Polished valve cover?!
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Well i got my Valve cover finally poished. It turned out pretty good. I do think that i will end up having it Chromed, i saw a few that were cromed at Carlisle and they look 1000x better! But for free you can not really argue. let me know what you think?
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Well it is next to impossible to match any other color with the Eualyptus green. So the best that i have found is "chrome/polished" Intake needs to match?
I polished it myself. Not hard just takes A LOT of time.
First you need to degrease the VC, you can use any degreaser that you have arround the garage. Clean it up good.
Next i used "aircraft paint stipper" that stuff is MONEY! just spray on a hose off!!
Just go the local hardware store and get a "cloth" polishing wheel and a stick of the white polishing compound. And the go to town... it took be just over 1 stick to do the Valve cover... over 30 hrs to get it to the point that is is at now...
Good luck. I bought a extra one that i could clean up in my spare time... you can get them for arround $50 if you look hard enough.
I polished it myself. Not hard just takes A LOT of time.
First you need to degrease the VC, you can use any degreaser that you have arround the garage. Clean it up good.
Next i used "aircraft paint stipper" that stuff is MONEY! just spray on a hose off!!
Just go the local hardware store and get a "cloth" polishing wheel and a stick of the white polishing compound. And the go to town... it took be just over 1 stick to do the Valve cover... over 30 hrs to get it to the point that is is at now...
Good luck. I bought a extra one that i could clean up in my spare time... you can get them for arround $50 if you look hard enough.
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