rdahm

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So I'm sitting here polishing my LIM. My wrist is busier than it is on lonely Friday night. And it hits me. Less surface area is less heat transfer. And with this baby sitting next to the turbo and all, that's gotta count for something. lol at least that's what I tell myself. .004 degree difference FTW

staticguitar313

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o_0??? Who gibs a **** keep polishing. Or sand and do something unique. I like sanding swirls with metalcast over them.

rdahm

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That's sharp. I'll post some pics of my progress. I hand made my block off plates and polishing them too.

XLR8

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Ceramic chrome coating FTW...

http://irperformance.com/?page_id=113

takhay

I don't know if i can take this... I'm polishing my LIM too and i think my hand from the wrist down is about to fall off... glad to see i'm not the only one polishing the metal tonight... lol

CrispyRX7

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Invest in a buffing wheel and a dremel tool
Regards,
Crispy

rdahm

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current progress. my dremel is covered in aluminum dust from the grinding

rdahm

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Thanks for the link, i might have them ceramic coat my turbo exhaust housing.

I love the look of aluminum polished, but its more upkeep than coatings. whew

widebodyseven

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Looks good

Double_J

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Looks pretty good. What kind of polish did you use, just any kind from the store? I assume you had to degrease it first.

rx927

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Estimated time do both manifolds?

rdahm

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I
1) degreased quickly (the grease helps keep the sanding oiled a bit.
2) dremel tool with 100-120 grit baby wheel
3) dremel again with 200-240
4) hand sand in an opposite pattern with 400 grit
5) hand sand in the correct pattern with 1000grit
6) buffing wheel with mothers mag and aluminum polish
7) hand polish lightly.
8) figure how to keep it looking good.

i do cross grain sanding because first time i did my UIM all one way and it left the obvious marks that should have been sanded down.

my LIM took 6-8 hours. The time flies whew.
my UIM took a little less, because its simpler

FDSeoul

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here's my Stuff

XLR8

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I agree. I think the coating will do great for what I am doing. I don't think it will be quite as bright as polishing, but it will look good.

Props for the work man. The pic you posted looks great....

rdahm

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fdseoul, im getting rid of my efini y pipe, it was polished too, but the GT35r has its housing polished, so i think that balances. Dude your UIM is dead sexy. the two trouble areas for me are by the vacuum lines where the UIM bolts to the LIM. so many twists and turns.

XLR8 i honestly would have coated it to begin with. I hate the murky look of powder coating when it tries to look like polished metal, but it looks great in many situations.

EvilAreXeven

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Holy crap, FDseoul, who did your polishing work???

FDSeoul

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i have lots of time @ the office between shifts

JStrib

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Holy shat FDSeoul, that looks awesome.

staticguitar313

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lol, I can't imagine spending the time to do both manifolds, mine was half done when I got it, got to a point where i thought having a swirled design under red would be more unique.

FDSeoul

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it's not for everyone but, if you like polished things in the ebay this is how i have my fd at the moment.

bikojohn

chuck the dremel. take a look at the tools eastwood has for this. you will never look back.

MrNizzles

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^ roflmao

EvilAreXeven

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Wow, top notch. Would you consider polishing mine?? I'm dead serious. For money, of course.

RotaryEvolution

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where did you find that p/s pump pulley?

MrNizzles

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^ he polished that too!