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Old Mar 10, 2003 | 02:47 PM
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who is the cheepest and best people to send my alluminum peices to get polished like turbo alluminum piping valve cover and intake side of the turbo let me know please
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Old Mar 10, 2003 | 05:52 PM
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anyone help me please
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Old Mar 13, 2003 | 09:29 AM
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would crome plating be better than polishing
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Old Mar 13, 2003 | 10:13 AM
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http://www.g2ic.com/tegtips/engine/12.html

There is a howto from g2ic.com by G2Guru on how to do it yourself. Here is the valve cover on his car, which was done using the above method.

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Old Mar 13, 2003 | 10:50 AM
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i tried to do mine with a dremmel. i f'd that thing up real bad. let me tell you. i had to flush the whole thing over and over with oil because metal shards were all over the place. following this disaster, i painted it red. looks real good now
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Old Mar 13, 2003 | 11:11 AM
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i did mine with a benchtop grinder you can buy cheap ones from like sears or walmart for liek 30 or 40 bucks get the polish/ buffer pads and some mothers aluminum polish. use a dremal to get the tight spaces like around the letters and all. work on the cai and turbo piping to..
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Old Mar 13, 2003 | 12:48 PM
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cool what about the crackes in the cover i rather let some professional do it for me anyone know who can do this for me at a decent price
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Old Mar 13, 2003 | 12:54 PM
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how long can you be without it? comming to birmingham anytime soon? have you sanded on it any or still factory? if its still factory i could prob do it in just a few days.
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Old Mar 13, 2003 | 01:20 PM
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http://www.turbocivicsi.com/
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