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post #21 of 52
1/17/06 at 9:45pm
Thanks Basso

Anyone have any concepts on what kind of paint job should be done on the XPS seeing as how the entire back of the screen (with the exception of the black areas) is pretty much untouchable?
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post #22 of 52
1/17/06 at 11:33pm
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Originally Posted by anettis
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.


Great job.
How many coats? How did you apply it?
Sand between the coats? How many clear coats?
And last but not least, how did you keep the buttons clear while painting?

I rebuild and modify carburetors, and my partner has been powder coating for about 6 months now. I bought a complete 9300 shell and am thinking of having him powder coat the LCD back. There is now a very wide variety of powder coating colors available.
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post #23 of 52
1/17/06 at 11:40pm
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Originally Posted by hellstrider189
I left the hinges silver for the detail, I didn't want the palmrest to be the only silver part on the laptop.
well, it probably looks better in person. i personally would have painted them and then found a way to paint hte touchpad as well.

overall, nice job though. i cant wait till i get mine painted. my palmrest is already getting scratched and discolered.
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post #24 of 52
1/17/06 at 11:42pm
Kick ass!!! I love the color, I love the every bit... I like the parts that you left silver, it looks detailed. Very very nice... I must say the comments about all your work going to waste are probably right, most people will not be willing to pay more because of the paint job.... I was thinking of doing mine in a color like that...
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post #25 of 52
1/17/06 at 11:53pm
ok so I hate you, Now I NEED to paint my 9300. Can we please get some details on how it was painted, coats and whatnot.

PUHLEASE..........
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post #26 of 52
1/17/06 at 11:55pm
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Originally Posted by Bal`thzar
ok so I hate you, Now I NEED to paint my 9300. Can we please get some details on how it was painted, coats and whatnot.

PUHLEASE..........

Yea... god, i love the Dell logo cover up, i need to remember that....
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post #27 of 52
1/18/06 at 4:06am
You know when you ask about a paint job to a bunch of americans, we are already hard at work in our minds customizing differently but yeah, thats a great color.
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post #28 of 52
1/18/06 at 4:10am
Shweeet!
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post #29 of 52
1/18/06 at 4:40am
Nice man, looks good . I was originally going to paint mine high-gloss freeborn red over all the white areas and add the leather quick snap - it'd have even matched my jeep. I gave it up though once I figured that it'd be a huge pain to get a nice edge where the white meets the silver...
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post #30 of 52
1/18/06 at 5:05am
Looks good....Just ignore Adrenolin's opinion...He likes finding the negative in everyone's post...

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Originally Posted by hellstrider189
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!
MORE PICS COMING SOON!
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post #31 of 52
1/18/06 at 5:36am
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Originally Posted by Sony311
Looks good....Just ignore Adrenolin's opinion...He likes finding the negative in everyone's post...
Excuse me? Your going to start bad mouthing me in other posts now? Truely showing your maturity dude!

As for my post here the OPer asked our opinions on the white strips and I answered that I Liked the color they used but not over the whole thing. That they should have the trim a seperate color. Thats what he asked for!
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post #32 of 52
1/18/06 at 5:41am
BLAH BLAH BLAH...Like you said...you like flaming people...how does it feel that someone doesn't give a rat's ass what you have to say? Doesn't feel nice does it? Considering it's YOUR opinion....

Other poster's opinion doesn't seem to matter to you if you don't agree with them - Well, this is one poster that doesn't like your opinion...I think he did one hell of a job on the paint and looks great....Majority agree, some disagree - that's their opinion and I respect that...I DON'T RESPECT YOU - especially when you specfically start flame wars with people or call them idiots just because their opinion doesn't agree with your HUGE ego.

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Originally Posted by Adrenolin
Excuse me? Your going to start bad mouthing me in other posts now? Truely showing your maturity dude!

As for my post here the OPer asked our opinions on the white strips and I answered that I Liked the color they used but not over the whole thing. That they should have the trim a seperate color. Thats what he asked for!
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post #33 of 52
1/18/06 at 6:45am


I posted in laptop gallery that i love it. my laptop is begging for viper blue with white trim.
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post #34 of 52
1/18/06 at 7:28am
Thread Starter 
Thanks guys, I do appreciate your comments, even when there is criticizm included, I still need that for my future paint jobs, so keep expressing your opinion on stripes and what not.

Anyway, lemme try to answer few of your questions. As for paint supplies, I pretty much followed few guides that are arround on the web. Primer, Sealer, Base, Three to four cotes of clear. See, fish eyes are the biggest enemy so you have to have extra clear to be able to send. No, there was no sending in between. I used automotive paint, no can stuff. Primary reason is that this clear is ROCK solid after few days, you can't scratch it. If you use spray can clear, curing period is some 5 minths, so you have to dodge scratches like mad.

*Also, one month after the job is done, the whole thing can be WAXED, which will further protect it and bring out even more shine! can you emagine that?

About XPS 2. I think it's a perfect painting platform. Black trim is sick, and it should be left alone. Cool thing is that you wouldn't have to paint the front LCD frame, it's already black. So, we are talking about painting palmrest, powerpanel, and back of LCD. You would carefully mask off the black parts and scratch that transparant plastic with 600grit sand paper, then shoot primer, paint and so on over it.
As for buttons, you simply mask then off, touchpad comes off, and them little display buttons (power, bluetooth, wireless) you just mask off using exacto knife.
Anyway, if I had an XPS 2 and done it, it would be the best looking laptop in the world by far... with lights and everything. Emagine M03 (Mitctsubishi Sunset perl from new Eclipse) with black cearcoated trim, and nasty yellow/amber lights everywhere.... maybe one day.

And I think that my 9200 wont sell all that great, but I have to get rid of it. It's just practice anyway, some lucky bustard will have that lapop within a week. Didn't post it last night, but will nothing.

If the plasctis were on a supped up 9300 or XPS, I believe that there are rich people out there that would pay extra 200, 300 bucks to have a laptop that is unique and one of a kind if the whole world!

thoughts, questions?
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post #35 of 52
1/18/06 at 7:29am
Thread Starter 
WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE ON A CUSTOM 9300/9400/XPS paintjobs?

orange? viper blue? candy red? Perl green? Others?

LEMME KNOW!!!
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post #36 of 52
1/18/06 at 8:16am
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Originally Posted by Sony311
Looks good....Just ignore Adrenolin's opinion...He likes finding the negative in everyone's post...
People need constructive critisism too, otherwise things would never get better...

I too think it is a great job but like Adrenolin said, black trim would really improve it (even though I'm not a fan of the colour - though it is quite difficult to tell without seeing it in person).

I like the idea of of covering up the Dell logo too, what are you gonna put in it's place? Be sure to put up more pics.
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post #37 of 52
1/18/06 at 8:46am
Candy Red = HOT.

On an XPS = HOTTER.
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post #38 of 52
1/18/06 at 9:32am
Thread Starter 
I'm waiting for a sunny day to take some picks, since it looks completely different under direct sunlight.
Well, since it's getting sold, it will be up to the person that buys it to put the decal of their choice on the back of LCD cover.
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post #39 of 52
1/18/06 at 2:14pm
First of all, grats on a dang nice paint job man. You did an excellent job as far as I am concerned as it looks great. The colors are up to people's tastes I guess, and at first I didn't really care for it, but it is growing on me My opinion on the sides being painted and whatnot are as follows. I like the way the bottom is left black as that is the way I would do my own. The bottom being black with the palmrest and monitor bezel/back all being one color I think already has a very nice contrast to it. I really wouldn't see a need to leave the edges white or another color from the rest. There is already going to be a bit of silver anyway here and there from the power button etc. that would be nice. The way I was going to do my own 9300 is almost the same as yours. I was going to go with a nice metallic blue with clear coats using car paint. I was going to remove the Dell logo on the top or just paint it off as I would like to see the silver up there alone against the Blue with the nice silver controls up front when closed. Only other things I would not paint would be the set of LEDs I would mask off or remove next to the power button as well as on the right hinge. The power button, the touchpad and front panel buttons would get no paint as well. The mouse buttons I would paint the blue though as it comes apart and can be done. The latch and lever that opens the latch I am undecided on at the moment, but I am fairly sure I would paint and clear coat them as with some car paint, there shouldn't be much worry about rubbing off the paint, just worried it might get a little tight with the extra paint in there. Anyway, these are just my opinions on what I thought would make a really nice contrast of blue and black with a touch of silver on top with Dell badge etc. If you would be doing something along those lines anyway, give me a shout I might be interested in buying the case and trading out saving me a bit of work Once again, fantastic job man, paint job looks great... keep up the great work, and show us the pictures of the blue paint job when it's done. I really want to see those.
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post #40 of 52
1/18/06 at 3:29pm
HOLY CRAP! That's all I can say. I've been going to car shows for years, and that paint job would definitely get full points if it was on a car . Man, incredible job, that's all I can say. I especially like the idea of bondoing the Dell logo, very nice work. I was thinking of ordering the XPS palm rest and LCD cover and then doing the palm rest in a really nice royal blue. I think the blue with black trim and silver buttons would look great, if you're willing to try it now, even better . Keep up the good work, and you're right, there are many people who would pay good money for custom jobs. You should start a business.
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