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holdingLADERAdown
04-22-2006, 11:48 AM
I sanded it painted it and walla!! red front strut bar. i will post pics later tonight. The only question i had was if someone knew how hott the engine bay could get? more or less then 200 degrees.

holdingLADERAdown
04-23-2006, 10:55 AM
Pictures Updated

C-Spec
04-23-2006, 11:21 AM
maybe you should try darker red. cause it looks pink right now.

doctorevo
04-23-2006, 11:22 AM
its sti-red :2funny:

Blaze
04-23-2006, 11:56 AM
maybe you should try darker red. cause it looks pink right now.


Yeah, honestly, I don't know abou the color....

But it looks like you did a very thurough job with everything!

My engine bay gets around 30-40 degrees C (according to my gauges).

-Blaze

holdingLADERAdown
04-23-2006, 02:40 PM
doesnt sti use pink?not red. . .hmm whateva* :-\ i wanted it to match hotchkiss red, i just got a sway bar

its sti-red :2funny:

Blaze
04-23-2006, 02:55 PM
doesnt sti use pink?not red. . .hmm whateva :-\ i wanted it to match hotchkiss red, i just got a sway bar

its sti-red :2funny:



If you're looking to match something, look to your engine bay, not your undercarridge.

Looks like black would work, so would blue or a similar red to your valve cover.
But again, nice work. Do you plan to paint anything else, like your rims or hood vent?

O0

Blaze

javinsMR
04-23-2006, 05:16 PM
maybe you should've painted it like your UICP... just my .02

holdingLADERAdown
04-23-2006, 06:07 PM
oh yea i did paint my intake and piping i wanted it to be sleeper but i wanted to match my hotchkiss sway bar cause you can most definitly see it from the back but yea thanks for the input guys

maybe you should've painted it like your UICP... just my .02

kEvo VIII
04-25-2006, 11:20 AM
that shit looks tacky.... IMO

Sam Smash
04-26-2006, 01:56 AM
the guy does a little hard work and watch the forum beat him up. I think you did a nice job, color was your preference. We all have our own weird stuff under the hood :) I have random colorful zip ties that do nothing hahaha

DTunedEvoX
04-26-2006, 06:17 PM
Flashy strut bar? I put a Cusco Sticker in the middle of mine and watch the ricers GAWK! LOL

WhiteEvoRS
04-27-2006, 11:04 AM
Flashy strut bar? I put a Cusco Sticker in the middle of mine and watch the ricers GAWK! LOL


:2funny: :2funny:

GOOSE_Ej
04-27-2006, 01:50 PM
i was thinking of painting mine but i dont know wat color to paint it..

holdingLADERAdown
04-29-2006, 09:48 PM
:)

the guy does a little hard work and watch the forum beat him up. I think you did a nice job, color was your preference. We all have our own weird stuff under the hood :) I have random colorful zip ties that do nothing hahaha

airforce1
04-29-2006, 10:44 PM
nice work....if this was the front strut bar, what did you do to the runner wrap that is near its center? Anyone know what its for? I am thinking vibration dampening.

DC_TypeR
04-30-2006, 09:55 AM
the guy does a little hard work and watch the forum beat him up. I think you did a nice job, color was your preference. We all have our own weird stuff under the hood :) I have random colorful zip ties that do nothing hahaha


+1 , but imo flat black, or the color of your UICP or Intake would have looked best!

none the less you get an A+ for effort!

holdingLADERAdown
05-01-2006, 02:43 PM
took it off looks ugly

holdingLADERAdown
05-01-2006, 02:47 PM
what do you mean if it was?


nice work....if this was the front strut bar, what did you do to the runner wrap that is near its center? Anyone know what its for? I am thinking vibration dampening.

airforce1
05-01-2006, 03:58 PM
I mean "is". Mispelled "rubber". Anyone have any idea what its function is?

holdingLADERAdown
05-02-2006, 10:07 PM
yea that thing is kinda random??