My stainless DC 4-1 header clean up. Total time: Four Hours
My technique: I started by quickly just cleaning the header off. As you can see the header was originally really tarnished. There was not a spot of shine on it. I Started with 120 Grit sand paper and went in a up and down pattern. Then I moved up to a 400 Grit and then to a 800 Grit. Once installed I used that kitchen counter "Orange" stuff to get all finger prints off. Then I wiped the runners from top to bottom with WD-40. The pics of it turning bronze was with only 5 min of driving.

Please let me know what you think.

35% Sanded


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Intalled after Orange and WD-40 and 5 mins of Driving

 

cool, i like that bronze color

 

wow... cool. Didn't know it would turn that bronze color.

 

Looks good if you were going for the bronze look instead of the full polished

 

Yea... full polish is not my thing

 

looks very nice

 

Took it off again and Went full polish.

 

Looks good, what are you talking about when you say orange and wd-40?

EDIT: Just read the top of the post...DOH

 

Looks absolutely gorgeous!

I love the write up as well.

 

love it

 

Looks pretty cool. I wish a bronze shine would last on my header. There's too much moisture in the morning air where I live so the header always gets a layer of condensation, which turns to water spots, which turns to tarnish.

 

bronze looks nice, cleaned up well

 

nice

 

bling blang

 

nice goes well with your valve cover and intake arm

 

looks good