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BumpaD_Z28
So before bolting them on today I did a bit of poslishing on my new J&M LCA's :


The PHR should be here by the end of the week smile.gif

Just had to share...
~DaVe
Shortcutsleeping
DAMN!

You got the BLING now!!

What did you use? I've got some AL that I need to shine up...it's a pretty big piece, somebody tell me what the easy way is!!!
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Costas
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marka
Howdy,

The easy way is to never, ever do something silly like polish AL.

The first time might not bug you too much, but I guarantee it'll bug you a few times in.... And you've got to keep on polishing it if you want it to look halfway good.

I don't know anyone that's ever polished something AL that would do it again.

Mark
rmackintosh
QUOTE (marka @ Mar 16 2007, 02:42 PM) *
Howdy,

The easy way is to never, ever do something silly like polish AL.

The first time might not bug you too much, but I guarantee it'll bug you a few times in.... And you've got to keep on polishing it if you want it to look halfway good.

I don't know anyone that's ever polished something AL that would do it again.

Mark


yeah....they don't look that nice very long.....personally, I just hit them with some steel wool every time I have the car in the garage for maintainance...takes 30 seconds each side....and they look like brushed aluminum and nice!
StanIROCZ
QUOTE (marka @ Mar 16 2007, 03:42 PM) *
Howdy,

The easy way is to never, ever do something silly like polish AL.

The first time might not bug you too much, but I guarantee it'll bug you a few times in.... And you've got to keep on polishing it if you want it to look halfway good.

I don't know anyone that's ever polished something AL that would do it again.

Mark

Ditto. Never again. I've polished wheels, intakes, and valve covers and I've never been able to keep up with chemistry. As cast, as machined, as formed, or painted is the way I roll from now on.

Have fun keeping the Bling!
Shortcutsleeping
Sounds like I should just paint it.

Argh. I wanted you guys to say 'oh yeah, I use such-n-such and it is simple and easy and fast and works like a champ!'

Guess I might have well been asking for winning lottery numbers for next week.

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Costas
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marka
Howdy,

The only people I've ever heard say something like that w/regards to polished parts had someone else keep them polished... :-)

They _do_ look nice. Leave 'em and when you get sick of the upkeep, use a scotchbrite pad and scuff them up and they'll still look good, but different. :-)

Mark
BumpaD_Z28
UH.. THEY ARE UNDER THE CAR... it will be hard for the "under car mirror guys" to keep up with me, so I don't plan on trying to keep them that way... the scotchbrite / steel wool is in the reserves for the next time I have the car in the air...

I used a buff wheel polish setup that we have used for stainless pieces in car restoration, a little jewelers rouge on the wheel and 10 minutes = the results you see in the pic..

Besides it is more fun to bolt on a shiny part than a brushed part wink.gif

~DaVe
00 Trans Ram
Just hit them with clearcoat paint. It'll keep the shine.

You know that really nice silver serving platter that your wife keeps in the China cabinet and never uses? The one that she makes you polish every year because it tarnished? Hit that with clearcoat, too. Never have to polish it again!
StanIROCZ
QUOTE (00 Trans Ram @ Mar 17 2007, 07:53 PM) *
Just hit them with clearcoat paint. It'll keep the shine.

You know that really nice silver serving platter that your wife keeps in the China cabinet and never uses? The one that she makes you polish every year because it tarnished? Hit that with clearcoat, too. Never have to polish it again!

Yum, I love the taste of clearcoat flakes!
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