11-17-2010, 12:22 AM
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Personally I recommend using blue magic over the mothers mag n alunimum polish. Looks good though. Ur 1st step tho is total overkill. Acetone paint thinner alcohol its all the same shit man.
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I know..but it was filthy, and I like to make sure what I'm doing is going to work right, so whats a few minutes hurt?
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11-17-2010, 01:10 AM
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AirCraft paint stripper works the best
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11-17-2010, 02:14 AM
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^ Haha I was about to post that
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11-17-2010, 02:56 AM
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^ Haha I was about to post that
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11-17-2010, 09:27 AM
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it was 19 bucks a can..I already had everything else...like I said earlier, I'm a cheap ass lol
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11-17-2010, 06:55 PM
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it was 19 bucks a can..I already had everything else...like I said earlier, I'm a cheap ass lol
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What! thats super expensive! |
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11-17-2010, 07:06 PM
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Its about 14 and sum change out here for that shit too. Lacquer thinner alone woulda done the job.
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11-17-2010, 07:18 PM
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Its about 14 and sum change out here for that shit too. Lacquer thinner alone woulda done the job.
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WHAT! It's like 8 here... |
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11-17-2010, 07:21 PM
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i like that, i want to do it to the whole upper manifold.
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11-17-2010, 07:26 PM
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i like that, i want to do it to the whole upper manifold.
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I was planning on doing it actually within the year so if you don't have it done by than you can check out my pics |
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11-18-2010, 10:40 PM
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I love it!
I felt ambitious and did the same to mine today, took about 1.5 hours of sanding by hand to get it the way I wanted before publishing (I'm a bit of a perfectionist) but it turned out really well. It's a great mod for about $5 worth of sandpaper and a bit of polish.
Now I just need to spend a weekend and do the entire UIM. It will be awesome.
Here are a couple pics I took. Note that it was taken in a dimly light garage, can't wait to see it in the sunlight.
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11-18-2010, 10:45 PM
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Looks great man good job!
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11-18-2010, 10:45 PM
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I love mine aswell...Looks so clean when you can see yourself in it
whats the finest grit you used?
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11-18-2010, 10:50 PM
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i used 200, then 440, then 1000, and finished with 2000 grit. Spend a lot of time with the 200, and 400 grit to get it down enough for a good starting point.
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11-18-2010, 10:51 PM
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2000 is the finest I went to, Everyone was out of finer stuff...once I find some 3000 I'm going to use it and re-polish
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11-18-2010, 10:53 PM
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I don't think there is a need, I just used a buffing wheel with some polish and its like a mirror!
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11-18-2010, 10:56 PM
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I don't have a buffing wheel..I used 2000, brown cutting compound then white and its like a mirror..but not quite good enough for me..
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11-19-2010, 01:43 AM
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I was planning on doing it actually within the year so if you don't have it done by than you can check out my pics
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haha appreciate it, i wanna take the whole UIM off though and do it so ill need to buy new gaskets. but i will for sure check it out!
and props you two on doing that it looks really nice. ill get around to mine sometime.
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A girl touched my Pee Pee. So you can say things are getting pretty serious for me.
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11-19-2010, 10:44 AM
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haha appreciate it, i wanna take the whole UIM off though and do it so ill need to buy new gaskets. but i will for sure check it out!
and props you two on doing that it looks really nice. ill get around to mine sometime.
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this is what is causing me to question polishing the whole thing...there is NO way I'm doing it on the car...
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11-19-2010, 01:36 PM
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Haha yeah I couldn't imagine doing it while it being on the car.
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