just polished my rocker covers looks fully sick

[JET-RB]

well I finally got around to do it and it was well worth doing. I wet (crc) sanded it with 1200g paper and wiped it off and applied some autosol. Then I buffed it of and used a wet 1400g paper really fine stuff for one more round and applied autosol and buffed it off to a nice shiny polished look...I'll post a couple pics of the finished look....I'm quite proud of the outcome put a big grin on my face........

[inark]

pics man pics!!!

[predator]

Sounds nice.. mine are like that but started to fade a bit.. Needs another strong polish. Nice long break so might do it while i'm bored.

What sort of buffer did you use? Just one of those drill attachment things?

[predator]

....i'm thinking some braided or coloured hoses ..and i have 10 days to work on my car..and fix up all these little things and make it full-sik. Watch out guys! hehe!

[JET-RB]

predadtor666 - yeah that's the one, guy at work told me that u can spray something on, its supposed to stop it from fading it might be some sought of clear coat

inark got not camera dude sorry maybe tonight

[predator]

.. its not too bad, just not fully "mirror" finish anymore.. and after pulling the intake pipes off a few times a few small scratches.

Might polish some other pieces too that i can find.

[Mr. Oizo]

[JET-RB]

oh ok

[Interloper]

sounds good but how long did it take you?

Was it hard to take off the rocker covers?

[dAVE]

rocker covers come off easy as.. all u have to do is take off centre black plastic covers, as if u were doing spark plugs... then there are i think, 5 phillips heads screws on each side of rocker cover.. then just lift off..

dark - i agree! i want pics.. also, how long it take?

[JiMb0]

Do you take the rocker covers off to do this job or just do it with them on the car ? Are there any precautions you should take before getting the covers off ?

[SKY031]

I've got a new shiny plenum, that the other half is putting on as I'm typing this (I guess I should go out and help....huh...?)

I'll get some pics when it's on.

[dAVE]

take the covers off jimbo.. way easier.

I took them off and back on without a problem. I spose if you were really paranoid you would cover the engine bay with a clean sheet or something to stop anything getting in there.

dave

[SKY031]

Shiney bits are on...

[dAVE]

nice. did that start out looking like the plenum off a r33.. all bumpy ? how did u manage to get it so smooth.. and how long it take? dave

[inark]

hey K that looks awesome!

here s a shot of the whole engine bay before that was done

[predator]

Thats very nice r31skyline.. sexxxy... Motivating me to get off my ass and start detailing my bay a bit more.

Did u sand back the plenum and all that yourself or somebody else do it for you? Looks like a lot of sanding involved, but seeing the result i wanna do it

[dAVE]

well, purple aint my colour... but if u did it all yourself.. well done.. looks neat.. would love to make mine similar to that but in gold

[SKY031]

Originally posted by predator666

Did u sand back the plenum and all that yourself or somebody else do it for you?  

Um... it's a DavePro job

That's what men are for.

He does the polishing, and I tell him what I want done next.

Then I get him to take bits off so that I can paint them.

I have the riciest car on SAu....

It's all looks and not much power

Oh well.... these things take time.

[doxximus]

looks great R31SC