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Good god these white bands are ugly (New E1705 person)
OK, so the pictures didnt do these white palstic bands justice and they are UGLY. I like the laptops functionality and flexibility for what I need to do with it, but holy moly. I need to do something about this. Are there any snapon replacements for this? if not I'll just go the old school way and take them off, paint them the same color as the case, and be done with it.
Thanks!
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Re: Good god these white bands are ugly (New E1705 person)
Yes, just do a search for QuickSnap Kit on Dell's website. I like the leather one myself but at $50 some people don't think it is worth the $$. I know people in the past have bought the casing that comes with the XPS M170 and used it on the i9300 but I don't know if it would fit the E1705.
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Re: Good god these white bands are ugly (New E1705 person)
Dell's new look is ungodly hideous, isn't it? We just got demos in at work today for an event this weekend -- the kids who hadn't seen them in person before couldn't believe how bad they look.
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Re: Good god these white bands are ugly (New E1705 person)
Haha, they are not shiny like Hp. The quicksnap only takes away the silver that is on the lcd lid. The white bumpers still show through, but they look nice to me. You just have to tell yourself, "She has a bad paint job, but she hums under the hood."
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Re: Good god these white bands are ugly (New E1705 person)
I think the laptop is great! The video editing software I needed to run all works perfectly so at least the purchase is justified, but them white strips have got to go. I see a weekend of disasembly and painting in my near future. And if am going to take it apart already. I might as well do teh whole thing. Probably go for a matte black, but I may change my mind.
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Re: Good god these white bands are ugly (New E1705 person)
I didn't think you could buy the XPS casing seperately. You got a link?
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Re: Good god these white bands are ugly (New E1705 person)
If the white bumpers are plastic you can remove them and use vinyl dye to color them any way you want. the nice thing about vinyl dye is that it soaks into the plastic, unlike paint which just bonds to the exterior, so if you get any scratches it isn't noticable.
Link to new vinyl dye colors: http://www.duplicolor.com/products/vinyl.html
Link to original vinyl dye colors: http://www.duplicolor.com/products/vinyloem.html
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Re: Good god these white bands are ugly (New E1705 person)
Hey Genom let me know if you do try to paint those and how hard it is. I have actually been thinking the same thing since I got my Inspiron 6000D. I also think they would look a lot better in black than white. good luck!
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Re: Good god these white bands are ugly (New E1705 person)
I havent had the time to take the lappy apart, but yes, they are plastic and I think the vynil dye would work if I got for an all black look.
Then again I may be crazy and try doing something like rede or blue on the white plastic to see how that goes with the silver.
Hopefully I'll have a chance to try this out in the next 2-3 weeks when I have the time to do it.
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Re: Good god these white bands are ugly (New E1705 person)
Cool...I am thinking I might look into doing that this summer when I have a little more time away from college...blue and red stripes would actually be pretty cool...ha ha...good luck