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There's a rough guide in my sig, but it's a fair bit of work that way. Gives you an idea though.
If you want the easier option I'd probably just take it to a polishing/chroming place. |
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GT-01 wrote: to make my air intake shinny like all urs, would kind of sandpaper would i need??? and do i just sand it bak until its how i want??? and will it rust????
start with.. 80 grit.. then.... 120 240 400 600 800 1200 2000 then use autosol to bring out the shine ral mirror finnish.. should only take around 15-20 hours to do properly on the intake.. And NO,,will not rust... |
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voxace wrote: There's a rough guide in my sig, but it's a fair bit of work that way. Gives you an idea though. where's the fun in that? least i can say it only cost me TIME and SANDPAPER.. as its great knowing i did it MYSELF rather than just throwing cash at some one to do it for me..
If you want the easier option I'd probably just take it to a polishing/chroming place. ok ok admitting i baught my polished rocker cover.. but thats before i knew of fordmods and barely anything to do with engine bay polishing.. |
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OsbornThomas wrote: ^^ Sexay! 8am-8pm mon to fri job of atleast two weeks... cannot even remember the amount of hours oive put into her... all for the past sydney dyno day and the up coming AFD sydney on the 12th August... show and shine here i come!
I will pay you to detail my engine bay ok fordfreak? Just get back to me with a quote |
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fordfreak ef wrote: voxace wrote: There's a rough guide in my sig, but it's a fair bit of work that way. Gives you an idea though. where's the fun in that? least i can say it only cost me TIME and SANDPAPER.. as its great knowing i did it MYSELF rather than just throwing cash at some one to do it for me.. If you want the easier option I'd probably just take it to a polishing/chroming place. ok ok admitting i baught my polished rocker cover.. but thats before i knew of fordmods and barely anything to do with engine bay polishing.. Yeah I know mate, I spent many hours doing mine lol, but most people who tell me they are going to do theirs never end up going through with it because its too much work. So I'm just telling it like it is. Yours is Jay's old rocker cover isn't it, looks familiar. It's what originally inspired me to do mine. |
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voxace wrote: fordfreak ef wrote: voxace wrote: There's a rough guide in my sig, but it's a fair bit of work that way. Gives you an idea though. where's the fun in that? least i can say it only cost me TIME and SANDPAPER.. as its great knowing i did it MYSELF rather than just throwing cash at some one to do it for me.. If you want the easier option I'd probably just take it to a polishing/chroming place. ok ok admitting i baught my polished rocker cover.. but thats before i knew of fordmods and barely anything to do with engine bay polishing.. Yeah I know mate, I spent many hours doing mine lol, but most people who tell me they are going to do theirs never end up going through with it because its too much work. So I'm just telling it like it is. Yours is Jay's old rocker cover isn't it, looks familiar. It's what originally inspired me to do mine. |
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As much as i would love to do a lot of my engine like this! I just don't have the time...
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im going to be a little diffrent
heat proof black paint spray up the cover then i will polish off the top only give that nice flat silvertop/black finish will have pics soon |
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damn you fellas have a lot of time on your hands...im currently polishing some of my things...though i am keeping my rocker cover the same.
BTW how do you go about smoothing up the rocker cover without losing the paint on the rocker cover? I have an EL XR motor here which has lumps of paint. Just want to smoothen it up a little. phong =P~
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phongus wrote: damn you fellas have a lot of time on your hands...im currently polishing some of my things...though i am keeping my rocker cover the same.
BTW how do you go about smoothing up the rocker cover without losing the paint on the rocker cover? I have an EL XR motor here which has lumps of paint. Just want to smoothen it up a little. phong =P~ sand it respray it |
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TickFordEFXR6 wrote: phongus wrote: damn you fellas have a lot of time on your hands...im currently polishing some of my things...though i am keeping my rocker cover the same. BTW how do you go about smoothing up the rocker cover without losing the paint on the rocker cover? I have an EL XR motor here which has lumps of paint. Just want to smoothen it up a little. phong =P~ sand it respray it was going to keep the original paint... I guess it's just a rocker cover phong =P~
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Quote: start with..
80 grit.. then.... 120 240 400 600 800 1200 use 800 and 1200 wet, with kerosene, or petroleum spirits... you dont need to go to 2000 grit... once you get to 1200 wet, autosole does the rest... look good fordfreak, lucky i had that plastic cover over the keyboard! could have drooled and broken it! haha
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FAST-XR wrote: Quote: start with.. 80 grit.. then.... 120 240 400 600 800 1200 use 800 and 1200 wet, with kerosene, or petroleum spirits... you dont need to go to 2000 grit... once you get to 1200 wet, autosole does the rest... look good fordfreak, lucky i had that plastic cover over the keyboard! could have drooled and broken it! haha |
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never again! ill just swap it over for the next show/shine or dyno day! hehe
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