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« on: May 20, 2009, 12:45:17 AM »
Polished my header cover today. I thought it turned out pretty good. What you guys think?
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« Reply #1 on: May 20, 2009, 07:26:48 AM »
looks Great !!! How did you do it???  Huh?
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« Reply #2 on: May 20, 2009, 08:19:09 AM »
Yeah! What are the steps? It looks great rock on A clear alternative for us not running a header!
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« Reply #3 on: May 20, 2009, 11:13:57 AM »
Did you use a machine or raw elbow grease?
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« Reply #4 on: May 20, 2009, 01:29:00 PM »
I went to Home Depot and bought a buffing wheel set. It comes with 4 sticks of the different kinds of polishing compound and 3 polishing wheels you hook up to a drill. The kit was only 10.00. I found this kit where the drill bits where.

I Removed the heat shield and wet sanded it with wet sand papper. 400 grit. After that I started polishing it with the compounds till I was happy with the results. Took me about a hour and a half. It didn't seem like that long. I guess because I was busy.

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« Reply #5 on: May 21, 2009, 05:21:21 PM »
Nothing wrong with that look!!!!   Nice job!
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« Reply #6 on: May 23, 2009, 02:09:55 AM »
Alright, I going to get that from home depot tomorrow!  Cool Thanks for the info!
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« Reply #7 on: May 23, 2009, 10:48:34 PM »
looks almost chrome. good job.
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« Reply #8 on: May 24, 2009, 06:53:22 PM »
not worthy Great job man! Did you spray it with high temp clear coat after? I recommend that since exposing the bare G.I. to heat would make it rust faster...
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« Reply #9 on: May 25, 2009, 12:24:28 PM »
Nope, shocked I didn't but now I will. hahaha.... naughty
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« Reply #10 on: May 31, 2009, 04:38:33 PM »
That looks really good. Let us know how the finish holds up after a few heat cycles.
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