So its finally time to start on a new build log this time of a project i call "JDM". The core inspiration of the project was Japanese styled drift cars hens the radiator with outwards mounted ports to illustrate a oil cooler. And the other big small thing that is that i wanted it to be in mini-ITX format. So after a few weeks of thinking i decided to go with a tube frame to keep it true to the theme. Here are some of the renders i made after some designing in Fusion 360. Also big thanks to Bequiet and Teamgroupe for helping out with the hardware.
One of the first obstacles i encountered was the corner pieces. I had a few options but after some thinking i decided to make some custom 3D-printed parts for the job.
These are the 2 versions I made but I ended up going for the simpler design.
I made a small bracket for the start button which in this case will be a real key.
Next upp is the part that connects the plexi tubes to the frame. You might ask why i didn't just go with metal tubes and the reason for that is LED's
but more on that later.
I still had to make some kind of motherboard mount so thats what i did.
And with motherboard in place.
There is also some other stuff i am working on like gpu braket, a good way to mount the rear fans and a psu mount. But yeah its mostly small stuff left on the fram.
So for time for an update, currently just have some sleeving and finale Assembly left so should be coming together soonish.
I wanted some lighting effects but still didn't want any thing to flashy so i decided to integrating the leds there into the plexi tubes under neat the motherboard which i think turned out really nicely.
I also made made the supports for rear 80mm fan, psu and some case feet.
Some test fitting before painting.
Ready for some paint.
Some days later i masked of the painted parts and made the rest glossy white
This will be the last update before final pictures so enjoy
First time bending plexi, turned out better then i would have thought.
After a lot of debating i decided to go with stock cables because sleeving them would have made them to thick and the all black cables fit the aesthetic really well anyways.
I just saw this now and I mus say, hyyyype! Looking really good with the sleeved tubing, what kind of sleeve did you use?
Looking forward to final pics.
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