Started out mock-up with a GT37R

30R mounted and downpipe being mocked up


Kinda Blurry out-of-car pic


Fully welded and all polished up!





Close up of the downpipe



oh and a question for you guys, some "welding expert" told me that my welds look glazed? wtf is a glazed weld


Modified by TurboSI56 at 11:46 PM 4/1/2007

 

How much did the polish run...or if you did it yourself what methods did you use? Just wondering how they get in between the runners and get such a damn good polish everywhere. It's all very consistent. Alot of nice welds there too.

 

i polished everything individually, each runner, the collector and head flange all got sent to polishing in seperate pieces. For everything, intercooler piping, downpipe, manifold etc it was about 300$ to polish it all. thx for the comment

 

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how does one go about polishing it like that?

 

wow, i don't know if i'd put $300 up to polish it. it does look bling-bling, and give a very professional appearance but i'd sooner put the money towards something else like ceramic coating. i'll assume this is going to be a show car. i'm sure you will get plenty of attention due to the polishing. thanks for sharing.

 

it is polishing or actually plating? Looks very nice but I wonder how heat affects the finish once that motor is fired up.

 

nice work, it looks good i like the polished mani . I guess thats just the ricer in me.

 

Ha...give it time....alot of Japanese drift and race cars are going chrome....everyone will buy in soon. Before you know it chrome will be "JDM".

 

That looks real clean I like the polish work and would like some more info on it. Also, post up some pics of the polish after some heat cycles

 

kinda gives it the Ebay look..

 

^^^ Hahaha that exactly what i was thinking, but I still like it. Goodjob

 

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Haha thats what I thought too.

 

amazing polish job... that had to take forever.

to me it looks like it was coated not polished

 

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to me it looks like it was coated not polished </TD></TR></TABLE>

i thought the same thing it looks like it was dipped in chrome. looks good though, too bad after a few heat cycles it won't be so perrty.

 

All that polish makes me think that manifold is going to crack very soon. Lol j/k. It does look like a SSAC JDM B16 B18 B20 FULL RACE STYLE TURBO MANIFOLD

On a serious note: A+ on the fab work and the show quality

 

a+

 

very nice

 

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Thanks for all the compliments guys!

Here's some more pics i found and figured i'd throw in too

 

Curious how you polished it as well..mine was originally polished and now is loosing it's luster...2+ yrs...

I'd like to revive mine..

 

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I'd like to revive mine..

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youll have to re-polish it again.....

 

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youll have to re-polish it again.....</TD></TR></TABLE>


lol..no kidding..I was asking how?

What items do you all use?

 

Looks amazing!

 

It looks like your using a full core rad, is your mani a/c compatable, if so how much and when can I get one lol

 

To me it looks like a toyota engine.

 

its a 1zzfe sicccccc and i think thats a tc