hey guys, i'm gonna be buying a strut bar and was looking for suggestions on a color scheme for my engine bay. i'm thinking 'bout getting either a blue or silver strut bar (ractive). my car's the stock red right now. i've got a black chrome CAI with blue silicone couplings. haven't done any loom or hoses yet. i'm not sure what i wanna do as far as accenting and everyting... any suggestions? thanks!

-marc

='95 RS 5spd Red=
CAI
A'pexi N1
Hanabi 8000k HID
SPAL Deluxe Power Windows
Nakayama GT5 17's
GSX Calipers
AEM Rotors

255 is fricken short

i went with silver:



later

nice! :thumbsup
hmm... anyone know if the ractive colored bars have have a flat finish or more of a colored chrome type finish? haven't been able to find any good pics of them online...

-marc

='95 RS 5spd Red=
CAI
A'pexi N1
Hanabi 8000k HID
SPAL Deluxe Power Windows
Nakayama GT5 17's
GSX Calipers
AEM Rotors

255 is fricken short

Can't go wrong with silver. Make sure you do a good job of getting everything clean (get all the dirt and oil of everything you can see) or it just won't look right if you addd wire loom and try to dress it up.

I'm partial to blue, but I have a silver car, so....

Here is mine. Polished with blue loom. Hope that gives you ideas. You know I have never seen two identical 420A under hood pics...:thumbsup. Unlike Honda's...:rolleyes




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You could try and color match your car...

Chad

I've always been a fan of silver on red. It really looks nice. Blue is more "classic." Go for polished and blue. Get the best of both worlds. :thumbsup

I would go with silver. I think that looks hot on red cars... get pics when you're done man.

kinda a combo silver/red look going on with mine..

Or just go crazy and sleep in front of your car and polish everything.



This is a old pic. I have the head,tb, housing, computer polished

dman you guys have some nice engine bays... thanks for all the input and pics!

-marc

='95 RS 5spd Red=
CAI
A'pexi N1
Hanabi 8000k HID
SPAL Deluxe Power Windows
Nakayama GT5 17's
GSX Calipers
AEM Rotors

255 is fricken short

That header is getting repainted today.

i wouldnt go blue because u have a red car go red and silver it'll definately go better

my car is "barcelona red" aka burgandy/maroon and Im going blue, its a nice contrast how ever I am slowly but surely going back to black on the interior, I regret painting the stuff silver.

Anyone got a stock black instrument bezel? :(

yea actually i was only considering blue b/c i like the couplings on my CAI. but now that i think about it i think the strut bar is too big a piece in the engine bay to have a contrasting color like blue. i think i'll go w/ silver. i wanna paint my valve color eventually too though maybe. hmmm. hehe but nothin spruces up an engine bay like a turbo :) gotta get me one of those!

-marc

='95 RS 5spd Red=
CAI
A'pexi N1
Hanabi 8000k HID
SPAL Deluxe Power Windows
Nakayama GT5 17's
GSX Calipers
AEM Rotors

255 is fricken short

well I guess techinically Im going for silver and blue, my strut bar is polished, and my valve cover (not installed) is polished as well. but all my hoses and wire loom will be blue

well here is mine. im getting my VC powdercoated but this is an old pic but you get the general idea

jerseystyle, how much did it cost u to get urs powdercoated like that? im from NJ too so where did u get it done?

I actually got it done in PA and it cost me about $60:thumbsup

do you know where in PA you got it done? How long did it take them to do?

I went with red and silver, with a few parts being polished. This pic doesn't show all my polished pieces though. :-(

Oh yeah, I also took off that ugly orange heat shield for the upper radiator hose.

Hey guys here's a question for ya. I love the look of all the matching colored wires but what is it. Do you buy a set (if so where and does it come w/ all the tubes and wires) or do you just go around and buy certain types of wires that match here and there? Ok and are they wires and tubes at all or just covers? Lastly is it looks or performance (new clean wires would seem be better for the moter)... Thanks in advance...

What I got:
-Old School JVC Deck
-Ebay Lexon Tweeters
-Alpines Up Front
-6x9 Conversion Pods from the Infinity System but Still Looking for 6x9's With < 2" depth

just thought i would throw out some comments. overall nice engine bays. im looking at sprucing mine up as well, but i must say, 96eclipse2nr, that is a very clean engine bay in both usages of the word. nicely matched and very dirt free. it looks sweeeeeeeeeet

I got it done in Carlisle and it takes about a week. I have an extra valve cover and can get it done for the right price. Make an offer!:thumbsup

I think I'm going to chrome plate some stuff. Redo it all. too much blue now. }( bling bling!

Did you have to request anything special to get your VC to look that nice Jersey? Or is that what they come back looking like when you get it powder coated? Im getting mine done in a few weeks and thats exactally what I want it to look like :D



"Shut your mouth and open your eyes."

Well, they didn't sand and polish the letters. I had to do it myself, besides for that, it came just as pictured. The only reason it cost around $60 is because they did a double coat. First they coated it silver and then they coated it with the blue. I couldn't have been happier with the results.:thumbsup

jerseystyle check your pms