Painted the Strut Tower Brace
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Painted the Strut Tower Brace 
Painted the strut tower brace (STB) with Pewter. Much better than before! Now I have to clean everything else.
Bought it used, and it originally was powdercoated red, then the previous owner wiped it off with a rag and applied several heavy coats of black that flaked off in random places and was showing red through. It looked pretty bad so I spent a couple hours scraping off the old paint, then sanding down the powdercoating. Sprayed it with a couple coats of primer, then several coats of pewter, then some engine enamel gloss clear.
The only problem is it's a V6 brace, so it rubs on the LS1 4L60E transmission dipstick tube.
Painted the strut tower brace (STB) with Pewter. Much better than before! Now I have to clean everything else.
Bought it used, and it originally was powdercoated red, then the previous owner wiped it off with a rag and applied several heavy coats of black that flaked off in random places and was showing red through. It looked pretty bad so I spent a couple hours scraping off the old paint, then sanding down the powdercoating. Sprayed it with a couple coats of primer, then several coats of pewter, then some engine enamel gloss clear.
The only problem is it's a V6 brace, so it rubs on the LS1 4L60E transmission dipstick tube.
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Painted the strut tower brace (STB) with Pewter. Much better than before! Now I have to clean everything else.
Bought it used, and it originally was powdercoated red, then the previous owner wiped it off with a rag and applied several heavy coats of black that flaked off in random places and was showing red through. It looked pretty bad so I spent a couple hours scraping off the old paint, then sanding down the powdercoating. Sprayed it with a couple coats of primer, then several coats of pewter, then some engine enamel gloss clear.
The only problem is it's a V6 brace, so it rubs on the LS1 4L60E transmission dipstick tube.
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