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Old 05-30-2014, 03:59 PM
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Thought I'd share where I was up to now - spot the shiney bits!
 
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That looks really good, Nice work!!! Not overly shiny, just enough for some good accents.
 
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Old 05-30-2014, 04:16 PM
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(I'd upload more images at once, but iPad Safari will only let me upload one at once!)
 
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Looks good, I just can't imagine the amount of work to get it all stripped, polished and maintaining it... especially the steel
 
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Love it.

If that's Selby in Yorkshire in your location, you're not too far to come over and do mine.
 
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Love it.

If that's Selby in Yorkshire in your location, you're not too far to come over and do mine.
If you include the wheels, over 1000 hours, so don't think I do any one else's!
 
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Lookin' good !


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Old 05-31-2014, 04:22 PM
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What'd you do to get your valve cover so shiny? Is that just the stock cover stripped and polished?
 
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What'd you do to get your valve cover so shiny? Is that just the stock cover stripped and polished?
Simple as that, yes. If you've got a spare 100 hours or so, you can have one too
 
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Still working on phase two of the inlet manifold, getting it to a mirror finish...
 
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[QUOTE=dfieldsend;986726]Still working on phase two of the inlet manifold, getting it to a mirror finish...[/QUOTE

Is this the look you are trying to achieve?


 
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Something like that, but without buying any expensive bolt on covers etc. I want to keep it factory standard and use what it there already.
 
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How much of this work are you doing with the parts still installed?

I would think it would be a lot of work, and risking collateral damage, to keep removing and reinstalling the parts to polish them.

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