Polishing my intake - ocd can help sometimes lol
06-03-2009, 05:53 PM
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Polishing my intake - ocd can help sometimes lol
I was waiting on my headers and my cams and heads so i figured id make it look nice. What do you guys think?
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i just sanded and polished. i have adremel multimax and that helped a lot for the tight spots, i stil coulda made use of a reg dremel also. i just used 100 grit to start and then 150, 240 and then green scotch brite then red scotch brite and then i just used white scotch brite with some mothers aluminum mag posh and thats it. i prob put like 15 ish hours into it lol. i was always tired of having that dirty thing on top of my engine. this prob could be done with it installed also
06-03-2009, 07:57 PM
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i just sanded and polished. i have adremel multimax and that helped a lot for the tight spots, i stil coulda made use of a reg dremel also. i just used 100 grit to start and then 150, 240 and then green scotch brite then red scotch brite and then i just used white scotch brite with some mothers aluminum mag posh and thats it. i prob put like 15 ish hours into it lol. i was always tired of having that dirty thing on top of my engine. this prob could be done with it installed also
looks really good!
just a random though... you know what would make it "pop" even more? get some good paint and a fine tipped brush, and paint the top of the "TOYOTA" lattering, with a color of your choise (black maybe
)Look's SICK as is, but everyone knows that I just can't leave well enough alone
06-03-2009, 08:02 PM
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I was just thinking the same thing except strip the polish residue off paint the lettering black on top with red on the raised edges then a good coat of clear. Finally wax/buff to high shine...
I've been planning to polish my intake too but I have'nt got to it yet... I'm so ashamed... [hiding face]
I've been planning to polish my intake too but I have'nt got to it yet... I'm so ashamed... [hiding face]
06-03-2009, 08:06 PM
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I love the fact that this would be something that ONLY a Toy freak would ever notice under a hood, lol
06-03-2009, 08:36 PM
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any ricer worth his wing would notice it at a show'n shine... you gotta have some underhood jewelery to make the hood hotties ooo and ahh about...
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06-04-2009, 08:25 AM
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06-04-2009, 08:57 AM
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I polished mine up like that about 4 years ago; it will oxidize & look like ess again in a few months...
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06-04-2009, 09:07 AM
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Haha yeah I know it will oxidize but now that its smooth it will be easy to touch up when it does. Yea I cleaned it off with acetone. I used to work at a semiconductor machine shop in the chem area and I could probably have it anodized by one of my buds there.....then maybe die it black or gray. It wouldn't oxidize then lol
06-04-2009, 10:57 AM
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Putfile.com effed me on all the @ 2,800 pics I had hosted on their site; ALL my rebuild pics are GONE.
Nope, didn't use clear enamel or anything. Didn't think it really mattered on a 15 year old truck with 200,0000+ miles on it...
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06-04-2009, 02:52 PM
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Haha yeah I know it will oxidize but now that its smooth it will be easy to touch up when it does. Yea I cleaned it off with acetone. I used to work at a semiconductor machine shop in the chem area and I could probably have it anodized by one of my buds there.....then maybe die it black or gray. It wouldn't oxidize then lol
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haha yeah that would look nice. ill prob just leave it as is and touch it up whenever i get that "have to fix something on my truck" feeling lol
06-04-2009, 07:28 PM
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Ok lol ill get right on that. Haha. I'm all antsy, I can't wait to put my truck back together. Just waitin for my heads to get back from engnbldr. Then I just need an 02 sensor and a knock sensor
