Aluminum Front Panels?

[Camma]

Does anyone know if anyone possibly makes aluminum front panels for cd/floppy drives? Before I start the fun task of painting them, i'd like to see if someone just makes em for me

Camma

 

[Egrimm]

Well, a local web-shop (StudieData) has aluminium fronts for floppy-drives and several brands of cd-rom drives, they're under accessories for Lian Li cases. I think they say it's Lian Li who makes 'em, but I cannot find 'em on the official Lian Li page.

 

[Camma]

in german... and i don't even want to guess the shipping but they have the floppy cover and my pioneer slot dvd cover.... I WANT!

Camma

 

[CubicZirconia]

Lian Li
Theres the site. They do make the aluminum faceplates that go with the cases they make. I know you can buy them at different web sites.

 

[Camma]

so far i haven't really found any sites selling the aluminum face plates. if anyone happens to know some in the states, do fill me in!

Camma

 

[Egrimm]

It's not german, it's danish (but the languages are somewhat similar). I just posted the link so you could see that they make 'em and how they look.

 

[TheYetiMan]

The local shop where i bought my PC-65 has them, just started carrying them last week, packaged from LianLi. I bought one for the floppy, but it didn't fit the shape of my bezel. They have em for CD drives too.

The shop (regional chain) is Milwaukee PC. they do mail order, and carry a lot more than is listed on their site...

www.milwaukeepc.com

 

[aphex]

Heres the aluminum floppy drive directly linked from the site above, anyone know where we can get this in the US?

FYI

110.00 DKK Denmark Kroner = 12.9702 USD United States Dollars

 

[Neurofreeze]

<< The local shop where i bought my PC-65 has them, just started carrying them last week, packaged from LianLi. I bought one for the floppy, but it didn't fit the shape of my bezel. They have em for CD drives too.

The shop (regional chain) is Milwaukee PC. they do mail order, and carry a lot more than is listed on their site...

www.milwaukeepc.com >>



Blarg, three different CD-ROM drive covers for the Li-Li and they don't have pictures.

 

[Camma]

we're onto something though

Camma

 

[TheYetiMan]

I bought the Exact Same floppy cover plate that Aphex linked to from the bluemound branch of milwaukee pc last week for $7

 

[aphex]

<< I bought the Exact Same floppy cover plate that Aphex linked to from the bluemound branch of milwaukee pc last week for $7 >>



Looks like MPC ships around the country... I definately want one of those floppy covers, but i wish i could find out which cdrom one would fit my drives...

 

[archmage]

MPC Parts has pictures of the various Lian Li aluminum drive bezels.

 

[aphex]

<< MPC Parts has pictures of the various Lian Li aluminum drive bezels. >>



Awesome, thanks... Unforunately for me i dont think any of them fit my drives... I'll prolly just stay with the floppy for now then...

 

[Camma]

hmm, one of these may actually fit mine... hehe one step closer to the solid aluminum case!

Camma

 

[Camma]

anymore aluminum sightings?

Camma

 

[Kelvrick]

I'm thinking of getting that universal Floppy cover.

Hardcore people like me though, make their own. My first was my floppy so its kinda sloppy. There is a how-to guide on www.virtual-hideout.net on how to make aluminum bezels. I have one for my DVD drive and cd-rw too.

 

[Spydweb]

Just received my floppy cover I have three diffrent drives laying around and it does not match any of them the cut out for the button is to large. But it doesn't look bad using the black one. The hole for the led doesn't match up on one also.

 

[jordo]

i managed to get my drive covers done myself after a lot of careful cutting and filing. the edges on the floppy dont look great though, its tempting to order one of these, and i probably would if the shipping werent over $8 (when the actual item is only 5).

 

[Strafe]

So-Trick says they will have them next week!

 

[Neuroanatomist]

Just received a set of front panels from MPC parts.

On the packaging, they have a list of which Lian Li covers match with which CDROM drives

Lian Li C-2 = SONY CDU-5211
Lian Li C-4 = Pioneer DVD-116 (also fits ok on my Pioneer DVD-103slot loading)
Lian Li C-6 = Teac CD-540E (also fits ok on my Teac CD-532E)

Lian Li C-7 = floppy drive cover. (fits ok on my Mitsumi floppy, but not on my Teac or Techmedia floppy drive)


All the front panels are aluminum and have an adhesive backing to stick-on to your drive.
The front panels are not very thick and may bend.. about half the thickness of the Lian Li bay covers..

For the CDROM covers, there are two coverplates. One for the front of the drive (stationary part) and another one for the face of the CDROM tray (moving part).

On the Lian Li C-6 and my Teac CD-532E, all the holes match perfectly.. (e.g,. CDROM tray, headphone jack, volume control, HD activity light, emergency eject hole, and eject button). In addition, all the edges are machine-bevelled.

You still need to get some silver paint to cover the eject button and perhaps some of the interior angles.. but all in all, I guess $8 for the CDROM panel and $5 for the floppy drive panel is a reasonable alternative to having to use a dremel/nibbler and do it yourself.

For the CDRW drives that I have (Plextor 12x4x32, TDK 24x10x40), none of the face plates would fit. I'm just leaving them with the "stealth mod/OEM bay cover faceplate"

 

[Dre]

Painting them seems so much easier. Disassembling floppy and cd-rom drives is very easy so that you can only paint the front plastic cover.

 

[DongTran]

<< Painting them seems so much easier. Disassembling floppy and cd-rom drives is very easy so that you can only paint the front plastic cover. >>



Yeah theoretically I could paint a plastic case that I have silver then it would look[ aluminum like my Lian-li. Or I could just go buy a real aluminum case and call it a day, but nahh, that would be too much work. It's much easier to paint the front bezel.

You probably see where I'm going, I could put an Audi S4 emblem on an A4 - it is very easy so that you only replace the emblem and bam, S4.

 

[FlowerMan]

http://www.virtual-hideout.net/guides/lianli_faceplate_guide/index.shtml

 

[Camma]

<~~~ is way too lazy for all that!

looks mighty cool though, they oughta charge people for that service, i'd do it lol

Camma