JDEM1

i want to polish my intercooler endtanks, my manifold, and my turbo housing, but the problem is.. i dont know CRAP about polishing.. i sanded my manifold down (maxrev) and it looks pretty nice, its ready to polish, but i gotta send it back to maxrev cuz the threading was fuked up.. anyhow... someone wanna hook it up on a polish job for cheap?, i dont really have the time these days, but it would be great if someone here does good polishing.. can pay ya.. im in so cali

MiraiZ

just get some metal polish from an autoparts store...less than $10...metal polish and elbo grease is all you need

JDEM1

hm, what if there are scuffs on the intercooler endtanks.. how do i go about getting those out... its semi polished but scuffed a bit, dont know why.. but it looks like i cant sand it down like i can do to my manifold.. hm...

arsenaldragster

Well to the best of my knowledge, polishing takes LOTS of time... all you need to do is keep sanding it down with a higher grit #.. all the way to like 2000 grit. Then buy some polishing compound and rub it out.. Very long process. Find jonnnydanger on this board, he prolly wont have time to do it but he can give you tips on how to do it!! GOod luck!

arsenaldragster

p.s. polishing the endtanks should take out the scuffs!

JDEM1

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thanks for the tips, anyone else?

Phoenix GSR

polishing scuffs makes shiny scuffs... it will look better, but it will still be obvious.. if you are going to spend the time polishing, then do it right.. it only takes a little longer

like was already mentioned, you sand with higher and higher sandpaper untill the surface is perfectly smooth and shiny...

then put a little polishing compound on a polishing wheel on a grinder and polish away..

for extra shiny surface you can use multiple stage polishing wheels.. they have a had one to start out, then medium, then soft... use a jewlers rouge with the soft wheel and your parts will shine like chrome

Suprdave

Polishing is a huge PITA, but I do it...look at my website in my sig for info. Shoot me an email.

Suprdave

93LSivic

This is me in the reflection on what the maxrev did to my hands after hand polishing it. ---It wasnt worth the time.

shortyz

hand polishing omg..

dood just get an angle grinder with a 5" spiral sewn disc. after liek 600 grit itll polish right up..

good luck.

Mase

i do half *** jobs....they look better than before and take like one or two hours depending on what i did....but basically you need to sand a lot....which i dont cuz i have better things to do, and people usually dont look at my polished **** close enough to see it needs more sanding

hulkhb

DAMN so if i make my **** bLiNg i get more HP right. ...?

skhonda

wow i wish i took the time to polish all my stuff, it just looks really nice over the crappy discolored manifold and stuff that i have. oh well, it all works the same eh?

Erik B

did someone say bling bling...hahahaha:

http://home.sport.rr.com/spazt...0.jpg
Polished intercooler:
http://home.sport.rr.com/spazt...7.jpg

MikeMAN

nice car

mike

metal-x

don't forget to wear a mask you don't want to inhale alumninum

integra-modder

i wonder whats the highest grit that you can stick onto a dremel....