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Old 04-05-07, 10:52 PM
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Polishing Intercooler

I have a old Pettit Racing intercooler and its kinda of ugly. I was thinking about making it shiny. I could polish it or I could paint it chrome with duplicolor spray can. Do you have any suggestions.
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polish it man. I have an XS Power and I removed the lettering then polished it. Looks very good
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polish, im not a big fan of chrome (gasp am i weird?)
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polish, im not a big fan of chrome (gasp am i weird?)
nope my fiske fm5's have let me know that polishing is awesome.
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Originally Posted by binary89
I have a old Pettit Racing intercooler and its kinda of ugly. I was thinking about making it shiny. I could polish it or I could paint it chrome with duplicolor spray can. Do you have any suggestions.


Which inter cooler is it ? You could sell it to me if it's the old school cool charge II
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I vote stealth, go black....polishing is too much work and a pain to maintain, not worth it in my book. Most of my engine bay is polished and I hate it.
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Originally Posted by shotta
polish, im not a big fan of chrome (gasp am i weird?)
Not a big fan of chrome why? Extra weight ? Temps?

Polishing over and over and over gets annoying as ****. windex and a rag on chrome....easy.
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Another option is to get it Chrome-ceramic coated. It won't look as good as polished or straight chrome, but maintenance would be easier.
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Polish it , its just a small section .
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polish it or powdercoat it black. Chrome paint will look ghetto
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