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Old May 7, 2003 | 04:26 AM
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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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Old May 7, 2003 | 05:13 AM
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It's really nice but to bling bling for me. Looks good though!
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Old May 7, 2003 | 05:34 AM
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Very nice!! Did you polish it yourself? If so, would you give a short tutorial?
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Old May 7, 2003 | 05:45 AM
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Definately looks really good for free...but the intake needs to match it or something.
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Old May 7, 2003 | 06:05 AM
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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.
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Old May 7, 2003 | 11:08 AM
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Looks great, if you would of chromed it, man it would of shined like crazy!!!!
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Old May 7, 2003 | 11:25 AM
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Yea i WILL be chroming it.... I saw a few H22's that were chromed and i fell inlove with it!!
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Old May 7, 2003 | 11:27 AM
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atta baby!!!!
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Old May 7, 2003 | 11:33 AM
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looks nice. Must have been a pain in the *** though.
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