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getting the rads wired up and trying to keep the wiring hidden from the inside and the back if possible. I hate seeing wires any more then I have too.

Also checking the side panel to see how I like the looks. Still need to file it smooth and add a window but, still can't decide if I want to keep the side panel or just go with an acrylic side panel.

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Really liking the build and the stealth look of it... Although, I can't for the life of me get over that cut PSU shroud now. Having it cut off in the middle like that just hurts my eyes and it looks so out of place :mellow:
 
that will change when the res gets added in. I'm still missing the brackets but, I may extend it (the side anyway) once I get it all in.

The res will sit a bit higher more then likely but, the flow sensor will be from the outlet of the res to the inlet of the rad. You can see the connections on the res already. Just running out of room quickly.

Just propped the res in there as a reference of how it will sorta look. Some of the piece won't be black either on the res itself. Still waiting on some parts.

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hoping that's a good thing lol.

I looked at the define series of cases but, just didn't think they would work for what I wanted to do.

The more I look at it now the more it bugs me that it doesn't extend all the way across on the sides at least. Time to start looking into that and figure out how I want to approach it. May just have to steal TTL's concept with the acrylic and mod it to fit my build.
 
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not sure on it yet. I haven't made it fit exactly but, got the arch in the top. I have it held in with tape at the moment so I can see if I like it before putting in the work to make it flush but removable so I can access or remove the radiator if needed.

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well its getting very close. Still need a couple of thing mainly 2 more 90 degree adapters. I'm using some of my older stuff from my original build that are black at the moment. Leak test passed so decided to play with it a bit. I didn't add the fluid yet so its just distilled water with some biocide until I change out the elbows.

Also waiting on some tubing so I can redo some of the bends. Hardline has a pretty steep learning curve. At least for me

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finally got time to finish it up for the most part. I still need to extend 2 cables which I hope to do this week.

I will get some more photos once its all done but, wanted to update this thread.

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Great looking build!
Your tube bends are quite crisp, something I spent HOURS on in my recent build.

I just wanted to chime in on your comment about Hardline having a steep learning curve. I would have to agree, but I found a couple REALLY invaluable tricks I've not really seen on the net when it comes to bending hard tube.

1.) You can bend, and bend, and re-bend tube. It's actually quite amazing how malleable Hard Tubing is, it's just really about how carefully you apply the heat.​

If you look at my build "Carbon Candy" in the rig gallery, I actually re-bent some of those tube runs over a half dozen times, some times straightening a bend back out completely.​

2.) DISH SOAP!​

It's amazing how dish soap can be the key with the silicon insert when bending. I would simply wet the inside of the tube, (Not much, think rain drops), and wet the silicon insert. Take a dot, and literally a dot, of dish soap and coat just the end of the silicon insert. Doing this I could literally bend, remove, check, reinsert the silicon and bend again, and this is through 3-4 bends in a single run. I saved so much tube.​

Now of course this come with a catch. You can only heat and re-heat acrylic so much before it become brittle if you're not careful how fast you heat it. Think turtle in a race here, slow and steady wins.

In all, I couldn't be happier with the bends I achieved, and only my second time working with Hard Tube, (Both in this build), as the bends are damn near perfect symmetry.
 
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