bigdman Posted April 3, 2007 Report Share Posted April 3, 2007 just curios about those of you that have taken the stock painted intake manifolds/valve covers and polished them to a chrome like mirror finish. what are your methods for doing this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19Cutlass94 Posted April 3, 2007 Report Share Posted April 3, 2007 haha alot of elbow grease, sand paper, and some time But thats pretty much how Ive done my plenum... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigdman Posted April 3, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2007 any pics? what about polishing? did you use any special type of compound, or just polishing or rubbing compound? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digitaloutsider Posted April 3, 2007 Report Share Posted April 3, 2007 You don't need to worry about polishing until you sand the shit out of everything.. I used BlueMagic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19Cutlass94 Posted April 4, 2007 Report Share Posted April 4, 2007 yeah Ive been sandin my plenum by hand for 2 days. It still not where it needs to be either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
92 GP Posted April 4, 2007 Report Share Posted April 4, 2007 this is mine after a few hours of work The top looks wiggly because my dumbass got grease from my fingers on there when i picked it up But yea, sand the shit out of it. I used like 120 I think to get the coating off. Then went 220/320/400/600/800/1000/2000. Just know that between grits, sand in different directions until the previous sanding is completely GONE, then you can move to the next grit and do the same. I use a mother's polish. It's the little jar that's like 10 bucks, it works fuckin amazing. (This pic was before any polish) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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