WOW It's been a long time since I made this post...I cam to case mods to ask another question, but I'll give an update if anyone is interested...
Stealthing the drives on my Xpider was indeed extremely difficult, more so than the average case, because the bezels on this case stick out past the openings for the bays themselves, which meant that I had to find a way to attach the bezels in a manner that still allowed me to remove them whenever I wanted to remove the front of my case.
So...you know those little plastic things that come with pre-fab furniture that you press in the holes to cover up screws and stuff? Well, I took a blade and separated the little plastic nubs, and was able to plug two of them together - they fit like Legos. Then it was a matter of gluing a couple to the bezel and a couple to the optical drive. Now, the bezels pop on and pop off, no fuss!
The other practical obstacle with the Xpider is that you can't slide an optical drive in from the front, their drive bays are cut in ovals instead of rectangles. If anyone else has spent two days carefully expanding these bays with an exacto, then I give you credit for your patience.
Anyways, it was a lot of work, but it was worth it - the result is beautiful.
EDIT: Crap, I apologize if anyone came here thinking I still needed help, wish I could retitle the original post 'update'.
Women--can't live with them, can't have heterosexual same-species intercourse without them.<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by patchworkblue on 04/15/05 06:11 PM.</EM></FONT></P>