Mod Cosmos S side panel or buy the pre-made from newegg?

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Thanks for the rep,it really depends on the size hopefully no more than 20bucks
ah yeah here is a video if you wan to add fans in the acrylic if not for the case

It would be much cheaper to do it yourself, but if you don't trust yourself with power tools it may not come out the way you want it to.
Acrylic isn't that expensive, but I've found I can't find cell cast acrylic at any hardware stores, which is ideal for a case window. (Less cracking/melting, ect.) Normal acrylic will work fine, I usually pick up a large sheet from HomeDepot and then cut it to size using a jigsaw and going very slowly, with alot of support near the saw.

Although for $30 I would personally just buy it offline. It would look alot nicer, unless of course you want to get out to the garage . If it was north of $50 I would definately reconsider.

To hold the window on, if you watched the video Bill suggests the greatest tape ever... get that

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Yah that is true..I stopped by home depot today and found out that it will cost me $17.00usd + the cutter tool $4usd =$21usd before taxes. If I get the one from newegg it will be $42usd including tax and shipping. I think its $37usd including tax and shipping if I get it from amazon.com

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Yeah man just do that. Modding is fun and all, but that is just more practical.

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Yup, I am really considering it. The only thing that is holding me back is the shipping time( I am to excited to wait ) and other people's comments on newegg saying that the panel was poorly packaged and when they recieved it, it was already half open due to the poor packaging. I f you read all the comments about the side panel, most of them if not all are saying the same thing. I am just a little worried that when I get mine it will come all scratched up and will have to RMA it to newegg.

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Sure. I will let you know as soon as I decided to get it. Just of curiosity, why did you use screw to mount the Acrylic sheet? Because I see other people are using double sided tape.

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I used some strong glue for my Cosmos but lots of people including MNPCtech's Bill Owen recommend Scotch 4010 because it's really strong yet non-permanent. I will be using the scotch for my next mod.

I think a hot glue gun would work too, just try not to melt the plastic!

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Would it require a power tool to cut the Lexan Acrylic sheet from Home Depot or just the cutter tool you could get from the same store?

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The thought never crossed my mind to use tape. I figured that I wanted the most stable mounting job and to make it as stock looking as possible and thats what popped into my head. Either way, it works out, I was just dumb and tightened the screw a bit too much.

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Oh yah, that is a good idea..THose screw holes was pre-drilled right?