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The Dyed Orange iBook Thread!

OrangeSVTguy

OrangeSVTguy

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Well figured I'd post the pics now and Yes... it is very orange. Please no haters or flamers :p. I dyed all the parts instead of painting so the orange will not rub or chip off. I colored the keys orange underneath which really brings it all together.

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Radio Monk33 said:
I have to admit that it looks very cool! Please share some instructions or step by step pics. :)
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Agreed. I've been thinking of painting my Macbook for some time now, and would be interested in finding out more about how you went about it.
 
cohibadad said:
not hating but it does look very splotchy.
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Yeah it only turned out "splotchy" on the LCD bezel. I don't know what happened there but it does look pretty cool in person. Only other thing that didn't turn out as planned is the bezel around the USB ports. I think I used one from a 600mhz model which were silver and it turned out more like an orange metallic which you can see it looks a little darker. Other then that, all the parts turned out very even and the same color.

I was also thinking about doing the touchpad but thought the white contrast would look nicer. Thanks for all the compliments/replies. I'd love to do this to a macbook once I get one :D

I also dyed one my batteries cover from a 600mhz which had the clear plastics and looks cool as well. Would be kinda nice to have the clear orange top and bottom cases for it too.
 
I think it looks really nice. (Although I would have done it in lime green:D) A lot of people will hate because its not white or black but remember apples emac or imac phase whichever it was with the 5 different color computers? Ya reminds me of those days...
 
heatmiser said:
Agreed. I've been thinking of painting my Macbook for some time now, and would be interested in finding out more about how you went about it.
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i dont think you should paint it dy it lik that guy cause i saw somone on ebay selling there painted macbook and it didnt look to good... crap how did u get leopard on a g3:eek:
 
MacHappytjg said:
i dont think you should paint it dy it lik that guy cause i saw somone on ebay selling there painted macbook and it didnt look to good... crap how did u get leopard on a g3:eek:
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He didn't. There's no way to get Leopard on G3s. He's just using ClearDock and the Graphite color scheme, I believe.
 
Yep no Leopard for me :p. Tiger runs like a champ on this baby. Cleardock is a great app. I only wish that there was an app or hack to get the clear menubar that's on Leopard though :(

Oh and I know that you can't see it clear enough but I have it set up to display the little triangles on the dock to orange... obsession? :D LOL
 
OrangeSVTguy said:
Yep no Leopard for me :p. Tiger runs like a champ on this baby. Cleardock is a great app. I only wish that there was an app or hack to get the clear menubar that's on Leopard though :(

Oh and I know that you can't see it clear enough but I have it set up to display the little triangles on the dock to orange... obsession? :D LOL
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oh i had mine green when my imac was living
 
OrangeSVTguy said:
Yep no Leopard for me :p. Tiger runs like a champ on this baby. Cleardock is a great app. I only wish that there was an app or hack to get the clear menubar that's on Leopard though :(

Oh and I know that you can't see it clear enough but I have it set up to display the little triangles on the dock to orange... obsession? :D LOL
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there is!!!

menu shade......

http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/16640
 
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