DAE_JA_VOO wrote:Listen Skidd (what's your name, by the way?) let me teach you something.
I can see that you're willing to take these chances, which is what every modder should be able to do. Before you even buy a product, you should know that you WILL void it's warranty, and possibly ruin it completely. If you can accept that and take that chance, you will have a WONDERFUL time modding. When i started modding i got myself into that mindset and have had a great time modding since. Dont get me wrong, i have had a hard time sometimes, killing stuff and so on, but that's juts something you have to get over.
I'm amped for this one dude. I really am
You talking to a person who took a 1600 corsa, turbo'ed it (vioding its warrenty) spending close to 50k, blowing the motor a couple of times due to too much boost and then eventually totaly destroying the motor by sending a piston and its rod through the engine block
and all this when I was young and stupid. Now Im a little bit more grown up, I have choosen a hobby that I think will satisfy me and I dont really have a priblem with cutting up a case
Why don't you drill those rivets out and replace them with countersink screws? If you tap each hole you won't even need nuts in the back (If the metal is thick enough to tap ofcourse) Get yourself some black screws, it will create a nice contrast to the shiny metal
If you are close to Randburg, there is a shop that specialize in Nuts and bolts I think it was called J&K Nut and Bolt. I buy my stuff from there. Try getting alancap m3 x 8 or 6mm screws. In fact if I were you I wouldn't get anything else because those screws would look very similar to your rivets if you don't look too closely.
Ok so I took the case all apart ready to drill those rivets out and would you believe, the top is the only part that does not unclip/unscrew in anyway. Just my luck LOL!
anyways here are some pics of the case all in bits.
Got to do something about these nice but plain looking side covers.
Here I got it on its side and tapped up ready to drill those rivets out.
And Finally the top off!
I think I did a pretty good job with the holes, there nice and clean and I didnt scratch the case either.
This is where abouts the rad is going to be.
Dont worry too much about how close it gets to that front piece, the rad is going to end up just below it and there is plenty space behind the rad for the powersupply as well. So thats it for tonight, Im going to be making the cut on top of the case tomorrow and making some brackets to mount the rad.
Thanks guys, Im kinda getting into this cas mod thing too, I have no idea how long Im going to take but I can tell you this, with the amount of things running through my mind its going to take a while
O DJV I kinda need some input on how to go about changing the standard tubing from 3/8" to 1/2", I want new bards, chrom if possible and also where I can get them. Thanks in advance.
Skidd wrote:O DJV I kinda need some input on how to go about changing the standard tubing from 3/8" to 1/2", I want new bards, chrom if possible and also where I can get them. Thanks in advance.
BarBs
Yeah that's a piece of cake. Oder yourself some quality DangerDen Barbs from Performance-Pcs. I think they go for about $5.
That guy that used to mod cases. Now I take photos. True story.
Yeah remember it has to go into my Apogee GT waterblock and the res which I havnt decided on yet LOL, I dont know if the threads on the back of the BarB will screw in. Thats the part I was worried about, I dont know if they have standerdised that yet LOL!
