380T teardown trouble

[Yatys 93]

I have run into an issue with taking my 380T apart, I have taken the feet off, the bottom plastic piece is held on solely by the front housing part, the back is off and I haven't started on the top yet, as I can't for the life of me get the large piece of plastic off of the front, the fan grill is off and as far as I can tell there are 8 of those 2 pronged locking bars but there seems to be something else holding it in, any thoughts?

 

[Katsunaka]

IIRC it's on the inside.

 

Look on the inside front, and there's little clips. Just push them together.

[Yatys 93]

1 minute ago, Katsunaka said:

IIRC it's on the inside.

 

Look on the inside front, and there's little clips. Just push them together.

ya I found those, I pulled harder, it came off, I punched my own knee and now its sore

[Katsunaka]

LOL. 

 

It's been a while since I had torn apart a 380T. I only tore it apart to run the front IO cables across the top of the metal chassis under the plastic handle. So I could bunch the excess without it being seen.

[Yatys 93]

1 minute ago, Katsunaka said:

LOL. 

 

It's been a while since I had torn apart a 380T. I only tore it apart to run the front IO cables across the top of the metal chassis under the plastic handle. So I could bunch the excess without it being seen.

I'm gonna be painting it so wanted the plastic housing off for the base coat colour

[Katsunaka]

Ah.

 

Im debating painting my case, the NZXT Manta in red/black. Just was thinking about flipping to a white/black build by painting the red inside my case, taking off the red thing on top of my G Skill Trident ram, and changing out to the white rings on my Corsair AF fans.

 

A few minor changes and a little bit of white spray paint and boom, instant theme change.

[Yatys 93]

2 minutes ago, Katsunaka said:

Ah.

 

Im debating painting my case, the NZXT Manta in red/black. Just was thinking about flipping to a white/black build by painting the red inside my case, taking off the red thing on top of my G Skill Trident ram, and changing out to the white rings on my Corsair AF fans.

 

A few minor changes and a little bit of white spray paint and boom, instant theme change.

I plan on doing a green and black build, gonna paint all the white plastic green, bought a colour called "ford signal green" but the more I look at it the more I think its too dark, wanna go like a slime green, then gonna do a water loop to match

[Katsunaka]

http://mustangattitude.com/cgi-bin/showcar.cgi?type=search&line=147700449979&pic=/2013/2013_00008_01

 

Gotta Have It Green off the Mustang might work better

[Yatys 93]

1 minute ago, Katsunaka said:

http://mustangattitude.com/cgi-bin/showcar.cgi?type=search&line=147700449979&pic=/2013/2013_00008_01

 

Gotta Have It Green off the Mustang might work better

pretty close to it, whether or not I can get that tin in the UK is another question tho

[Katsunaka]

Could always have it made. 

 

It looks close (as best as I can tell comparing pictures) to this Focus RS MKII.

 

[Yatys 93]

1 minute ago, Katsunaka said:

Could always have it made. 

 

It looks close (as best as I can tell comparing pictures) to this Focus RS MKII.

 

I want to say that is the colour I bought, but the sticker on the lid is a little darker, maybe I'll try it out, and always redo the white and start again I suppose

[Katsunaka]

From what google is bringing up, the Signal green is a bright green.

 

The only reason I brought up the Gotta have it green is in the sun it has some color change to it. That I figured would look good with a coolant's ability to shimmer in light.

 

So between the paint and coolant in the loop, they'd catch light and have some shimmer in the light.

[Yatys 93]

1 minute ago, Katsunaka said:

From what google is bringing up, the Signal green is a bright green.

 

The only reason I brought up the Gotta have it green is in the sun it has some color change to it. That I figured would look good with a coolant's ability to shimmer in light.

 

So between the paint and coolant in the loop, they'd catch light and have some shimmer in the light.

ya having a look online it does seem brighter that the sticker, will wait and see I guess

[Yatys 93]

Well what do we think, think it went well personally, both the case and the rad painted, colour is a lot closer to what I wanted than I was expecting too