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7on
Nov 21, 2006, 01:22 AM
Any dissassemblage yet? I want to paint the wiimote but it looks like the front of the unit is having difficulty separating.


SamIchi
Nov 21, 2006, 01:48 AM
Pimp Your Wiimote!

I'm a put some custom graff work on it if someone finds out how to custom paint them.
ChrisBrightwell
Nov 21, 2006, 03:37 AM
What sort of screwdriver did you use? It has the tri-wing screws in the battery compartment.
Markleshark
Nov 21, 2006, 03:57 AM
Just be careful. A site whom I can't remember, broke their Wii trying to take the screws out.
7on
Nov 21, 2006, 09:09 AM
What sort of screwdriver did you use? It has the tri-wing screws in the battery compartment.

A tri-wing screwdriver. It's the same screws on the DS if that helps.
Chone
Nov 21, 2006, 09:15 AM
A tri-wing screwdriver. It's the same screws on the DS if that helps.

Torx?
7on
Nov 21, 2006, 09:28 AM
Torx?

No Tri-wing

Buy (http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.knightdiscounts.com/gameboyadvancespscrewdriver.jpg&imgrefurl=http://cgi.ebay.com/Nintendo-Tri-Wing-Screwdriver-GBA-SP-DS-GameBoy-Color_W0QQitemZ8270853360QQcategoryZ18807QQcmdZViewItem&h=516&w=729&sz=37&hl=en&start=13&tbnid=EuxgMBZLp2DA1M:&tbnh=100&tbnw=141&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dtri-wing%2Bscrewdriver%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26safe%3Doff%26client%3Dsafari%26rls%3Den%26sa%3DN )

Also sometimes called a Y Screwdriver
mkaake
Nov 21, 2006, 09:40 AM
No, not torx. Tri-wing.

If you're not sure what it is, just take a quick look on ebay for Nintendo Screwdriver, and you should get a fair number of hits showing you what it is.
7on
Nov 21, 2006, 10:52 PM
http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=677908&rl=1

found one - waiting for my paint to dry (3rd coat) and then I'll spray a gloss over it. Unfortunately my paint was rather cheap so it clumped :(

But it looks alright
SamIchi
Nov 22, 2006, 12:59 AM
http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=677908&rl=1

found one - waiting for my paint to dry (3rd coat) and then I'll spray a gloss over it. Unfortunately my paint was rather cheap so it clumped :(

But it looks alright

Pics please.
What kind of gloss you goin to use?
7on
Nov 22, 2006, 02:15 AM
Pics please.
What kind of gloss you goin to use?

Krylon Triple-Thick Crystal Clear Glaze 0500

2 coats and it'll dry overnight, see you in the morning :D
SamIchi
Nov 22, 2006, 02:17 AM
Krylon Triple-Thick Crystal Clear Glaze 0500

2 coats and it'll dry overnight, see you in the morning :D

Is the finish goin to be similar to the Wii-mote? Will it feel the same? You can tell me in the morning if you don't know yet.
Spanky Deluxe
Nov 22, 2006, 07:19 AM
Krylon Triple-Thick Crystal Clear Glaze 0500

2 coats and it'll dry overnight, see you in the morning :D

Post pics as soon as possible. Won't this kind of paint scratch off? I was thinking yesterday about spraying my girlfriend's iBook pink. She saw a picture of one online and *loved* it although that was a G3 where the paint was on the inside of the plastic. She was worried that it would scratch through really easily if I sprayed her 'G4 'book and white scratches would be really obvious.

Does this stuff soak into the plastic or something?
7on
Nov 22, 2006, 08:51 AM
Post pics as soon as possible. Won't this kind of paint scratch off? I was thinking yesterday about spraying my girlfriend's iBook pink. She saw a picture of one online and *loved* it although that was a G3 where the paint was on the inside of the plastic. She was worried that it would scratch through really easily if I sprayed her 'G4 'book and white scratches would be really obvious.

Does this stuff soak into the plastic or something?

well all paint can scratch

and the texture is a bit rougher

My camera uses floppy disks so I can't get the pics til the afternoon though
raggedjimmi
Nov 22, 2006, 09:14 AM
My camera uses floppy disks so I can't get the pics til the afternoon though

You're not letting this go... What camera is that?!

Pimp Your Wiimote!

I'm a put some custom graff work on it if someone finds out how to custom paint them.

I want to personalise mine with some kind of decal, just everyone and their neighbour here is getting a Wii so I want to accidentally swop a controller. Want it to match my future DS Lite mod

http://satansam.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2006/08/finished.jpg
sb58
Nov 22, 2006, 01:19 PM
when i get a Wii and then 4 Wiimotes i'll probably customize at least one.
7on
Nov 22, 2006, 05:31 PM
Uploaded

It's a Sony Mavica
sb58
Nov 22, 2006, 06:54 PM
i think the white buttons stand out too much :(
Spanky Deluxe
Nov 22, 2006, 06:56 PM
Looks good 7on! Nice work!
7on
Nov 22, 2006, 10:38 PM
i think the white buttons stand out too much :(

meh, I could have painted the buttons – but I need to see how they're labeled and I'm not prepared to cut out masks that detailed for a controller mod.

I think it's fine, I think it matches the Zelda disk more with the white.