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Old Mar 25, 2005 | 03:55 PM
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Old Mar 25, 2005 | 04:01 PM
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man thats nice
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Old Mar 25, 2005 | 04:08 PM
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That's awesome. I've been contemplating doing it myself - but I doubt I can do as nice a job as what was done for your throttle body. Where did you get it done? Prices?
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Old Mar 25, 2005 | 04:09 PM
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looks good
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Old Mar 25, 2005 | 04:14 PM
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I got everything done for $280, I think the price was good for the work they do, the shop I took it to does excellent work as you can see. If i paid $340 they would have filled in the underside, I didn't want to pay for that cause you never see it when it's bolted on the engine.

Also, the name of the shop is Southwest Polishing located in Mesa, AZ, they got the parts back to me in 3 days... I wasn't in too much of a rush, but they had them done 2 days earlier than I expected.
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Old Mar 25, 2005 | 04:17 PM
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I think that they could have done some more sanding before they polished them out. Looks decent but if you can't see your reflection then you got some more polishing to do.
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Old Mar 25, 2005 | 04:25 PM
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I took them at an angle so i couldn't see my reflection =P I'll get some more later in the sunlight =P Yours looks nice though, hehe
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Old Mar 25, 2005 | 04:59 PM
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Yea I don't want to be harping on them. Just sayin. They look nice.
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Old Mar 25, 2005 | 06:40 PM
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its just something about these polished threads that gets me all gitty. i regret not polishing my tb and secondary inlet pipe(dont know the correct name hahaha). looks great though, i love it!
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Old Mar 25, 2005 | 07:22 PM
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Polish

Dang $240 is a lot. I got mine done for $60. my shroud for $50. INtercooler for $40. y-pipe for $20. Just go to some little place where they need the money but are skilled because thats all they know how to do their whole life. here is mine
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Old Mar 25, 2005 | 07:41 PM
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Damn thats bling bling, lol. What part of CA, I might take my alternator, and waterpump etc etc over there.
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Old Mar 25, 2005 | 08:11 PM
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Southern California. San fernando valley. I lvie in northridge but polisher is in pacoima
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Old Mar 25, 2005 | 09:04 PM
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my shroud for $50.
Sounds about right... so why did you post this?

"the shroud itself is almsot 300 withotu labor or anythign just teh material and polishing."

https://www.rx7club.com/showpost.php...9&postcount=13
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Old Mar 25, 2005 | 09:05 PM
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Old Mar 25, 2005 | 09:08 PM
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Originally Posted by jimlab
Sounds about right... so why did you post this?

"the shroud itself is almsot 300 withotu labor or anythign just teh material and polishing."

https://www.rx7club.com/showpost.php...9&postcount=13
GOTCHA BITCH! Haha

I Just can't wait to see what it looks like on the engine =P I start putting everything back together tomorrow, haha.
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Old Mar 25, 2005 | 09:46 PM
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That looks fabulous.
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Old Mar 25, 2005 | 10:53 PM
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Old Mar 25, 2005 | 11:13 PM
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truly amazing how fast the same polished goodie will rapidly oxidize...yet another maintenance item...in a few days wipe it off with polish and you'll get that nice black aluminum oxide all over your shop rag

it's a world of constant decay
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Old Mar 25, 2005 | 11:34 PM
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Originally Posted by superior_force
truly amazing how fast the same polished goodie will rapidly oxidize...yet another maintenance item...in a few days wipe it off with polish and you'll get that nice black aluminum oxide all over your shop rag

it's a world of constant decay
Wow, you have something against polishing? lol Wonder how it'd look to polish it to get rid of the casting dimples, and then ceramic coat it with a chrome like finish.

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Old Mar 26, 2005 | 12:12 AM
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Originally Posted by superior_force
truly amazing how fast the same polished goodie will rapidly oxidize...yet another maintenance item...in a few days wipe it off with polish and you'll get that nice black aluminum oxide all over your shop rag

it's a world of constant decay
for a whole year my alternator and uim still look great up with minimal polsihing. its the r1 strut bar i find oxidizing though.
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Old Mar 26, 2005 | 01:13 AM
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nice job... who did your polishing?

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Old Mar 26, 2005 | 01:15 AM
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Check the first page on the thread =P I got the shop info there.
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Old Mar 26, 2005 | 01:40 AM
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Ahh I see it

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Old Mar 26, 2005 | 01:48 AM
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Originally Posted by jimlab
Sounds about right... so why did you post this?

"the shroud itself is almsot 300 withotu labor or anythign just teh material and polishing."

https://www.rx7club.com/showpost.php...9&postcount=13
Well he did say polishing and materials so maybe the aluminum was $250

In that same thread he was saying a majority of the cost was the aluminum, so atleast he's consistant.
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Old Mar 26, 2005 | 01:56 AM
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Should we just turn this into a roasting thread? =P
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