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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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May 20, 2009, 07:26:48 AM »
looks Great !!! How did you do it???
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Yeah! What are the steps? It looks great
A clear alternative for us not running a header!
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Did you use a machine or raw elbow grease?
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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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Nothing wrong with that look!!!! Nice job!
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May 23, 2009, 02:09:55 AM »
Alright, I going to get that from home depot tomorrow!
Thanks for the info!
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looks almost chrome. good job.
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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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Nope,
I didn't but now I will. hahaha....
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That looks really good. Let us know how the finish holds up after a few heat cycles.
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