I wanted to get a custom painted keyboard and mouse, so first I asked alienware if I could buy a chameleon green keyboard & mouse, but they said they're out of stock. Next I turned to falcon-nw to ask if they'd sell me a custom painted keyboard & mouse, examples here:
http://www.falcon-nw.com/images/ICON_Blueflames_hi.jpg
http://www.falcon-nw.com/images/ICON_ATI_Red_right_hi.jpg
but they only sell stuff to people who buy systems.
Last, I turned to Smooth Creations:
http://www.smoothcreations.com/pilot.asp?pg=visuals


They do really good jobs and specialize in painting pc parts. I asked for an estimate to paint my MX518 & keyboard and they said $100. I'm really considering it since the paint jobs are really amazing, but $100 is more than my mouse & keyboard cost me in the first place lol.

Has anyone else had a pc part custom painted? Think it's worth it?

Take the time to do it yourself.That way price really isn't a factor.

Wow, $100 and you provide they keyboard and mouse.... ouch.

I have a friend who has a custom body shop, and he'll spray anything I prep and bring to him, so of course I'd never pay for it, but even still... I doubt you can get a color-change paint like that in a can, but you can still get a flashy metallic or pearl-style that would look great. The trick to getting a finish like that is wet-sanding and clear coats. Heck, pick up a crappy (maybe even broken) keyboard and try it yourself. A can of color and clear with sandpaper will cost you what, $8? I'd say try it yourself before you pay $100 plus shipping.

It's up to you. I don't really see the point since it won't match anything else on your desk, but if it floats your boat, go for it.

Speaking of custom colour jobs.. I would quite fancy a Macbook from Here.

I would agree with Verran though, if you want it done then give it a go yourself and try it on an old piece of kit first.
With a bit of patience you should be able to achieve a very nice result.

They said it would cost an additional $50 to add flames, bringing the total to $150, plus I'd have to pay shipping both ways, so I'm definitely not going to do it now.
Porche black + green flames would have looked so cool..

ask your local bodyshop... a lot of full case modders get bodyshops to do the paintwork as it is very hard to achieve a showroom finish at home unless you have a paint gun (or spend a LOT of money on rattle-cans...)

any kind of super duper pearlescent or metallic flake paint jobs you'd want done properly and bodyshops would do it pretty cheap for something so small... if you do some of the prep work (ie. sanding) then it would probably be really cheap as the work for them would be almost entirely spraying

yeah find a local body shop and go to them do just call them and show them what you have and then tell them what you want and get quote if they think its odd then just explain there is a modding community for computers just like there is for cars

we want our comps to run good and look cool just like the car guys do their cars

Semi-related side note: Did you know that the red Swingline stapler in Office Space (actually, all 4 used throughout the movie) were painted at a local body shop? The director came up with the idea of a red one, but when he asked Swingline for one, they said they didn't exist. He asked for permission to "brand" a red one for the movie, and they said fine. So he took four to a body shop and had them painted. link

So if they'll paint a stapler, I don't see why they wouldn't do a keyboard

These guys probably have the most exotic stuff that you will ever find in a can AlsaCorp.

I would not expect that link to come from anyone besides you, Fueler!

Well in the automotive repair business you gotta try to stay on top of things

i thought chrome paint was a myth lol...

well... i've seen shoddy "chrome effect" paint... but that stuff ... looks like it's chrome plated

They don't do consoles anymore?

I was going to get some one an orange PS2 from them.

As far as orange ps2 krylon fuzion paint works great on things like that
it is esp. made for plastic
and as far as on this topic thist paint works on mice keyboards too
and it comes in rainbow of colors

i agree i painted my xbox with krylon fusion. works like a charm!! and it kept the same feel and look as the original black but now it is red. pic isnt the best but it off me sidekick so as far as keyboard mouse goes i think it would work awsome

I did some research on Krylon Fusion and decided to paint my mx518 myself. The green and clear paints were only $7.50, so I'm saving a ton and hopefully this ends up looking professional.

<cough from paint fumes>

I'll probably post pics tomorrow when it's done.

edit, pics:

The image links don't seem to be working.

Hosted on imageshack:

now all you need is a life-size cardboard cutout of adrianne curry (rendered by 8800, naturally) and you'll be all set...

as the ultimate nvidia fanboy!

lol... jokes... sweet lick a paint!

LOL @ nrg
thanks

w00t, my new keyboard arrived today and it actually matches my case:

Nice keyboard and mouse man. I am kind due for a new keyboard and mouse myself how about you give those to me