But walter how cool does crinkle paint look :P looks awesome on my car ;)

I had the ones in the ADub ceramic coated by a guy at Archerfield who does race cars and dragsters.  The ceramic can be done in various stages of shine and the huge advantage of it is that unlike chroming or bad polishing you don't get microscopic bits of the metal flaking off and going in the engine.
You have to get them off to do it, although I found a second set on eBay and had them done, plus I have a small spray booth in my workshop where I used engine enamel to highlight the engine lettering details after masking them out.

The black looks good, but Honda red???? Barf! Really just making fun of Honda cars of course, their bikes are tops (I had a GoldWing 1500 SE for years).
Its always just a matter of individual taste, and some things look good (like Elliot's wheels which are fantastic on his red car, and which I am thinking of nicking to put on my SDub ), while you see some of the huge chromies on the doof-doof machines that look like the metal cutters on a Roman chariot.
Personally I think Elliot and you have done a top job on your cars. The SDub's in my opinion have a really well-sculptured shape that is timeless, which will cement the place of relatively unmolested ones as classics in years to come. The 1989 Ferrari 348 and the SW20 look so alike, and you don't see people messing about with the look of the 348.
I like originality, or as close to original appearance as possible. Of course the paint and finish technology has moved on so much since these cars were built that there are other alternatives out there. Your black crinkle did look the part.
 

Eric

But walter how cool does crinkle paint look :P looks awesome on my car ;)

Thanks Walter, I too agree on keeping them looking as original as possible but that doesn't mean I'm not gonna alter the look of mine a little ;) I like to be a little different.

Thanks to Totenkopf today I got a "new" Carbing rear strut brace!

Ddubtoille

pretty much since I saw your car it motivated me to keep mine clean

 
This makes me smile, thanks for the compliment . 

Nice looking strut brace ;)

Do you still have the front one or did it finally get sold?

-Totenkopf-

Nice looking strut brace ;)

tralfaz

Do you still have the front one or did it finally get sold?

-Totenkopf-

Nice looking strut brace ;)

Sold :( if it was still available it would be sitting in my car right now haha

Now I need to look into finding a front one I want the same kind so it will match, James where did you get them from in the beginning?

Welcome to the forum.

They were purchased from Perfectrun.jp 
 
See http://www.perfectrun.jp/src/detail.php?pid=71007&pname=STRUT%20TOWER%20BAR%20%28FRONT%29&maker=CARBING&maker_id=71&result_mode=qui&cbid=100&carid=100009_10003
 
Type II Aluminium is what you want.  Shipping has to come from Japan.