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Old Sep 6, 2008, 04:01 PM
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dam, a lot of work, but it pays off...
Old Sep 6, 2008, 09:14 PM
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Actually that guide shows a huge waste of time....6-7 hours with 80grit to sand a cast part! HAHAHAHAHAHA!

There is a much, much more efficient way to polish cast parts like that and achieve an equal or better finished product. I know. I have done it to a lot of parts:







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Old Sep 6, 2008, 09:24 PM
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^^ care to share how? or are you just showing off?
Old Sep 7, 2008, 08:26 AM
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Old Sep 7, 2008, 08:35 AM
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oooooo pretty.... haha
Old Sep 7, 2008, 11:00 AM
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sweet, now i know how im going to restore the look of my exhaust manifold
Old Sep 7, 2008, 11:32 AM
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so whos gonna do this to some wheels? maybe even just use a dremel to do it..our wheels are aluminum right or are the cast aluminum does it matter.. i might try this soon.need to find another set of wheels!
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im going to do my wheels
Old Dec 12, 2008, 05:04 AM
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Wheels are not hard, just time consuming. Here are some that I did on my Conquest. I had about 4 hours in to each wheel, maybe more.

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Old Dec 12, 2008, 06:54 AM
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/\Beautifull car

The work is nice..but using hand tools (files and hand sanding) is really going to slow you down. You could cut the total time down to about a hour just by using air grinders and such.
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Yea, the hard and time consuming part was sanding the clear coat. I could have used a chemical paint stripper, but I didn't want to mess up the factory gray painted inner spokes.
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why couldn't i find this thread when i was porting and polishing my hotside lol. It looks hella nice.
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Wow, long procedure but definitely worth it.
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Nice work.
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im doing my intercooler, is that aluminum?


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