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first off, the whole reason why i did this was because i jumped into the ocean w/ my first SKII (salt water = quick death). i got a new one and used the housing from my deceased SKII and painted it.
i went to hobbytownUSA and bought tamiya surface primer and tamiya color spray paint (for plastics). i sanded the thing down using 800grit sand paper..just enough to get it dull so the primer can stick...i sprayed 1 coat primer and 2 coats black metallic...although for the front it seems like i held the paint can too close to it because it doesn't look as smooth as the back...i didnt put any clear coat as this is my first test..i'm planning on taking it apart and painting it again, but with patience this time and a couple coats of clear coat...for now, the paint is holding up well...the trick is to keep the paint coat really thin...the thicker the coat, the easier it comes off...it doesn't feel sticky at all..it feels just like how it feels originally...taking the unit apart is fairly simple..heres a quick step by step:
1. Remove the 4 buttons by digging your nail to the edges closest to the screen and lifting it up.
2. Remove your sim card and bumpers.
3. Flip the screen half way and remove the 2 torx screws by the reset button.
4. Remove the other 4 torx screws under the buttons.
5. Carefully detach the top from the bottom. The top bumper area will be easier to detach than the bottom bumper area. The bottom requires the slightest bit of force.
5. Once you have the top separated from the bottom, remove the 3 black screws in the middle of the circuit board on the bottom half (they form a triangle). There are 2 additional screws above and below the directional keypad. These do not need to be removed in order to remove the circuit board from the bottom housing
6. Now, you can lift the circuit board away from the bottom housing. Notice the vibrator on the top right and the speaker on the left side are still on the housing. You will need to remove these if you want to paint it. You will also need to mask the two gray areas on the bottom housing (the one that says SIDEKICK II) (if you dont want to paint over them) as well as the camera viewfinder, mirror, and flash area.
7. For the top half, once those 2 torx screws near the reset button are removed, the screen can come off. If you look at the top half of the unit, you will see a cylindrical shape piece of metal at the top. This manages the screen cable so it doesn't tangle whenever you flip it. This whole assembly comes off with the screen. All you have to do is guide it out of the housing.
8. The housing for the screen can be removed by unscrewing the 4 screws behind it where the IMEI sticker is. The housing snaps off easily.
8. The rest is cake. The buttons for hanging up and pick up and also the scroll wheel can be removed easily. The scroll wheel is held on by 2 screws. The keyboard snaps off easily. Don't forget to unscrew the white piece of plastic stopper that physically stops the screen whenever it flips.
Wow, all I can say is wow. That looks really good. Very OEM like. You should post this over at hiptop.com (if you haven't already) and maybe a Danger will get a glimpse of it and decide start making a black SK2. If they are making black SK2's by the time my Nextel contract is up I will defenately be picking one up.
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Originally Posted by djhyro
first off, the whole reason why i did this was because i jumped into the ocean w/ my first SKII (salt water = quick death). i got a new one and used the housing from my deceased SKII and painted it.
Good idea, painting the broken SK2 first.
I can't get over how good that looks. Mad props yo.
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Yeah I'm jumping on the band wagon I wanted to paint mines from day one but i didn't know how to take it apart the right way thanks............ I'm going to do a glossy black to match my Limited edition glossy black SL65.....
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hey guys..what do you think? its not pro but i like it
Now that's what I'm talkin' about! That's what the SKII should've looked like all along!
Well... all except for the pink bumpers. Those have gotta go! You need to either put some black ones on there to complete the all-black look, or you need to at least put the original gray bumpers back on!
I have been really thinking about getting a SKII but pushed on it because of it not really being custimizable. You mentioned that you were planning on doing it again. I wanted to know when you did again could you take pictures of the process of taking it apart, if you dont mind.
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Well never again, Well never again, They gave us two shots to the back of the head and were all...dead...now
08-26-2005, 21:36
good idea from the poster above ..... take pics of the process
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