Polishing Metal

[NO_RSPECT]

Hey guys,

Now i know a few of you folks have polished bits in the engine bay, but what can i do to polish it myself

is there just sand paper and thats basically it or can i use like a dremel tool with a polishing bit and does anyone have one of these tools

so yeah please put up some suggestions about how I can do this myself hmm or maybe i should just spray everything in a high temp colour of sorts

[Nate]

Im gonna RICE my engine bay over the holidays too.... but im gonna use just hi-temp engine paint, i think you can.. (to metal parts obviously).. sand paper... VERY FINE.. then use a bit on a drill to buff and polish sorta.. then spray it with clear coat hi gloss laquer...That should make it come up pretty sweet. I did that with my push bike a few years back now, and it turned up ok. Or, go to a chroming place, one push bike is about $60 to chrome, so i think most of the parts in the engine bay wouldnt be over $100ish.. $200ish.. depends what you want to Rice... i mean chrome.

[GTS-t VSPEC]

NO_RSPECT,

It's not that expensive to have things polished, so I'd suggest getting it properly done. But it is possible to do by hand if you have many hours of patience, ask Macka, he's done it:D

See'ya:burnout:

[Guest KILLER-T]

Its easy to do if you have alot of time on your hands 1st remove what ever it is you want to polish then sand it i used 180 sand paper first then 320 then use 1200 wet and dry sandpaper and then get a good metal polish to buff it up.To give you an idea on how long it will take if you are doing it by hand i cam cover will take about a day:D

[ix9]

This is also something i've been planning for quite a while now.... this'll give me something to do on the weekend.

oh yeah,

Can you sand back and polish the intercooler pipes ? them being of different "orange-peel" type finish ? or is it too hard ?

[macka]

Nah i gotta better way to do it now 360 grit then 600 grit on an orbital sander

Then on to the polishing wheel

Thats for alluminium

Use a hard cutting compound on stainless or u will be there for hours!

I have found a way to polish headlights properly as well.Glass finish instead of hazy headlights....

Not 100% worked out yet but Ill let you know by next week and if anyone wants em done

[NO_RSPECT]

Hey macka I got some plastic polish I lent to Adrian, bug him for it, it is japanese plastic something or other, I have used it on a friends R33 without him knowing (so i could test it to make sure) LOL and yeah it came up Mickey mouse mate

BUG ADRIAN

take 3 mins a headlight roughly. cant go wrong, plenty of time to go surf for P*o*r*n

[macka]

Cheers no respKt

But my head light had fingernail thick scratches in it!

[Nate]

Some fiesty female...

[Nate]

or... male.. eww..

[angel]

It can be expensive to get things polised professionally, depending on if your engine parts (cam cover ...) are die cast metal. If so it will cost $500+. That is because of the rough surface. If you have smooth metal it would only cost $200 for most of the visible metal componants in the engine bay.

PM me if you want the number of someone who does it (In Maddington).

[NO_RSPECT]

Hey Angel, thanks for the info girl,

I think I am going to hold off, cos I wanna do a final run at the drags, well first and final,

if i beat strichnines times then i will polish,

if i dont then I am selling the car, dang nabbit, heck even if i get a good time i am selling it

tempation for speed is too hard to resist,

i think i need a barina

[rob77]

You can still speed in a barina... its your habit you need to kick, not the car.

[NO_RSPECT]

but by the time the barina gets close to speed limit i would have gotten bored and forgotten my original intention, much the same way i do in my g/fs ford laser

thats the only reason i am thinking its the thing to do

experience

[macka]

Originally posted by angel

It can be expensive to get things polised professionally, depending on if your engine parts (cam cover ...) are die cast metal. If so it will cost $500+. That is because of the rough surface.  If you have smooth metal it would only cost $200 for most of the visible metal componants in the engine bay.

PM me if you want the number of someone who does it (In Maddington).

Its not hard to do your own cam covers ive never heard of such silly polishing prices

An orbital sander with 2 diff grades of paper takes off the cast roughness, then u can painstakenly snd it back and hand polish or whack it on a linisher.

Hell Ill do em for $100 save the macka whale fund

[ix9]

Woohoo!

Polished my cam covers over the weekend, user 240, 360, 1200, then steel wool, then Silvo (silver polish) came up AWESOME!

Lots of fiddly bits around the oil cap, the breather pipes and stuff, but well worth the effort!

P.S. If anyone has a STOCK (second one along) intake pipe laying around I could have let me know. I have an aftermarket one with a blitz BOV that I can't polish!