no no no. not a protective plastic. thank god i'm not that stupid. sorry i can't describe the part well enough, but its a piece of plastic inset into the side panel to help dampen the sound. I think it was just to cold. I was able to pop ithem back in and it looks fine now. Just a lot of fingerprint...

The box didn't look that bad, the case was packaged really well. The case isn't damaged its just the side panels have this plastic type stuff stuck on to them and it was coming off. there aren't any dents or scratches. It feels like they use some kind of glue, i could push it back down it would stic...

Hey guys! This is my first post, i had hoped this would be a happy post, however this isn't the case. I just purchased the antec p180 after reading this fabulous review. I recieved the case from my ups man about an hour ago, i got it out of the box and put it on my work table. Man was the case freez...