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custom paint your mac yourself
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well to tell true that no the color I chose in the shop ,I chose one call ballistic blue but I guest that he run out of that one and do it with another kind more darker.
if there were a way to change the keys color i do it but don't think is possible
the next one is going to be solid red with different jewel design
if there were a way to change the keys color i do it but don't think is possible
the next one is going to be solid red with different jewel design
Ceramic paint-i.e. header paint, engine paint. Nobody has heard that ceramic coated headers cool better than just bare metal? Even ceramic paint does the job.
If you do a unibody in a matte black finish, I bet you'll have people lining up to buy one.
I like the red with black keyboard, but the silver trackpad throws everything off. If you can color the trackpad black to match the keyboard, then the two-color pallete will look fabulous.
I like the red with black keyboard, but the silver trackpad throws everything off. If you can color the trackpad black to match the keyboard, then the two-color pallete will look fabulous.
That is hella cool.
Why all the haters? I think the looks of a MBP can be very easily improved. I like the colorful PC laptops, but they have too many buttons, clutter, etc. The MBP is clean, but also bright and colorful. Think of it as a new clamshell iBook.
Why all the haters? I think the looks of a MBP can be very easily improved. I like the colorful PC laptops, but they have too many buttons, clutter, etc. The MBP is clean, but also bright and colorful. Think of it as a new clamshell iBook.
That unibody is HOT.
I'd probably have a black lid, or all white.
No metallics in the paint, though.
I'd probably have a black lid, or all white.
No metallics in the paint, though.
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Looks decent. Just wish colorware was able to color the trackpad on the Unibody. It sticks out like a sore thumb.
man, never thought id see so many metal flake haters. make it bright and shiny and there will be people all over that. Honestly, id like to see a MBP with that chrome paint from that website. The heat changing kind would be pointless, since aluminum macs are always gonna have a toasty case.
yea i wouldnt mind some cosmetic options for the MB and MBP's. black would look pretty sweet. like i said before im a fan of gun metal gray. all my cars have been that color. its not to dark but not to light. also looks good with Xenon HID's.
That is hella cool.
Why all the haters? I think the looks of a MBP can be very easily improved. I like the colorful PC laptops, but they have too many buttons, clutter, etc. The MBP is clean, but also bright and colorful. Think of it as a new clamshell iBook.
agree ,that why are good for custom jobs ,any other laptops got so much crap on it that is impossible ,they come now with like 6 different stickers built for vista, nvidia,intel inside ,etc
plus the frame if not a solid piece ,the more you can do is paint the back of the lcd
The Unibody models have 56 screws btw, yes that is a lot but not quite 80.
Matt black would be cool. If I wasn't getting my uni MBP engraved I'd consider that.
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Now you see, that looks good. It a little too lego for me, but its clean.
I like the sparkly blue colour I probably would have kept the Apple plain white and left the button on the front unpainted though.
I probably would have kept the Apple plain white and left the button on the front unpainted though.
^^ lol... guess he's keen on showing it off! I suppose I would too if I'd just spent 150 bucks on a paint job.
@OP: As some other posters have said before me, I'm not a big fan of it either. I don't like the color, I don't like the metallic, but I sure love the apple mod. I'm not a big fan of any kind of paint jobs done to macs, haven't seen one I'd have preferred over the way it originally looks. If I didn't already have a skin that covered the back part of my laptop I'd consider pimping up the apple a bit, somewhere along the lines of what you did.
I like it... on like bumper cars and roller coasters.
Not so much on this laptop.
The red (without so much metal flake anyway) on a unibody might be nice.
Have to say I am not keen on the metallic blue at all but at least you have a completely unique mac. The red idea looks better though. All you need then is to change the apple logo for a ferrari one and you are away!
Id like to try some of that Chrome FX from Alsa corp. on a mbp. Then you would have what appears to be a polished aluminum mbp. But.....it would be paint and it would be clearcoated. And it looks to be the new waterbased paint, so it is supposed to me more scratch resistant