[juice901]

I've been planning on painting a Curve ever since it came out. Last night I decided to do it. I used a scratched up faceplate from a broken 8300. The scratches revealed that the faceplate is actually black plastic underneath the clear and silver paint coats. So I used a 600 grit sandpaper to sand off the clear and silver. Then I used 1200 grit to smoothe it all out. What I got was a really nice flat black that matches the rubber sides. No paint needed at all. Check out the pic...sorry it's not crispy clear, I used my brother's Pearl to take the pic.
8320 with the black faceplate and silver bottom piece.

[BiggJayBK]

Good Job, it looks cool. I love mine too much to try anything like that.

[grooveuniverse]

Thansk for sharing. I personally would not do that. I would rather get something on Amazon hehe.

[BryanHarig]

I wonder if the grey curves are the same black color underneath?

[juice901]

Originally Posted by BryanHarig

I wonder if the grey curves are the same black color underneath?

the faceplate I used was from a grey 8300

[dietcoke]

I am thinking of air brushing my curve the same color as dewalt tools

[Sith_Apprentice]

looks very well done. i need to replace the housing on my curve, its been through alot :(

[Mr. Knight]

looks good man..

[shoppy]

Looks fantatsic, I am not going to even try.

[richard371]

it will be obsolete in 6 mos anyway lol.

[Casperr]

That is awesome! I too have always wanted a black Curve. One of the few features of my Pearl that didn't improve with the Curve.

I've been checking cnn.cn regularly with the vain hope that they will get a black case for it. Your idea seems like a good solution. I guess now I'll just buy one of the other color cases and head to the store for some sandpaper!

Thanks for the post!!

[TroyDBrown]

Very cool ! Nice work.

[Lex Luthor]

That looks awesome!!

[TroyDBrown]

I would love to Powder Coat a Curve!

[pinhead]

More photos please! I might try this tomorrow...I love how that looks. Maybe I'll work on getting a more polished look after I get it to look like that.

[Casperr]

Wirelessly posted (BlackBerry8320/4.2.2 Profile/MIDP-2.0 Configuration/CLDC-1.1 VendorID/100)

Yes, more pictures would be awesome

[oester]

Doing this to my 8310 would look even better - the area around the screen is black as are most of the keys. But, I love the red too!

[hrddrv]

I wonder what the metalic purple would look like? Hm I may do this.

[juice901]

I'll see if I can borrow a camera and take more pics ASAP

[coolkarim]

did you do the battery cover as well?