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« on: October 14, 2004, 07:42:09 PM » |
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I'm finishing up the polishing job on my stock intake. Tell me what you guys think.
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« Reply #1 on: October 14, 2004, 07:52:55 PM » |
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Looks good, what happened to the Explorer intake??
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« Reply #2 on: October 14, 2004, 07:53:47 PM » |
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I'm still sanding it, I wanted a change of pace.....so I'm finishing this one!
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« Reply #3 on: October 14, 2004, 07:54:47 PM » |
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 I got it now!! Mine looks like crap!!  |
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« Reply #4 on: October 15, 2004, 05:10:25 AM » |
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Nice looking, Joe!
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« Reply #5 on: October 15, 2004, 06:19:07 AM » |
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Thank you. I'll post more pictures today after I finish it.  |
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« Reply #6 on: October 15, 2004, 06:07:38 PM » |
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Here is some updated pictures.  |
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« Reply #7 on: October 15, 2004, 06:17:46 PM » |
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So, the technique worked, I assume? |
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« Reply #8 on: October 15, 2004, 07:04:06 PM » |
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indeed! look at that first one!
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« Reply #9 on: October 15, 2004, 08:38:33 PM » |
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I don't thing that first set of images gave it justice so I took a few more in better lighting
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« Reply #10 on: October 15, 2004, 08:40:10 PM » |
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indeed! look at that first one!
..your so cute ("indeed!") |
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« Reply #11 on: October 16, 2004, 11:03:55 PM » |
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WOW! Nice work!
Here's a little story.
Back in the last part of Winter, 1999, I was taking a break from my boyfriend in Florida (now ex b/f, of course) and staying here in Ohio with my parents. I couldn't drive my car due to the weather, so I took stuff off and polished it. When I went back to Florida a month or so later, everything was polished and people would constantly compliment my work, even the a/c compressor! It looks awesome.
Then we had the wild fires in Port St Lucie, where I lived. I have a Steeda hood with reverse louvers (open). A few days after the fires began, it rained. All the ash in the air came down and landed all over my engine due to the openings in the hood. My polishing job was pitted all to hell. It looked like ass.
I grabbed me a can of the Cast Aluminum Rebuilders paint and never looked back.
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« Reply #12 on: October 17, 2004, 11:06:20 AM » |
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OUCH, I'm hope that never happends to me. I keep my stang in the garage as much as possable. |
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« Reply #13 on: October 18, 2004, 01:03:29 PM » |
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The intake is all done and listed on ebay! View my post in the classifieds for more info. |
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« Reply #14 on: October 21, 2004, 08:03:24 PM » |
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Wow, all that work to sell it?? I hope you get a good buck for all your work. Looks great though.
Aluminum will oxidize and get a whitish, cloudy look to it if left to the elements. Use a clearcoat over it after you have polished something aluminum unless you are going to be repolishing it every week or two. The oxidation will come on slowly and you won't be able to notice it as much if you are looking at it all the time. Someone that doesn't see it everyday will notice it though when you pop the hood for show-off time.
Steve
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« Reply #15 on: October 21, 2004, 09:19:20 PM » |
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Holy cow!! I wish I had the patience to do that! I have enough trouble doing my valvecovers..
Any idea how many hours you have into that? I'd love to do that someday, but there's no way I think i'd have the patience for something that big by just hand sanding it.
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« Reply #16 on: October 21, 2004, 09:36:54 PM » |
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 I started this intake before I got my new intake (witch I'm not polishing). I hope it stills for a good amount on ebay. |
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« Reply #17 on: October 22, 2004, 08:56:29 PM » |
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I started this intake before I got my new intake (witch I'm not polishing). I hope it stills for a good amount on ebay. If I had the money, i'd buy it!! But I still want to do it myself! You'll get some good money on ebay, a lot of people will pay a LOT more then you'd expect for things. I still have to finish my valvecovers.. this is as far as I am at the moment...  |
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« Reply #18 on: October 26, 2004, 08:09:57 PM » |
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Okay so how are you guys doing this?
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