CantGoStraight

Submitted for your aproval are a pair of trailing arms (first time doing a set of these) a starter of which only one has been done, and an alternator which James has done a feiw of them. The quality of the suspension casting is much like the throttle body and yeilds a very nice finish as compared to the intakes.
Trailing arms


starter and alternator

Narfle

iTrader: (16)

So youre here to make my car look dirty eh? They look real nice. A full show car?

quicksilver_rx7

Nice work, Jack. I'm definitely calling you for polishing on my next FD

Joe

CantGoStraight

Shoot no ! ! ! ! This is purely functional ...........the car is being light weighted several grams at a time. I figure it will be at least 1 pound lighted by the time all the aluminum pieces are polished ! ! ! ! ! LOL

CantGoStraight

Sounds good to me, hurry up and get one. ! ! ! !

Narfle

iTrader: (16)

HAH! Well remember every 45,359 grams is roughly tenth of a second in the 1/4!

tiger18

iTrader: (1)

cant go straight how much for an alternator,,, could i strip my send you the alluminium outer,,,,, how much we looking at,,,i can cover postage,, thanks

GoodfellaFD3S

iTrader: (213)

I have a pair of polished trailing arms and they look beautiful. You can see them from the side of the car in front of the rear wheels.

I have a spare set of stock trailing arms I will let go cheap if someone would like to use them as a core, PM me.

What's the deal with the starter? won't the polished pieces be hidden from sight?

parts look great btw

Fd3BOOST

iTrader: (7)

Yea that makes zero sense to polish a starter. You might as well polish your flywheel.

The work itself looks good though I agree.

prrex4ever

iTrader: (3)

Great polishing job. Your alternator looks super.

TurboTagTeam

Those look awesome. I'd love to polish my alternator and IM but I'm to lazy. I nearly had a fit when I was polishing my charge pipes.

sdminus

The quality of finish is awesome. Very impressed

Scott

Rotofire

So what's the pros and cons of polishing vs. powdercoating? Your work looks awesome though.

bajaman

CantGoStraight must have arms that look like Popeye's!

As always...totally ******* cool work. As anyone who has ever attempted polishing aluminum knows, this is a tedious, time-consuming task, and to get these kind of results is truly a work of art!

GoodfellaFD3S

iTrader: (213)

polishing looks better and will last forever but requires some upkeep to keep it looking nice. powdercoating doesnt require any upkeep but in my opinion doesnt look as nice and if done improperly will wear away and chip.

about 2 years ago a little weasel by the name of brian thompson (93blackfd) screwed me by "powdercoating" a bunch of my engine parts and doing a horrendous job (he wanted to use a new setup he got and said he'd do it all for free)---the coating has chipped off and melted when exposed to carb cleaner. needless to say, I got what I payed for.

DGblk93

Thank you Jack. Love my alternator (and other items).

c00lduke

While my tranny was out this last time I almost was bored enough I was going to polish the bell housing. Maybe someday.

Harold93

Jack as always it looks great i cant wait to get my UIM LIM and TB back. it will look good with the rebuild.

KeloidJonesJr.

iTrader: (8)

^^^******* nice bay up there.

CantGoStraight

Harold, got the UIM and LIM, were you still going to send the TB ??? That spare UIM you were going to send me how do you want to do that ? ??Paypal, money order, or check ? ? ? LOL If you'll box it up and get a shipping price for me I'll send you the cash by what ever means you choose. Jack
PS I won't be using your box to send your stuff back as it was FUBAR'd by the time it got here ! ! ! ! More holes than swiss cheese (studs can wreak havoc on a box) ANy way James id going to finish up a set of cores before he starts on your stuff, if you need it back sooner than you thought let me know so I can have him drop the cores and work on your parts. Jack

CantGoStraight

My pleasure Dave ! ! ! ! BTW is that the black pulley on the alternator or did you change it ? ? ?

CantGoStraight

$60 for just the shells $75 if I have to swap the parts over.

Harold93

jack tb is on the way thanks again i will send the extra UIM to you as soon as i finish rebuilding the engine. It is burried right now and working these hours i am to lazy to get it dont worry about the money consider it a thank you gift. if you could come up with an elbow that i can get polished i would buy it though. anyway thanks again everythign looks great

CantGoStraight

I'll see if I can locate anything. They generally run between the 90 to 125 range and depends on if it has the BOV flange. Does that matter (flange or not) Jack

GoodfellaFD3S

iTrader: (213)

Jack, the polishing looks killer. I may have to send you my coolant fill neck and alternator .

Also guys, I have a p/s and a/c bracket available if you'd like to use that as a core to get polished. PM me if interested.