Aluminum Front Panels?

[nnnyyy]

I cant believe they dont have the faceplates for liteon drives!

 

[Camma]

so far i haven't seen a faceplate that would fit my yamaha cd-rw either.... but hey, who knows. might just stealth the cd-rw, and get the faceplate for the floppy and pioneer slot dvd...

Camma

 

[nnnyyy]

Actually after looking at the pics of the faceplates, they look like they could fit a 16x liteon dvd and a 24x liteon cdrw. Anyone try it yet?

 

[Neuroanatomist]

After about a week or so of having these, my impressions.

I was initially worried that these were just aluminum stickers.. but the adhesive used seems to be sufficient.. and while the aluminum is not aluminum plate.. it is relatively thick at 0.5 mm and it does work better than I thought as aluminum "veneer".

1) Lian Li aluminum floppy drive cover.
The slightly bevelled edges reflect light more than the flat surfaces so at some visual angles the faceplate looks like there is a plastic coat on top of the aluminum.
Minor problem, but it does bug me.

2) Lian Li C-6.
I left the eject button black and did no painting.
As said before, the headphone jack, volume, HD activity, emergency eject and eject button fit exactly and it looks very OEM original.
No complaints. I would definitely buy a C-6 faceplate (and a Teac CD-532E) with every Lian Li case I buy in the future.

3) Lian Li C-4.
This was definitely made for the Pioneer tray loading drive, NOT the slot loading drive.
It fits my slot drive operationally
.. but since the cutout is made for an tray, the opening is too big for the smaller slot used in the DVD slot drive I have.
I tried to paint it to match, but it still looks dumb.
Will probably end up just going back to using original 5 1/4 faceplate and routing out a slot.

Anyone want the Lian Li C-2 faceplate ($8 shipped)?
I don't have a Sony CDU-5211 drive that will match.

 

[Akira13]

Haha, looks like me OEM Pioneer DVD (tray) drive doesn't have a volume dial and headphone jack. If I got that, I'd have two holes in front of my drive. I guess I'll just have to learn to use the nibbler.

 

[Neuroanatomist]

pics of aluminium front panels (cdrom and floppy) on Lian Li PC65 + 5 inch case LCD

 

[aphex]

<< pics of aluminium front panels (cdrom and floppy) on Lian Li PC65 + 5 inch case LCD >>



OMG I WANT THAT 5" LCD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Neuroanatomist]

for those still interested, looks like www.dansdata.com did a review on the aluminum front panels

same basic conclusions

.."turn-key" solution, easier to do than painting, arts and crafts, metalwork
..the rounded edges, make for a slightly strange look at certain visual angles
..not really worth it, if you don't have a specific CDROM drive which the panels were meant for