Beige dilemma

[dwift]

Hello all,

A bit of a weird post (especially if you are young...). I have a black Pioneer 212 and it works great. The only problem is, I have a beige computer case and the black drive sticks out like a sore thumb.

After many weeks of searching, I have accepted I will not be able to easily find the BDR-212XJ (Japan only?) that came in beige.

The alternative idea that I had was finding some sort of donor drive with similar construction, to swap the plastics from (bezel, tray cover, eject button?) but I'm not sure if this is a good path to go down.

If anyone can give me advice or has a lead on a 212XJ in beige... I would be really grateful

[Billycar11]

just take the front cover off and tray and plasti dip it the color you want

[MartyMcNuts]

Hello all,

A bit of a weird post (especially if you are young...). I have a black Pioneer 212 and it works great. The only problem is, I have an beige computer case and the black drive sticks out like a sore thumb.

After many weeks of searching, I have accepted I will not be able to easily find the BDR-212XJ (Japan only?) that came in beige.

The alternative idea that I had was finding some sort of donor drive with similar construction, to swap the plastics from (bezel, tray cover, eject button?) but I'm not sure if this is a good path to go down.

If anyone can give me advice or has a lead on a 212XJ in beige... I would be really grateful

It would probably be easier to get yourself a new, black PC case.

[Billycar11]

It would be easier to get yourself a new, black case.

Was going to suggest the same thing

[Coopervid]

Hello all,

A bit of a weird post (especially if you are young...). I have a black Pioneer 212 and it works great. The only problem is, I have an beige computer case and the black drive sticks out like a sore thumb.

After many weeks of searching, I have accepted I will not be able to easily find the BDR-212XJ (Japan only?) that came in beige.

The alternative idea that I had was finding some sort of donor drive with similar construction, to swap the plastics from (bezel, tray cover, eject button?) but I'm not sure if this is a good path to go down.

If anyone can give me advice or has a lead on a 212XJ in beige... I would be really grateful

I suggest also a black case. This is the one I have and it can accept 2 5,25" optical drives. Most cases today don't have any. BE QUIET Pure Base 600.

[Billycar11]

im pretty sure having a beige pc at this time is a very intentional choice so thats why they want to change drive not case

[flojo]

If you can use CAD at all to any extent you can have one 3D printed from JLCPCB. I use them for my SMD PCBs but I have used them twice for SLA printing and they were as fast as you can expect. The current maximum SLA size is 580*580*390mm, so technically you could have your entire case SLA printed.

https://jlcpcb.com/3d-printing/

FWIW, if you've never used CAD this project would be an amazing tutorial for you as it's basically a sketch, a extrude and maybe a couple of boolean operations... a very, very good beginners tutorial.

[dwift]

Hey everyone, thanks for the quick input on this dilemma I am facing!

Indeed, the beige computer case is a very intentional choice. I like the idea of going the 3D printing route, flojo! Finding somebody near me to help me prototype on a relatively inexpensive printer could be a great move before getting something production quality from a reputable manufacturer like JLC.

Plastidip seems to be pretty low risk too - thanks Billycar11.