I started polishing parts this weekend. When I came to the elbow that goes to the IC it just wouldnt get shiny. its perty dark. And when I wash it it gets black, I've seen elbows poished, so what should I do? It is starting to get a little lighter but I am already on 400 grit paper. should I go back to like 120, or does the stock elbow just not get shiny?

 

stay with 400grit wetsand and use some plishing compound with a high speed polisher.

 

question ... is there any advantage to polishing other than looks?

 

whats wetsand? should I maybe use some WD40, or maybe water. Sorry I am new to this whole polishing thing. My Y pipe and intake pipes look shiny as hell though.

 

well the stock elbow is plastic so it wont ever shine like the UIM with polishing.
But good luck

 

****!!! will it get a little lighter though? or am I just wasting my time?

 

woops lighter as in shiny not weight savings=-)

 

Please tell us you're not trying to polish plastic? I think you're wasting your time.

 

The stock elbow is plastic. Buy the GReddy elbow. It's metal and comes already polished.

 

yea but it wont fit with my Blitz FMIC ( the Greddy elbow ). And yea I tried to polish it, got really pissed now I will probably have to paint it cuz it looks like horse ****.

 

There are 4 different versions of the GReddy elbow ... the stock intercooler version should fit, if you can find it.

I couldn't believe what I was reading about you trying to polish that thing. Helen Keller could tell you that it's plastic.

 

ITS PLASTIC

You seriously thought you could get a plastic part to look anything like polished metal?

OMFG

 

I can't believe you've been going add it on a plastic.... That's fucked up. You should just go ahead and buy the GReddy elbow. If you've been grinding it down, you may have problems under boost pressure. I think I'm gonna have bad dreams about stuff like that.

 

LMFAO!!!! Talk about spitting pepsi all over my monitor!!!

 

BWAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA....

<breathe>

....AAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA

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I can't believe you tried to polish plastic.

 

<---------LTFOL: LAUGHING THE **** OUT LOUD!!!!

 

to bad he didnt accidentally chop off one of his nadz or something. . . then we could recommend him to win a darwin's award. hahahaha.

paul

 

Damn man thats some funny ****..


Yea that plastic shines right up..Sweet!!!!!


LMFAO HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

 

OMG, I have tears in my eyes!!!! I havent laughed this hard about something on the forum in a LONG time!!!!!

Dude, I'm sorry to be laughing at your problem but damn man, it is pretty funny

STEPHEN

 

I just blew coffee all over my screen!!! ****.

Metal, plastic, wtf is this stuff? I'll polish it anyway!

(Actually, you can "polish" plastics like acrylic with ethelyne (sp?) chloride gas, but that's another story!)

 

I have the blitz FMIC, and the greddy elbow.. I had the greddy 2 piece kit that came with the hard pipe that goes to the stock intercooler. I hacked it in half, and fits great. I do need to get someone to turn a bead on the pipe, though.

Just please don't resort to using mexican chrome (chrome in a can) on your stock elbow..

 

At least he didn't try to weld it.

 

OMFG: I thought I was reading wrong and that he was talking about the throtle body. When he said it just keeps getting darker I just about lost my lunch. That is the funniest crap I've read in a long time.