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Xbox 360 Decepticonsole

Here is my Xbox 360 that I modded with the Decepticon symbol. I used a printed stencil, X-acto knife and Dremel drill to cut out the image into four pieces, which were then sanded and all painted. I used a hammered gun metal spray paint by Krylon for plastics to paint the main body and pieces and a brushed silver spray paint for the vents and HD (which matched my silver controller perfectly :) ). I then installed plexi glass and glued the pieces back on accordingly. As for the lights, I replaced the original green LEDs on the power button with purple ones and Installed a 6 LED lighting system powered using an adapter on the disk drive plug. The lighting is set on purple but has 7 different color options and lighting options all remote controlled. Total expense on this project was about $35 in parts and paint but bear in mind I did have the tools needed for this project already.

10 comments

Nov 29, 2011. 7:55 AMboot-cheese-3000 says:

i really like how you created this mod here but i would like to see a step-by-step since it's kinda hard to follow without pictorials or a video or more description.

Sep 30, 2011. 10:31 AMOg_Timewave says:

What web site did you buy the LEDs off of and the plexiglass? Also, how much did you use?

Sep 30, 2011. 11:38 AMMrDic (author) says:

Actually I purchased the LEDs from Amazon. I found a LED kit that has a split on it and plugs into the same power source for the disk drive. It had two strips of 3 LEDs that I mounted on the inside top and bottom and the best part is that it came with a remote to turn the lights on and off and cycle through different patterns and colors. The kit cost about $14. As for the plexi glass, I picked that up from Home Depot in the bathroom section they had several different sheets which cost about $6, I did have to cut the plexi glass to fit inside the 360 but the plexi itself was a little thicker than poster board and the circular saw on my Dremel took care of that.

Dec 21, 2009. 1:55 AMOg_Timewave says:

Iv been trying to find the LED lights on amazon, but I cant seem to find them. Do you think you could send me a link that the LED lights or on?
And the prices arnt bad at all! :)

Dec 21, 2009. 3:51 AMMrDic (author) says:

Here is the link but in case it doesn't work just type in Storm LED 2v and it will pull up the listings for it.
http://www.amazon.com/360-REMOTE-CONTROL-effects-XBOX-X360/dp/B003RJXVU2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1317533233&sr=8-1