Acrylic Side Panel Mod

[TheOskar57]

I plan to mod my Corsair Carbide Spec-01 case side panel, changing it for acrylic/plexiglass.
The idea came when I saw the new Phanteks cases with Tempered glass side panels. 
For now I made a project in photoshop, but I need advices from people who have experience with this, I need to know the thickness of the acrylic, how to mount it and how to tint it. 

Here's the photoshopped picture: 

[W-L]

9 hours ago, TheOskar57 said:

I plan to mod my Corsair Carbide Spec-01 case side panel, changing it for acrylic/plexiglass.
The idea came when I saw the new Phanteks cases with Tempered glass side panels. 
For now I made a project in photoshop, but I need advices from people who have experience with this, I need to know the thickness of the acrylic, how to mount it and how to tint it. 

-PIC-

That looks good, for something like this you will probably want to purchase colored/tinted acrylic directly, for the thickness you will want to keep it pretty thin something like 1/8" would be good especially if you chamfer the edges so it matches a similar thickness to the original side panel. For mounting you have a couple of different ways to go about it either to have it bolted through with bolts/thumb screws or to make something magnetic and latch it in place. 

[TheOskar57]

On 15/8/2016 at 0:15 AM, W-L said:

That looks good, for something like this you will probably want to purchase colored/tinted acrylic directly, for the thickness you will want to keep it pretty thin something like 1/8" would be good especially if you chamfer the edges so it matches a similar thickness to the original side panel. For mounting you have a couple of different ways to go about it either to have it bolted through with bolts/thumb screws or to make something magnetic and latch it in place. 

What would be needed to chamfer the edges? 

[TheOskar57]

On 15/8/2016 at 0:15 AM, W-L said:

That looks good, for something like this you will probably want to purchase colored/tinted acrylic directly, for the thickness you will want to keep it pretty thin something like 1/8" would be good especially if you chamfer the edges so it matches a similar thickness to the original side panel. For mounting you have a couple of different ways to go about it either to have it bolted through with bolts/thumb screws or to make something magnetic and latch it in place. 

Also, I stamped into a problem.
The Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO sticks out a little (milimiters) out of my case, and since the side of the case is a little bulky it fits.
Don't know how it's gonna be with the acrylic, how could I solve this problem? 
I can send you pictures of how much it sticks out if you want. 

[W-L]

4 hours ago, TheOskar57 said:

Also, I stamped into a problem.
The Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO sticks out a little (milimiters) out of my case, and since the side of the case is a little bulky it fits.
Don't know how it's gonna be with the acrylic, how could I solve this problem? 
I can send you pictures of how much it sticks out if you want. 

For chamfering you could use a file and some sand paper, as for the cooler though  if it sticks out past where the case panel is you could either make a raised portion to accommodate for it or a slightly shorter cooler. 

[TheOskar57]

3 hours ago, W-L said:

For chamfering you could use a file and some sand paper, as for the cooler though  if it sticks out past where the case panel is you could either make a raised portion to accommodate for it or a slightly shorter cooler. 

What do you mean by raised portion?

[W-L]

1 minute ago, TheOskar57 said:

What do you mean by raised portion?

The original panel has a bumped out or raised portion out a bit to give it that extra room needed for the cooler so could make something similar to give it that extra clearance if the heatpipes impact the window. 

[Curufinwe_wins]

If it's just the heat pipes that stick up you could also cut holes in the acrylic right there if you wanted. Up to you though.