Customized PS2

[Ghost C]

My customized PS2. Powder white with a satin clearcoat. We call it the "PS2 RS-1" for obvious reasons, but also because it sounds cool. The white cf decal adds 10hp, too

(Edit: Upload didn't work, inserting image in next post)

 

[Ghost C]

And here's the picture...

 

[Gran Turismo7058]

You painted it? It looks sweet. Where did you get the RS-1 sticker?

 

[Ghost C]

My brother bought a carbon fiber battery cover for his car, and the sticker came with it. It originally said "RS-1 Tuning", but the "Tuning" part was crooked, and I decided to take it off.

And the paint was just a $1 can of Krylon spraypaint from Wal-Mart. It did void my warranty though, but I have the coolest PS2 I know of

 

[Gran Turismo7058]

Dude, you have the coolest PS2 ive ever seen. $1 Krylon, Did they have red? How did you paint the bottom part of it?

 

[Ghost C]

Unscrewed it. Those 8 little panels on the bottom hide screws. Then I just sat the insides in a relatively safe spot, and painted everything. (Put tape over the serial number and other info on that sticker in the back). Expansion slot cover, fan cover, even the thing that the power cord slides down into.

I'm sure Krylon makes red paint, and it's pretty good stuff for that cheap. I like my white PS2 better than my blue metallic PS1, which costed $4.

You just have to make sure that when you do it, you have a good ventilated room, or the wind isn't blowing hard outside, otherwise your paint job will look crappy. And work in coats. First coat shouldn't even cover it all, then wait 5-10 minutes, do a second coat, etc, otherwise you can get runs which look bad (I've got 2 on the top, but 1 is covered by the MotorsportsDecals.com sticker, and the other isn't noticeable).

 

[rjensen11]

Since my warrenty is up, I might do something like that, thanks for the idea! What I would paint it, however, I don't know... I have a feeling I'd paint it like how people paint cars, by using tape and stuff for the lines...

 

[Ghost C]

I was going to salvage the "PS2" on top with masking tape, but decided it wasn't worth the effort. I'm getting some more white cf vinyl in a few weeks to finish off the white look.

btw, if you want decals for your PS2, MotorsportsDecals.com is one place, and DecalDriveway.com is also a good site.

 

[CDailey]

Sweet. Now that I've seen what it looks like, I might paint my PS2 a nicee shade of blue since my warrenty is up.

[EDIT] Did you use that new Krylon plastic paint? I heard it works pretty well [/EDIT]

 

[Vasco]

Looks nice, but I don't like the decals/stickers...

 

[Ghost C]

I used a regular can of Krylon Interior/Exterior spraypaint. They have a really good shade of blue that I painted the 8 plastic screw covers with (I'll get a picture tomorrow, my digital camera sucks at taking pictures indoors).

I like my decals

 

[CDailey]

Originally posted by Ghost C
I used a regular can of Krylon Interior/Exterior spraypaint. They have a really good shade of blue that I painted the 8 plastic screw covers with (I'll get a picture tomorrow, my digital camera sucks at taking pictures indoors).

I like my decals

Oh, ok. Pictures will be a great help

 

[Ghost C]

Here's the bottom, you can see the blue screw covers.

 

[Ghost C]

And the back...
(This picture didn't turn out too good, my camera is cheap, so I might go back out to get another)

 

[Ghost C]

And my blue PSX, thought I'd just throw this one in for fun

 

[F1man]

You're crazy man! (j/k) Since you voided your warrenty you cant get a new PS2 for free if this one breaks.

 

[Ghost C]

Yeah, well...I'd probably just get mine fixed and pay the fee if it ever broke, rather than buying a whole new one

 

[CDailey]

Thanx for the pictures! I love the color of blue you used for the PSX What is the name of the paint?

 

[the_cobbinator]

Thats some pretty inventive thinking, maybe when my warranty goes I'll paint it silver.

 

[Ghost C]

Premium Rustoleum Metallic Blue

 

[rjensen11]

If I paint mine, I'll probably try to paint something on it rather than a single colour or two. But then again, I'm no artist....

 

[Squid]

thats sweet i might have to do sumthin like that to mine

 

[Ghost C]

I just found a good site for self adhesive carbon fiber vinyl, in white and black. If you just wanted to do a little bit without voiding your warranty (The vinyl comes off easy), but still having an out-of-the-ordinary PS2, you could order some of this cheap.

http://www.vinyl-effects.com/carbon_fiber.htm

 

[Klostrophobic]

I painted my PSX white. I left parts of it the original gray and looks pretty sweet.

 

[TokyoDrifta]

It'd probably be ****ing awesopme to paint it with this

 

[Ghost C]

Yeah, but that stuff is $20 a can in stores :/

 

[RobcioPL]

Do you have any pictures of the front? Thats one sweet PS2.

 

[TokyoDrifta]

Originally posted by Ghost C
Yeah, but that stuff is $20 a can in stores :/

I should buy it and paint my PS2 with it and putThis Sticker on it so my PS2 will be coolerthan yours.

 

[Pako]

That's awesome Ghost C! I like it. Perhaps the next time I have to open up the PS2 for repairs and/or modifications, I might just consider following your footsteps in having the coolest PS2 on "my" block.

 

[TokyoDrifta]

mine will be better than all of yours!