TT Shark Front Grill Mod!

[Defyant]

I was asked how i'd go about getting air to 5 x 200 gigiers in a shark!

The problem was.... when the door front door was shut, there was no way to get air to the hdds.


Heres what i came up with, i used 3 x sections of cut and bent mesh and installed them into 3 sections.

for now this is a temp mod! the end will be finshed with matching "honycomb" mesh.


You guys remember the front, it has a slatt style vent looking thingy that dosn't actually pass air thru to where its needed most! THE HDDS!




as you can see the back of the door is 100% solid..... aircraft grade alu solid!!!




But! you can see "above" thet the UGLY as F ck plastic fascia behind does have adequate venting!


Remove the front alu paneling




The "Naked shark"
as you can see the shark with its "battle armour" removed...theres no way this thing can deliver frsh air to its HDDs



Removing the door.







The door pulls down into 3 main sections.

the slatting, its armour and the door itself.

First thing is to mark out ther area where i'll be cutting fresh new holes....




The panel masked up with the new holes cut, this job chewed thru 4 blades!!!

this metal is tuff.. bewarned!

[Defyant]

A qik test to see how it fits up.



Next is to cut and bend to shape the 3 Grills that will replace the metal slats.

I could do this by simply placeing a peice of mesh behind the arch.....

but this wouldnt look pro, just an easy way out.

the method im using here is to bend the mesh over a peice of wood.

Using a rubber mallet to get the shape...v.ery easy with streight lines.




testing the bent mesh.




after mesh # 2




Mesh #3 and the extra side peice is also replaces so it matched the rest.

The mesh grills are held in place for now with hotglue.
When the front panel is bolted back onto the door it will hold the grills in place..




Next is a bit of "black backgound masking" this will hide the cuts and allow the mesh to look sharper.





with the door mounted back on the case





Re-attach the front panels with the screws




Silde back in the Veritcal strips and whaala...











With the new "windowed" side panel the shark is looking pretty darn impressive





Slip a lite down the back and your starting to see some pretty cool lighting.

[Defyant]

reserved for updates

[BIOS]

Very nice! Great work mate!

[NoOzL]

bloody hell man, that is gonna b the maddest shark ever

[orbisfactor]

i thought the shark would never look good

[leighzor]

the shark is starting to look good for once

[hendot]

I know this is a "temp" mod, but how come there are a few holes missing in the mesh?

[xinzhitan14]

Originally Posted by hendot

I know this is a "temp" mod, but how come there are a few holes missing in the mesh?

i noticed that as well... on the middle piece at the bottom. i wonder why?


oh my god that mesh on the front looks a lot better than before.. you've out done thermaltake this time. thats just great. good work

by the way , where do you get that mesh from??? i want to buy some for my modding, thnx

[Tankii]

jeebus, thats awsome work there Defyant!

[i think you'll find that the mesh is only temp till he gets the honeycomb stuff?

Originally Posted by Defyant

for now this is a temp mod! the end will be finshed with matching "honycomb" mesh.

]

[xinzhitan14]

Originally Posted by Tankii

i think you'll find that the mesh is only temp till he gets the honeycomb stuff...
]

ohhh yeah i didnt read properly mate. :P soz everyone! but bloddy awsome work there...

[Mr.Abdul]

That is the madest Shark ever mate

[chris20492002]

NICE First time i saw one of these I thought they look like shit but with your mods they look awesome. also you make it look so easy to modify.

[SteakTheMooCow]

To think I didn't get a shark because of the dodgy front air-input =\

GW Defyant, and this should also be standard!

[missingo95]

bloody awsome work