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9300 Custom Paint - Copper Perl

post #1 of 52
1/17/06 at 5:04am
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This is my i9300. Paint used is Mitsubishi Copper Pearlescent. There is only few pics for now, none taken in the sunlight (color looks completely different in different conditions, it goes to bright orange in sun). I bondo-ed over Dell badge on LCD cover so I can put a decal of my choice. I also got a matching mouse, Logitech MX500.
This baby will be going to Ebay in a few days.

specs:

2.13Ghz
2Gb PC4200 ram
Geforce 6800go
DVDRW
100GB 5400RPM

Here is question for you! In next few days I'm doing my 9200, since I'm going to sell this one. I'm thinking about leaving the white stripes on the palmrest and LCD cover and painting the rest with either PERL COPPER OR VIPER BLUE METTALIC.
Do you think it would look better with white stripes or the complete paint like the one you are looking at today???

Thanks for your feedback!
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post #2 of 52
1/17/06 at 5:08am
All one color doesn't look good when opened. The palmrest and trim need to be different to set it apart IMO. I like this color and the top (2nd pic) looks great however as I already stated. I dont like it all 1 color.
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post #3 of 52
1/17/06 at 5:13am
Very nice!
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post #4 of 52
1/17/06 at 5:16am
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post #5 of 52
1/17/06 at 5:28am
nice, the hinges look pretty bad though...
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post #6 of 52
1/17/06 at 6:10am
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I left the hinges silver for the detail, I didn't want the palmrest to be the only silver part on the laptop.
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post #7 of 52
1/17/06 at 6:41am
looks good!
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post #8 of 52
1/17/06 at 7:33am
Leave the white stripes, and do viper blue metallic.

I still think that the color is a bit too...vibrant? :\
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post #9 of 52
1/17/06 at 8:32am
Nice, tho it does need some black IMO..
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post #10 of 52
1/17/06 at 8:37am
yeah I'd prefer if you left out the white parts unpainted.

but still, it looks Haawwt!
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post #11 of 52
1/17/06 at 10:26am
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Thanks guys,

what is IMO? I already saw it in two posts, and have no idea.
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post #12 of 52
1/17/06 at 10:39am
IMO = In My Opinion

IMO it's a nice looking paint job, though as others have said, might want a bit more contrast on the next one.
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post #13 of 52
1/17/06 at 11:05am
nice paint job Just out of curiosity did you notice any difference with temps before and after paint job?



edit: If you did not monitor temps this time around mind doing it on your next project

i9kfangui - To monitor temperature
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post #14 of 52
1/17/06 at 11:48am
That paint job does look sweet. However if you are going to sell it on eBay I don't think you should have bothered with the effort. I suspect people will look at it and immidaitely wonder if it really is an i9300. They may wonder if anything could have been damaged by doing all the custom work i.e. did it alter the thermal qualities of the case, could you have oversprayed sensitive part such as a speaker, does the custom paint job interfere with the warranty, was it painted to cover damage, etc. Note that I am not saying ANY of these things are true - but unfortunately a potential buyer is gonig to be left wondering.
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post #15 of 52
1/17/06 at 11:53am
A proper paint job won't effect the temps, maybe 1*C at most

That coat looks expertly done, though I would opt for a chameleon coat instead

Anyone know where i can get that done <- resembles Hypersonic paint job.
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post #16 of 52
1/17/06 at 11:59am
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Originally Posted by Tanamoril
A proper paint job won't effect the temps, maybe 1*C at most

That coat looks expertly done, though I would opt for a chameleon coat instead

Anyone know where i can get that done <- resembles Hypersonic paint job.
The quality looks excellent but I'm not a big fan of the color though. Props on your good painting skills though.
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post #17 of 52
1/17/06 at 2:36pm
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Alright guys, here are the thoughts and answers to your questions.

I actually decided to put the painted plastics on my 9200. I'm going to do the same paintjob on 9300 except that I will leave the white stripes on, and also the dell logo on back of the LCD. So, I can sell the 9200 since it's little outdated, and 9400 is out.

base specs:

2.00Ghz Pentium M 2MB 400FSB
1GB of OCZ PC2700
128MB Radeon 9700
100GB Toshiba 5400rpm
Combo CDRW/DVD

What do you think how much can it go for? Posting it tonight.

As for temps, there is no change at all. I have AS5 on both CPU and GPU. See, the intake and exhaust are on the black plastics, so they are unaltered.

I'm not worried about people questioning internal parts, I have 76 feedback on ebay and have sold bunch of XPS's before. That was back few months ago when the coupons were tight, 45% off.

And yeah, about the warranty, it shouldn't void it since it's the physical alteration of laptop plastics, equal to having huge scratches on it. And btw, Dell allows opening the laptop and upgrading the components, it doesn’t void the warranty.
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post #18 of 52
1/17/06 at 2:45pm
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check my other laptop out

I also have an Emachine M6810 that I did before this one. It's red and has a quake logo on the back. You can check it out in Emachines/Gateway gallery.

I'm going to concentrate on 9200/9300. Platform is much better for painting (thinkness does not affect functionality - latches are still perfect) and the plastics are interchangable.
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post #19 of 52
1/17/06 at 4:22pm
Looks good, but I would have put the white side bars to black and black around the screen. It's almost a little too much orange.
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post #20 of 52
1/17/06 at 5:35pm
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Originally Posted by Tanamoril
A proper paint job won't effect the temps, maybe 1*C at most

That coat looks expertly done, though I would opt for a chameleon coat instead

Anyone know where i can get that done <- resembles Hypersonic paint job.
smooth creations. thats where hypersonic gets it done. or see if an autobody shop will do it.
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