Made my own strut tower brace

95riosnake · May 14, 2005

Hey guys,
Some of you might remember me posting a thread a few months ago about needing some project ideas for a welding class I was taking. Well among other projects I did, I made a strut tower brace for my stang. I just finished it up today to the point of primering it and leveling out a few nicks and scratches with body filler. I wanna know your opinions on what color to paint it.

Also, here's a pic (made of 1 1/4" (.095" wall) and 1" (.095" wall) seamless tubing and 3/16" Steel plate.)

Venom351R · May 14, 2005

Looks good, I voted black

BlueOvalStangGT · May 14, 2005

Looks nice.

EpiKk3 · May 14, 2005

I wish I could weld.. very handy skill to have, but I voted red to match.. the automobiles lookin sharp too

donjohn · May 14, 2005

got an engine bay pic? that might help

95riosnake · May 14, 2005

donjohn said:
got an engine bay pic? that might help

good idea...here's an engine pic guys

super302 · May 14, 2005

Your car is sweet.....i voted black

sldghmr · May 15, 2005

How on earth do you keep that car so clean?

1105 · May 15, 2005

black

qwick94GT · May 15, 2005

Rio Red

stprorolla49 · May 15, 2005

know what im thinkin dude??.........i really really like that silver on your intake, and i assume you painted that cause the PS pulley and some brackets and **** are the same color.....i think that'd be sick.........either that5 or gloss black

mo_dingo · May 15, 2005

metallic silver or glossy black. Either would be bad ass.......red would be too much IMO.
Scott

donjohn · May 15, 2005

i think you should just pick one at random. each color would look good.

urban96 · May 15, 2005

nice intake sorta looks like mine

mines a lil dirty in the pic tho

xr8d302 · May 15, 2005

i'm the guy who picked silver...it actually looks really good....I did mine the other day when i did my new intake and pulleys and such

95riosnake · May 15, 2005

thanks for the suggestions guys. I think I'm gonna pass on red, cuz I am havin a hard time getting a spray can of rio red, basically I can only get it to use with a spray gun...which I dont feel like messing with just for a STB. I think I'm gonna go out on a limb and paint it silver, then if I dont like it, primer it again and paint it black lol.

xr8d302 · May 15, 2005

It'll look something like this

illwood · May 15, 2005

Silver got my vote. Now, how about a close-up of those weld beads so we can see how good you got in class?

cobra dave · May 15, 2005

have it powdercoated.

95riosnake · May 15, 2005

illwood said:
Silver got my vote. Now, how about a close-up of those weld beads so we can see how good you got in class?

haha, I actually got pretty decent. I'll take some pics of the beads sometime tomorrow if I get a chance.

Cobradave - I was originally gonna have it powdercoated, but I couldn't find a place that powdercoats single items like this around here. I'll paint it for now, and if I find a powdercoater someday, I'll strip it down and get it coated.

Made my own strut tower brace

What color should I paint it?

Gloss Black

Metallic Silver

Rio Red to match the car

other (please post your color suggestion)

Member

Active Member

New Member

New Member

Member

I'd do anything for free Bapples

Member

I AM the random post master...bow down

New Member

Active Member

New Member

bubb rubb says:"woo woooooo"

I bought a 27" monitor to compensate for my lack o

Member

I bought a 27" monitor to compensate for my lack o

Attachments

Member

New Member

Member

Similar threads

Privacy & Transparency

Privacy & Transparency