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8600 appearance

post #1 of 10
7/26/04 at 6:10pm
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I will be getting my 8600 within the week. I really only have one complaint about the looks of the lappy, the stupid blue accents on the palmrest. Is there a way to change these without replacing the whole palmrest? If not, can I buy an 8600 palmrest that doesn't have the blue accents? Thanks guys
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post #2 of 10
7/26/04 at 8:42pm
The only thing you can do is a chassis swap to get the non-blue palmrest. That's under the Mods sticky.
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post #3 of 10
7/26/04 at 9:08pm
You could also paint it if your creative!

i like to see someone paint it chrome...
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post #4 of 10
7/26/04 at 9:10pm
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Yeah I guess i could dissassemble it and paint it...may look more in depth to that
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post #5 of 10
7/26/04 at 9:12pm
Make sure you read Spiike's painting tutorial.
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post #6 of 10
7/26/04 at 11:05pm
Note it may be a chore to get the accents off to paint them.... they are attached to the palmrest.
stu
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post #7 of 10
7/27/04 at 4:40am
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tape around the accents...easy as pie
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post #8 of 10
7/27/04 at 5:06am
Well if you do that be careful to remove and replace the tape after every coat... or you will end up with leaks onto the palmrest, or the paint peeling off in some areas with the tape. So tape, spray, dry, peel and re-tape, spray, dry, peel, etc...

If you do that good luck, and post some pics for us

stu
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post #9 of 10
7/27/04 at 6:04am
Apparently chrome finish paint is nigh on impossible to achieve. If anyone has experience with it and knows what are the best products to use for it, please share.
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post #10 of 10
7/27/04 at 1:02pm
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i was thinking more about using like model car paint, as opposed to spray paint. it would take longer, but i could get a thicker coat. If i end up painting the damn thing, I will probably buy the top plastic peice that you peel up to take the keyboard off (not sure of the name) and trying painting that to see how easy/hard it would be, and how long it would take to dry etc. Now I am getting excited. If i do end up going through with it, I will take pictures through the process, and post them with a walk through of what i did.
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