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Ultra Racing Tower Brace Installed: black or red?

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I just installed my tower brace today. 5 minute install. I don't like the white because it obviously doesn't fit the color scheme. I'm thinking black, but some cats are saying make it red. What do you think?
 

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First time I ever recall seeing a strut tower brace on any Cruze anywhere.
 
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I'd definitely go with black.
 
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Hooray! The forum isn't dead! :)

So, the first thing I noticed pulling out of the driveway (because I am lowered) was that my car will left the opposing wheels that are closer to the ground (front-left, rear-right grounded, vice-versa). Which means it stiffened the car a LOT more in the front.The way back in, not so much, which makes sense.

I ended up plasti dipping it black. I like the textured look of it. I really like it, and for the price, it's hard to argue with. I plan on doing their full line of stiffening parts within the next few months. If you buy them all at once they give you a killer discount.

I recently ordered new injectors and a flex fuel kit, and just wired my wideband up to my A/C pressure sensor wire for some WOT fun (just gotta nail the HP Tuners Scanner settings).

But yeah. I like it. I took it through the east foothills of cali and up Mount Diablo, and it felt fantastic. Again, price being the main thing, I really like it.
 
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I would say add the Whiteline rear sway bar as well. To me that actually added more to my driving pleasure that the UR bars did. I have a setup similar to Ronin's, bars, lowered, red even. I do agree about being thoughtful of lowering though. My under carriage is getting a beating as I pull no punches because of it. I had briefly considered bags, but figured I be making my ride even more flaky and because I live in snowy salty Wisconsin, not a smart idea.

As for the color, I am looking at adding Accel coils and if I did. I'd probably powdercoat the bar yellow to match. If you are not great at painting, MBI auto offers front fascias pre-painted for a cheap price. The color might be off a shade, but it looks much better than the alternative.
 
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I am no expert but the bigger injectors probably require a tuning adjustment to take full advantage w/o compromising idle and drivability. I just recieve the Q-shifter short throw linkage for my 6spd. But, it is 4F this morning and my wifes car is in my garage, I hope to put it on before I install the new clutch over Thanksgiving week. So, do you like the ZZP hardware and support? I have a bunch of things on my wishlist but figured I better have a good clutch and the brake upgrade before I started adding more horsepower. I have the ZZP turbo on my list but it is last as I dont usually run near 6k rpm and I am not sure it will help that much in the lower revs. My next parts scheduled after the brake upgrade will be the ZZP Stage I kit and the mid-pipe, I already have the Magnaflow cat-back dual outlet exhaust and it was a drastic improvement. Have you had any issues running catless, that mid-pipe is about $100 cheaper than the spun metal cat version?
 
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Just got the short throw shifter in about 30min ago. Amazing how much better it feels. Still easy to blow the 1-2 shift, but the accumulator bypass is next. Now if I can just get a clutch kit in a reasonable time, it is currently backordered due to the GM strike. Sigh....
 
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