custom paint your mac yourself

[PeterQC]

I verify that before i do it, the keyboard don't have 80 screws more like 10 under it not that hard to remove
if anybody doubt that the track pad work I post a video in youtube to prove it
the invisible shied do the same thing and still work i can put a piece of plastic on top and still work

I was talking about the unibody model.

 

[timestoby]

looks nice,but im not sure about the choice of colours or that glitter look lol.

 

[Lord Farken]

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

 

[mikes70mustang]

ceramic paint are you serious? were you get that
next week Ferrari red for my neighbor until then blue haters

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.

 

[Lord Farken]

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[JimmyDreams]

Now the RED I like!!!!

 

[MVApple]

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.

 

[iMpathetic]

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.

 

[Kardashian]

That unibody is HOT.

I'd probably have a black lid, or all white.

No metallics in the paint, though.

 

[uiop.]

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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.

 

[bbadalucco]

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 was just going to say that...good call.

 

[mikes70mustang]

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.

 

[ViciousShadow21]

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.

 

[Lord Farken]

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

 

[chriszzz]

Congratulations on destroying your machine.

So ugly.

 

[designgeek]

I was talking about the unibody model.

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.

 

[SolRayz]

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Now you see, that looks good. It a little too lego for me, but its clean.

 

[instaxgirl]

I like the sparkly blue colour I probably would have kept the Apple plain white and left the button on the front unpainted though.

 

[Kardashian]

Have you tackled the unibody?

I'm *seriously* considering doing mine.

 

[Insulin Junkie]

Again?

^^ 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.

 

[maflynn]

The thread should be titled pimping my mac

personally its not my cup of tea, it detracts from the beautiful simplicity and look of the MBP.

 

[iBlue]

man, never thought id see so many metal flake haters. make it bright and shiny and there will be people all over that.

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.

 

[toolbox]

Wow that looks so awesome. nice job.

 

[kdum8]

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!

 

[mikes70mustang]

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