I sanded down and polished my Hotchkis strut tower brace, what do you guys think?

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I started on the brackets today, should be done with them tomorrow. Heres what they use to look like:

 

I love the bare metal look. What material is made from? I'd just be worrieed about rust if it isn't stainless steel or something similar. Maybe you could clear coat it?

Keep up the good work!

Bill

 

Nice! Might as well polish up that plenum while you have the STB off though, right?

 

Thanks for the compliments.

Already done. The first pic was from the guy I bought it from, I didn't have any pics of when it had paint so I used his. This ones here is my old plenum, I have another one installed that I just finished and is polished better, and ported more.



I'm not sure what its made from, hopefully it wont rust. If it does then I guess I'll start over again and just make it better than before.

Anyone know what material it is? I'm thinking its aluminum, since the thats what the 4th gen style is made from.

 

it is not aluminum if you look at the pics you can see rust its made out of carbon steel it looks good but wont last long make sure you have all the rust off then clean real good with paint thinner and clear coat it

 

Looks almost like mine! I bought mine polished though, and for some reason they quit making the polished ones???

 

Is there any special type of clear coat I should get, what would you recommend?

Just checked out your cardomain, your car looks awesome, and the motor looks clean.

 

Thanks alot!!! Yeah you could say that I have a problem when it comes to a clean engine

 

looks nice, good luck clearing it though. that metal is poris which is why i just bought their chromoly polished version instead of the cheaper. it was worth the little extra. great idea though!

 

Awesome job Rich92 RS

 

haven't tried it myself but try some engine enamel clear coat from advance it will stand the heat in the engine bay better if you don't put something on it it will rust and look bad

 

Well its barely starting to rust, kinda hard to tell but it is. I'm going to sand it a bit more and make sure I get every little imperfection out, polish it, then clear coat it. Any tips on clear coating, or just follow the directions?