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

[opie_7afe]

looking good, the best way to get a valve cover or any aluminum part to look its best is to sand the hell out of it untill you get to around 1500 grit and purchase either some aluminum compound/aluminum fine polish and use a wool pad on a buffer or get some felt/cotton buffs that attatch to your drill or better yet a stand grinder and different colored rouge wheels, the different colors means more aggressive or less aggressive, so thats what you need to remove the sanding marks unless you want to keep sanding till 4000 grit and use some polish found in auto parts stores. http://www.caswellplating.com is a great place to get products to polish metals,plastics,and glass.(i am no way associated with them they just have good product), another good line would be the blackfire aluminum compound/polish or wolfgang aluminum compound/polish. but those are more expensive but work great from the reviews ive seen.