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Old 06-01-03, 09:43 PM
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Polished yet another

I polished this spare out in 6 hours start to finish..
Old 06-01-03, 10:57 PM
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Looks good!
Old 06-01-03, 11:54 PM
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Are you just bragging or are you selling?
Looks good, how much?

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Old 06-02-03, 01:54 AM
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Very nice, Dave!
I cannot do nooks & crannies for the life of me I have lost my fingerprints so many times trying to sand out all the crevices.....
Old 06-02-03, 05:23 AM
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Originally posted by Flyrx7
Are you just bragging or are you selling?
Looks good, how much?

Frank
This one is basically sold.
I will have more. PM me if you just want me to do yours.
It's $200 to polish yours. $300 if its one of mine that I sell you.
Old 06-02-03, 05:24 AM
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Originally posted by r0t0r-rooter
Very nice, Dave!
I cannot do nooks & crannies for the life of me I have lost my fingerprints so many times trying to sand out all the crevices.....
Get cone sanders you donkey
Old 06-02-03, 05:28 AM
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Moderators, the image was linked not attached.
Please dont edit my post again.
It eats no bandwidth to link images.
So whomever deleted the images was wasting their time..

Old 06-02-03, 10:05 AM
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looks great.

you doing TB's as well? I had mine done last year by TTT, but I have a buddy looking for a UIM and TB that he can either buy or exchange, since his car is a daily driver.
Old 06-02-03, 12:54 PM
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What are you using to polish the UIM, a Dremel with some cone sander bits? This sounds like a great job to do on a lazy day... any tips on how to get started?
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Yea I can do throttle bodies too. PM me for details.

here is a how to I made for polishing...

http://www.nopistons.com/forums/inde...T&f=66&t=8827&
Old 06-04-03, 08:33 AM
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It's $200 to polish yours.
$200.00 for just the UIM!

I had everything but the alternator (Turbo's not mine, it was being used as a template...mine's polished) done for $350.00.

That was rotor housings, throttle body, UIM, LIM, front cover, water pump...everything.

I'll get the contact info. The guy's in Dallas (Rowlett).

Old 06-04-03, 09:05 AM
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wow guys, all your polished stuff looks VERY nice - I know how much of a PITA it can be, too...working on my gf's 240SX right now, and both of our arms are pretty sore.

ianewk - would really appreciate that guys info, doing it by hand takes waaaaaay too long, and Dallas isn't a very far drive from here.
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show-offs.
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Originally posted by ianewk
$200.00 for just the UIM!

I had everything but the alternator (Turbo's not mine, it was being used as a template...mine's polished) done for $350.00.

That was rotor housings, throttle body, UIM, LIM, front cover, water pump...everything.

I'll get the contact info. The guy's in Dallas (Rowlett).

Yea thats what I said $200. Im not a pro shop and these projects take me longer than your guy im sure. So I charge accordingly.
If you wanna hook everyone up with his info feel free.
There are plenty of guys that need polishing to go around.
My parts look shinnier though
Dont make me post more pics.
Old 06-06-03, 11:48 AM
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DALLAS??? man!
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I think with this guy you'd have to go through Marvelspeed and they've got more stuff going on than they know what to do with. You can give them a call and ask them, but I wouldn't count on it. Sorry if I got everyone's hopes up. When I go pick up the car I'll ask if the guy will work direct.



My parts look shinnier though
It's all in the lighting brutha

I'll let you all know what I find out next week.
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Originally posted by ianewk
$200.00 for just the UIM!

I had everything but the alternator (Turbo's not mine, it was being used as a template...mine's polished) done for $350.00.

That was rotor housings, throttle body, UIM, LIM, front cover, water pump...everything.

I'll get the contact info. The guy's in Dallas (Rowlett).

PM me the contact info please.
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Originally posted by ianewk
I think with this guy you'd have to go through Marvelspeed and they've got more stuff going on than they know what to do with. You can give them a call and ask them, but I wouldn't count on it. Sorry if I got everyone's hopes up. When I go pick up the car I'll ask if the guy will work direct.





It's all in the lighting brutha

I'll let you all know what I find out next week.
If you say so. Either way thats a great price but I couldnt do it for peanuts like that.
Old 06-06-03, 10:59 PM
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Has anyone polished the diff cover yet?

FD3BOOST, do you want to be the first?
Old 06-07-03, 05:59 PM
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Originally posted by Mr. Stock
Has anyone polished the diff cover yet?

FD3BOOST, do you want to be the first?
That would be a first.
Send it my way, I'll do it.
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BTW I picked up two more Fd UIM's today so I will have some more ready to ship in a week.
I also have a Turbo II UIM on its way that I will be selling for $125.
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oooh dibs on the TII UIM!

hey fd, can you pm me when you have that done?
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Originally posted by Fd3BOOST
Get cone sanders you donkey
You have to excuse my ignorance...What are cone sanders?....

are you talking about the conse they sell for dremels? I tried using that and it was pretty tough trying to keep the pressure of the dremel steady...Seemed to me like it did more harm than good (pits that is)
Old 06-09-03, 04:32 PM
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Yeah, I used a dremel and drill(w/ a 4" buffing wheel)...Sanding by Hand?!@# What, are you nuts?
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hey, fd3boost, would you like to do my LIM/TB/UIM?

i need to get them done, i have a set of UIM/TB/LIM i am willing to trade for the labor....

so you'd polish my LIM/UIM/TB and you'd get to keep an extra set of them



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