valve cover, polish Options

[TRD11]

what do you think of a 5sfe polished valve cover ????????? i grinned the ribs off the front and drilled 2 holes for -10 an lines





This post has been edited by TRD11: Jan 23, 2012 - 11:04 PM

[mandrek]

nice.. what are you using to polish with?

perhaps it is the camera but i do not see any swerles or small scuffs from the media used to polish with.

i did some polishing of SS and aluminum. and did it like this:
1:start with fine brass wire brush on right angle air tool.
2:medium grade steal wool.
3:then 0000 steal wool, with mothers aluminum polish.
4:finish with neverdul
5:final was only if i could, buff with bench grinder and drill mounted buffing wheel..

i like for the most part how mine turned out but still have aspects about it that i dont like... primarily the fact that i can get it nice and smooth and polished, but in the light you can still see swerles..

so what did you do to get such a nice finish?

and deff keep it up, its a nice start.. cant wait to see the finished product!!