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 Jan 23, 2012 - 11:02 PM
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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 -------------------- cant stop wont stop
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Jan 23, 2012 - 11:56 PM
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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!! -------------------- |
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Jan 24, 2012 - 6:18 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Feb 27, '11 From trevorton pa Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
QUOTE (mandrek @ Jan 23, 2012 - 11:56 PM)  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!! hey .... well i work at a body shop .... so i whas playing around with different things i took 400 grit and sanded all the imperfections out ...... then 800 grit /////// 1200 grit /// 2000 grit witch it starts to sine good /// then 3000 grit ... all by hand thats the only way to not get swirls QUOTE (Smaay @ Jan 24, 2012 - 2:49 PM) what did you put the 2 holes in there for? there are already ports on the side for breather. i pulled the steel tube out and threaded it for -6 i threaded the small hole and put a plug in it /// and i found a push in plug for were the pvc vualve goes -------------------- cant stop wont stop
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TRD11 valve cover Jan 23, 2012 - 11:02 PM
HectortheRican I think it'll look great once it's fully p... Jan 23, 2012 - 11:25 PM
Ted95 looks great so far post up pics of the finished pr... Jan 28, 2012 - 9:14 AM Smaay what did you put the 2 holes in there for? there a... Jan 24, 2012 - 2:49 PM trdproven how did you get the ribs off again? ive been in a... Jan 25, 2012 - 11:55 PM TRD11 QUOTE (trdproven @ Jan 25, 2012 - 11... Jan 26, 2012 - 8:45 PM trdproven damn thats hell Jan 26, 2012 - 9:59 PM PolliS_5S-FE Being aluminium couldnt you use something more abb... Jan 26, 2012 - 10:39 PM opie_7afe looking good, the best way to get a valve cover or... Jan 28, 2012 - 3:15 AM |
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