I gold plated my iPhone X

[RyanFlynn]

Hey friends,

I did it to my Apple Watch a few years back and tried it again with the phone. Looks great!

 

[itsmemuffins]

Very shmancy

 

[bpeeps]

Looks tacky to me on the white, might be better on the space gray. But the only thing that matters is that you like.

 

[RyanFlynn]

Looks tacky to me on the white, might be better on the space gray. But the only thing that matters is that you like.

Yeah, looking to get a space gray model to play with. I actually the white and gold. It reminds me of star wars for some reason

 

[Jjayf]

Good job.. Looks good.

 

[wilk0076]

I don't post on here much, but I had to hop in and say that looks slick. I really like the white/gold.

 

[areyes163]

Not for me but you did a really nice job.

 

[yanki01]

wow - looks pretty good.

 

[nasa25]

sick

 

[mdwsta4]

How did you go about doing it?

 

[villicodelirant]

But... that's not real gold, right?

 

[Lobwedgephil]

Pretty impressive!

 

[RyanFlynn]

How did you go about doing it?

I own a small company that does the Apple Watch in gold, so I have the gear required to do the phone. 3D printed some seals for the phone and electroplated it! Took about an hour and 3 beers for courage experimenting with my shiny new iPhone.

 

[chasescott66]

Looks slick, nice job!

 

[iHeartsteve]

super cool!

 

[Luminor24]

Great work, looks awesome!

 

[KingslayerG5]

I own a small company that does the Apple Watch in gold, so I have the gear required to do the phone. 3D printed some seals for the phone and electroplated it! Took about an hour and 3 beers for courage experimenting with my shiny new iPhone.

Can you swap the silver banding and put it on the space gray X?

I want the space gray back but with the silver edges. More of a throwback to the og iPhone with a dash of the black 4 series rears.

 

[DNichter]

That's pretty awesome. I'm not a huge fan of gold, but it looks great.

 

[applesith]

Looks very cool! I'd consider a gold and black combo #italian.

 

[KingslayerG5]

I personally don't mind the look because it reminds me of the Motorola RAZR2 V8 Luxury Edition (2007) helped designed by David Beckham and the gold HTC One M7/M8.

It would have been better with space gray X. Black and gold instead of white and gold. The latter colors would look nicer on a woman's designer bag.

Black and gold just looks nicer for me than white and gold. Actually black looks good with any color. That's why I always wear black shoes, socks, and pants.

My favorite color combo is still black and red with a touch of white. I will totally get the Product Red X if black front/red back. Sith happens.

 

[mdwsta4]

Looks great!!

I own a small company that does the Apple Watch in gold, so I have the gear required to do the phone. 3D printed some seals for the phone and electroplated it! Took about an hour and 3 beers for courage experimenting with my shiny new iPhone.

[doublepost=1510083107][/doublepost]Funny, I thought the same although I was thinking about brushing the SS bands around the phone just like I did with the original iPhone after it got all stuffed up and I swapped the rear plate.

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/how-to-swap-iphone-housings.334748/

More of a throwback to the og iPhone with a dash of the black 4 series rears.

 

[maflynn]

Looks nice, but not my cup of tea.

OP if you like the look, then more power to you

 

[jimbo1mcm]

Great job.

 

[nikster0029]

How do you even go about such a process

 

[Turtle69Turtle]

Looks nice! Would love to see how this looks on a SG model