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Old 09-07-2015, 05:45 PM   #1
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Painted Strut Tower Brace and Engine Cover

I have been really slow at posting the pictures because I had this done early this summer. I painted my engine cover and my strut tower brace and had my dealer install the strut tower brace. This is the first time I painted anything like this. I think it looks pretty good even though the letters did not turn out as well as I would have liked. I used a rattle can of Synergy Green paint that I got from paintscratch.com. Here is a before and after picture of my engine.

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Old 09-07-2015, 05:47 PM   #2
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Did u feel any difference with the strut tower brace?
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Old 09-07-2015, 06:02 PM   #3
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Nice job, looks good.....
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Old 09-07-2015, 06:23 PM   #4
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Old 09-07-2015, 07:13 PM   #5
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Very nice!
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Old 09-07-2015, 08:24 PM   #6
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Did u feel any difference with the strut tower brace?
When I drove it home I thought it felt a little different, but I never noticed it again. I really only added it for the looks.
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Old 09-07-2015, 09:59 PM   #7
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Looks great. Can I ask how you highlighted the V8 and Camaro in another color?
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Old 09-07-2015, 10:06 PM   #8
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Old 09-07-2015, 10:20 PM   #9
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Looking good!
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Old 09-07-2015, 10:21 PM   #10
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Looks WAY nicer!! Great job!
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Old 09-07-2015, 10:30 PM   #11
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Looks great, nice job. Looks like a winter project for me
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Old 09-07-2015, 11:23 PM   #12
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Looks great. Can I ask how you highlighted the V8 and Camaro in another color?
I used liquid mask on the letters. I used to race RC cars and that is what I used to paint the bodies on them. I put on 3 coats of the liquid mask and I let it dry for 2 days. Then I used an x-acto knife to cut out just the letters. This was so frustrating because it was hard to get it to cut clean cut. So like on the letter E it would peel more then what you wanted away and then you could not get it to stick down again. I ended up trying to cut small pieces of masking tape to tape off some of it. Then when I painted it, it bleed under the mask. If your standing a few feet away from the car it looks good. I know I am rather picky but IMHO the letters look like crap if you look up close. There has to be a better and easier way to do it. I asked here, searched the internet and even stopped at body shops and asked them how they would do it. The answer I got the most was to use a steady hand, and that I don't have.
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Old 09-08-2015, 06:22 PM   #13
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Yeah, I do RC cars too with my boys and have had the same experience. Thanks tho, I do think it looks great.
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Old 09-08-2015, 06:34 PM   #14
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