There was a thread recently where someone would use sandpaper and metal polish to polish a set of wheels. While cleaning some engine parts since the head is off of my car, I started thinking; could a similar approach be taken to cleaning and polishing the factory exhaust shield? It'd be cheap and easy engine dress-up while keeping the OEM look. By the way, I'm considering this because my shield is permanately dirty, it won't come clean. So would sanding and polishing have a successful effect in making it shiny? What would be the best way to go about this?

 

i did that on my old si...never did come out as shiny as other things i've polished, but it still looked nice and you were able to see your reflection

i used sandpaper 600-2000
microfiber towels
metal polish
and a SH*T LOAD of time

(i did everything by hand too, so that probably contributed to both the final finish and the amount of time it took)


sorry no pics

 

Awesome, thanks for the info!