closings. Saw a guy paint his car with it... his car was stolen 2 weeks after he showed it off. LoL
My 9300 have no need for stealth, so I have an blackish paint for extream heat that looks nearly the same :-)
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post #26 of 74
12/25/05 at 10:19pm
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Originally Posted by FiReBReTHa
alienware
LOL. A green better than that.
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post #27 of 74
12/26/05 at 12:11am
How about a tux job? Gloss white for the palmrest, and gloss black for the rest of the laptop.

I still vote for your original idea of white.

-Doc
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post #28 of 74
12/26/05 at 12:27am
why use regular paints? get one of those chameleon paints that changes color depending on viewing angle.

go with "silver/blue" for a clean look, or "red/orange" if you want more attention.
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post #29 of 74
12/26/05 at 12:38am
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Originally Posted by 2sl0w
wow these forums are letting me down... I guess i am the only car nut here. Nice Supras dude. What turbo are you running on the black one? I am assuming it is yours (and i am assuming you have more tact that to put the fake ebay air intake kit that looks like an intercooler on a mint black supra) so the red one must be NA.

Cool laptop color would be a pearl white with a ultra bright light blue tint.
man im a car nut too, now only if i can figure out how to attach a turbo to my computer....and chip it, then how would i dyno my computer
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post #30 of 74
12/26/05 at 12:40am
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Originally Posted by dinkenstein
why use regular paints? get one of those chameleon paints that changes color depending on viewing angle.

go with "silver/blue" for a clean look, or "red/orange" if you want more attention.
my opinion on chameleon paint jobs for anything other than cars is that it kind looks tacky......and if not done professionally for an even coat of paint the actual effect of taking 2-3 colors and having them fade into each other for a DIY...might not turn out right. Just my opinion...
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post #31 of 74
12/26/05 at 12:43am
I think the chameleon paint looks kinda cheesy to begin with, even if it's done right. Maybe that's just me though.
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post #32 of 74
12/26/05 at 12:46am
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Originally Posted by crazycaucazian8
man im a car nut too, now only if i can figure out how to attach a turbo to my computer....and chip it, then how would i dyno my computer
route the exhaust from the cpu to a a small (but better than nothing) side mount radiator (autozone), the route that to a small areo 7 cpu fan encased in a custom turbine and route that ito the intake for the cpu fan... chip it using the 400 mhz p-m mod, then just bring it to my buddys shop (topspeedsales.com) (shameless plug) and put it on the AWD dyno while running 3dmark and watching your temperatures!

i think it would look cool with the white areas matched up to the dell logo.
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post #33 of 74
12/26/05 at 12:50am


The first word out of my mouth was, "Wow!"

The next five were, "There really is no god!"

The final three were, "AAARRRRGH! It burns!"





-Doc
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post #34 of 74
12/26/05 at 1:35am
which reminds me....is there an ac car adapter so we can use are laptops in the car? or would that put strain on the car battery when driving? just another pointless question....dont mean to hijak thread.
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post #35 of 74
12/26/05 at 2:11am
there are a couple of threads that made me change my mind about doing it due to the dirty signal inherent to car power. But there are power inverters for liek 60 bucks that should be decent enough to power your laptop. unless your alternator is going out or something there should be no negative effects or noticeable difference to you from the power drawn.
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post #36 of 74
12/26/05 at 2:15am
ther is one from duracell(get it from dell.com). it is pretty expensive though.

a tux job would be pretty cool, especially for this laptop design. however, maybe too much?

another thing i was not able to get a good answer to was how do you paint the touchpad?
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post #37 of 74
12/26/05 at 2:38am
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Originally Posted by drizek
a tux job would be pretty cool, especially for this laptop design. however, maybe too much?

another thing i was not able to get a good answer to was how do you paint the touchpad?
A tux job would be perfect if you were running Linux!

How about a white palmrest and the rest in a nice royal blue? I kind of like the white palmrest idea.

I don't know if there's a way to paint the touchpad without affecting it.

-Doc
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post #38 of 74
12/26/05 at 3:43am
i am running linux(i will be in a few days anyway). ill thin k about it....
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post #39 of 74
12/26/05 at 3:49am
f painting im just trying to protect the nice graphite paint on the palm rests with self laminating sheets...have yet to go out and buy some. All stock baby unless i get anxious in doing a full xps2 body kit
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post #40 of 74
12/27/05 at 6:39pm
Thread Starter 
Doc wins!!! White it IS!!! Half Way done, I'm now drawing up a cool logo to put on the top of the Casing a simple yet cool logo. But I'm patining it white, and I decided to do it myself after I learned how easy it was and how great it can look when it's finished.




I sandpaper'ed all the sides and got a good finish, then applied primer Paint, and then a Gloss White Coat. I also Taped everything over not to ruini the touchpad and lights here and there. I think It'll Be Really Nice when I'm done. Oh and I got my new LCD, I'm lovin It. so far...
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