So I got a spare housing from ebay and painted it red along with the original battery door.
Lemme know your veiws guys
Pictures here
http://imageshack.us/g/442/dscn3475r.jpg/
Anybody needs help painting there gnex , feel free to ask here.
Take 2
pictures attached.
used - Duplicolor Vinyl/Fabric spray and adhesion promoter.
Steps
wet sand the body and battery cover with 800 grit sandpaper until all paint on the housing is gone (will take some time) and the samsung and google logo on battery back is black (will also take some time).
A layer of adhesion promoter, left to dry for 10 minutes
followed by 5-6 layers of Duplicolor at interwals of 20 mins each.
after final coat leave to dry for 4 hours and we are good.
Credits
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1715806
Looks dope
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Would look good with my red theme. JK looks good.
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Looks sick nice job.
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Not bad - though I wish I could see more detail since most ( if not all ) of the pictures are out of focus.
swiftinmotion said:
Looks dope
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Thanks ....
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ÜBER™ said:
Would look good with my red theme. JK looks good.
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Please link to your theme ...am on JB Bamf
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diabloking said:
Looks sick nice job.
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Just a lil spray painting .....
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munchy_cool said:
So I got a spare housing from ebay and painted it red along with the original battery door.
Lemme know your veiws guys
Pictures here
http://imageshack.us/g/442/dscn3475r.jpg/
Anybody needs help painting there gnex , feel free to ask here.
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OK. Not my thing, but ok.
Foxy Roxy said:
Not bad - though I wish I could see more detail since most ( if not all ) of the pictures are out of focus.
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Will take pictures with my t3i tomorrow around the same time and report back to you dude ....enjoying beer as of now ....
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Foxy Roxy said:
Not bad - though I wish I could see more detail since most ( if not all ) of the pictures are out of focus.
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Here are some pictures of the housing only painted
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1769290
Last page of above thread .....
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dyingearth said:
OK. Not my thing, but ok.
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Ha ha ....I know not everybody would like a red phone ....but personally I love the color red ..
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it may be out of focus but it looks sick! (i mean sick in a nice way OP)
good job. even the buttons are painted red
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Please link to your theme ...am on JB Bamf
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Lol it's in themes and apps. Should be at the top.
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thephantom said:
it may be out of focus but it looks sick! (i mean sick in a nice way OP)
good job. even the buttons are painted red
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Yeah ....the buttons were a pain after painting as there wasn't enough room for them to move freely ....had to scrape off some paint using a knife and now they are perfect ....
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Lol it's in themes and apps. Should be at the top.
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Roger that ....will try it tomorrow....
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Glad to see a lot of members finding this cool ....thanks guys
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Maybe it's because of the blurry pictures, but the paint looks a bit dull. Other than that I can tell you took great care in painting it, I mean, it certainly looks like it is very well done.
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Maybe it's because of the blurry pictures, but the paint looks a bit dull. Other than that I can tell you took great care in painting it, I mean, it certainly looks like it is very well done.
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Ha ha ....the pictures maybe blurry but I can assure u it looks good ....wait till I get up some pics from my t3i tomorrow
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munchy_cool said:
Anybody needs help painting there gnex , feel free to ask here.
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I have a week of vacation coming up and am thinking of trying this as part of stuff I wanna do over that period.
How do I get started? I want to paint it BLUE or RED
Thanks in advance.
vG
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Here is 50x and 400x. White background with full brightness.
Pretty.
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Yes and if you zoom in at x1000 it looks like this.....
ciscostud said:
Yes and if you zoom in at x1000 it looks like this.....
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Ha
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ciscostud said:
Yes and if you zoom in at x1000 it looks like this.....
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now only if the teen girls see this...nexus wud be sold out worldwide..
Thanks. This will become my next wallpaper... not JB, the actual pixel ones.
[EDIT] I take that back. These don't make good wallpapers!!! Might try the JB picture now
My brother runs a auto body shop, and decided to paint his nexus. Gonna do the battery cover next week. What do you think?
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I'm not a fan of white for phones personally but I appreciate cool customization. Nice work!
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The ole tight white.
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U got a pic of the front too?
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Can I haz custom painted nexus??????
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joshndroid said:
U got a pic of the front too?
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that's what he said?
Looks good! IMHO, I'd leave the battery door as is. The contrast is pretty cool.
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From the front. He's gonna paint mine crimson red ( alabama crimson tide fan) put a A sticker on the battery cover and clear coat the whole thing.
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That looks awesome you should have him open a business
for me, by me and I love you
It looks nice but the carbon fiber backcover doesn't really match with the rest of the phone.
That's so cool... this should be a service... id pay to get my phone painted... how much would he charge???
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what paint did he use ? and did he sand it before painting it or used adhesion promoter?
How does it feel in the hand? and how many clear coats? Trying to imagine it like the paint on your car.
zephiK said:
It looks nice but the carbon fiber backcover doesn't really match with the rest of the phone.
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Your kidding right i feel it looks like a carbon fibre car wing mirror off a farrari or something from the back haha
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zephiK said:
It looks nice but the carbon fiber backcover doesn't really match with the rest of the phone.
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i guess it's really a matter of personal opinion but i would agree. for me the carbon fibre back cover is a little off. i'd go with the stock back
I like it a lot. Looks great
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Dude that's so fn sick! Awesome!
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i would just get rid of the back cover all together and let the battery hang out.
Anyway, looks good. he did a good job with the paint.
ÜBER That's so cool... this should be a service... id pay to get my phone painted... how much would he charge???
Don't know, I'll ask if he's willing to do a few and see what he would charge.
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munchy_cool said:
what paint did he use ? and did he sand it before painting it or used adhesion promoter?
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Don't know much about the car side ( I work for Sherwin Williams), but all I know is its car paint ( had a Honda in for painting) but didn't sand. I have a few dings in mine and he said they could fill my scratches ( read bondo).
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I just slapped it on and man i cant stop staring at my phone lol. The dark blue otterbox shell matches up perfect the the blue s3
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bmoreboy02 said:
I just slapped it on and man i cant stop staring at my phone lol. The dark blue otterbox shell matches up perfect the the blue s3
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Thanks for the pics, I didn't know how it would look in person and I didn't want to get boring black.
Jfree3000 said:
Thanks for the pics, I didn't know how it would look in person and I didn't want to get boring black.
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No problem
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Jfree3000 said:
Thanks for the pics, I didn't know how it would look in person and I didn't want to get boring black.
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Black's not boring, it's very executive!
RTBee said:
Black's not boring, it's very executive!
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I just love the fact we have so many options for colors. Normally all we get to chose from is black. My gf has the pink and purple defender on her white gs3 and loves it
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Been waiting for mine for weeks... back order...
Got the green for me and the purple for my gf off ebay $40 each
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What's the deal with the purple phone and those circles by the buttons? Phone looks messed up.....
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What's the deal with the purple phone and those circles by the buttons? Phone looks messed up.....
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Take a picture of any gs3 with a flash you'll see those circles. It's where the menu and back buttons are.
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What's the deal with the purple phone and those circles by the buttons? Phone looks messed up.....
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I have the ivisor screen guard on.
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Thanks for the pics. Been waiting for the Atomic commuter for a while and was debating on getting the defender as well. Gotta love the green and blue being a Seahawks fan.
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bmoreboy02 said:
I have the ivisor screen guard on.
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I knew something was up.
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Take a picture of any gs3 with a flash you'll see those circles. It's where the menu and back buttons are.
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Guess you were wrong on that one. I know from taking pictures of the phone before that there's no magical circles that show up in the pics. :-\
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I knew something was up.
Guess you were wrong on that one. I know from taking pictures of the phone before that there's no magical circles that show up in the pics. :-\
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LOL
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I knew something was up.
Guess you were wrong on that one. I know from taking pictures of the phone before that there's no magical circles that show up in the pics. :-\
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Guess I was. Whoo hoo.
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Im debating taking it off but i know sometimes defender cases can scratch the front of the phone
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I didn't realize the atomic case was dark blue O_O I thought it was black and green. It might look funny on the white s3 now
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I didn't realize the atomic case was dark blue O_O I thought it was black and green. It might look funny on the white s3 now
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Ill try to put my case on my gf white phone
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bmoreboy02 said:
I just slapped it on and man i cant stop staring at my phone lol. The dark blue otterbox shell matches up perfect the the blue s3
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That doesn't look perfect in my opinion. Looks UGLY! But if you like it, that is all that matters. :good:
are govirmen
i like that one quite a bit! i wish the glacier case was easy to find!
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i like that one quite a bit! i wish the glacier case was easy to find!
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Every otterbox but the camo is on ebay
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The Gnex got another paint job, this time a black red look.
Pictures below
That looks sick. Great job
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Yeah looks sick! Love the buttons. :thumbup:
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munchy_cool said:
The Gnex got another paint job, this time a black red look.
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That's similar to what I'm going to do with mine.
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Thanks Guys ...
rolltide1995 said:
That's similar to what I'm going to do with mine.
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cool..show us the pics once u are done ...
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What kind of sandpaper and paint did you use?
Damn! When I read the title I thought it would look hokey and not good - but I gotta say, that looks great - awesome job :good:
If only you could paint mine :/ paint a body for me and I will buy it off ya! Lol
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LOOKS SICK:highfive::highfive::highfive::highfive::good::good::good:
What kind of sandpaper and paint did you use?
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thts what i wanna know, what kinda paint and is it chipping like some of the other ppl who have painted theirs say they are getting...??? Cus id like to paint mine but not if its just gonna start chipping/peeling ya know...
Munchy do you usually go caseless with the custom paint jobs?
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Wow,that looks great.i would paint mine to matte black and mettalic blue,the back and buttons would be blue,but i am afraid to dissasemble it.btw my dad us a car painter,so it would be painted professionaly.
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dogredwing1 said:
LOOKS SICK:highfive::highfive::highfive::highfive::good::good::good:
What kind of sandpaper and paint did you use?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1820875
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davidc23 said:
If only you could paint mine :/ paint a body for me and I will buy it off ya! Lol
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I will be doing one for a member here this weekend ....can do for u also ...lemme know
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thts what i wanna know, what kinda paint and is it chipping like some of the other ppl who have painted theirs say they are getting...??? Cus id like to paint mine but not if its just gonna start chipping/peeling ya know...
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Plasti dip peels the next day ....this one lasts good ....u just need to take care when placing it on hard surfaces ....
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Munchy do you usually go caseless with the custom paint jobs?
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Yups I stopped using cases since I did my first custom paint job ....
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D3HuM4NiZ3D said:
Wow,that looks great.i would paint mine to matte black and mettalic blue,the back and buttons would be blue,but i am afraid to dissasemble it.btw my dad us a car painter,so it would be painted professionaly.
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6 screws and some patience ....that's what it takes to take the housing off
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This look awesome. Can't wait for mine. BTW , when I get my housing, the buttons will remain stock color won't they?
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verruckterGeck said:
This look awesome. Can't wait for mine. BTW , when I get my housing, the buttons will remain stock color won't they?
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I got buttons with the housing I bought for you as well, I'll go ahead and paint them as well as u already have stock buttons ..u can swap the buttons easily ...
Im jelly
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What you all think of this?
http://mobilesyrup.com/2012/12/28/s...ed-in-matte-black-and-we-cant-wait-to-see-it/
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I wish my gray was that the color instead, but I'm not complaining.
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No ooooooo ! So sweet!
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Oo that means matte black battery door cover for my note
I think it looks awesome, I hope they dont release it or...
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Considering my phone never leaves its case, I forget that I got a grey one. Or is it white? I thought having multiple colors from which to choose would be great, but in reality I barely see any of the phone's color.
What WILL irritate me to no end is if they suddenly start pumping out 32/64g models.
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I agree. Mine is in my Defender, so I really don't care what color it is. But, I would like a black matte battery door.
Grey looks black in my slim cases!!
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Black version was outed as a fake...
www.engadget.com/2012/12/28/samsung-galaxy-note-ii-reportedly-coming-in-black/
Nice concept tho!
I want mine like this!
Wow! I just noticed my phone is grey! Lol don't really care coz my case is black anyway
ukic said:
Wow! I just noticed my phone is grey! Lol don't really care coz my case is black anyway
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lol whaaaaaat... true story??
mkawa6 said:
Nice concept tho!
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Darkening the photo in photoshop is a concept?
I am a little disappointed to see the red one, that one looks real. And I just love that red S III, almost to the point I got that instead of the Note II.
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