How to Polish intake Manifold

Richy · Post by **Richy** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 12:58 pm

sp8ced22 wrote:
Laughing did you not know your never finished modding your fto theres always somthing to play with Wink

Starting to see that...

i agree....never ending story...and it bites

FtoSam · Post by **FtoSam** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 2:22 pm

FUS30N wrote:If your going to do it by hand prepare to be working on it for a couple of days, you can just go thorugh the sand paper, easier using power tools on it

What can i do with a drill??
Thats about my only power tool at the moment.

Have the car off the road for the next month... So plenty of time.

sp8ced22 · Post by **sp8ced22** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 9:23 pm

FtoSam wrote:
FUS30N wrote:If your going to do it by hand prepare to be working on it for a couple of days, you can just go thorugh the sand paper, easier using power tools on it
What can i do with a drill??
Thats about my only power tool at the moment.

Have the car off the road for the next month... So plenty of time.

you could buy the kit i listed or similar and maybe some emmery disks and attach them to your drill

Nacho · Post by **Nacho** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 9:47 pm

Stupid question but does sandpaper actually work on metal like that? Those pics I could have sworn were originally from some guy who was offering to acid tip the manifolds for them to come out like that some time ago.

sp8ced22 · Post by **sp8ced22** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 9:49 pm

yes it actually works like that i wont lie its a lot of hard work but thats all i didi as for the pics unless this prson you are refering too have my kitchen table i dought it

MrLeeUK · Post by **MrLeeUK** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 12:57 am

30 hours dremel, wire wool, and lots of polishing and mine is STILL not as shiny as I want!

Nacho · Post by **Nacho** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 3:04 pm

Sounds awesome! What sort of polish do you use?

sp8ced22 · Post by **sp8ced22** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 8:01 pm

Nacho wrote:Sounds awesome! What sort of polish do you use?

personally i used this polish LINKY and was impressed with it but i guess any good aluminum polish which offers a good barrier against oxidisation will but personaly i really rate this stuff

Grue · Post by **Grue** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 8:27 pm

What about the rocker cover? (It is called the rocker cover isn't it? The metal section under the plastic mivec cover?) How easy would that be to whip off and polish at the same time?

sp8ced22 · Post by **sp8ced22** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 8:31 pm

Grue wrote:What about the rocker cover? (It is called the rocker cover isn't it? The metal section under the plastic mivec cover?) How easy would that be to whip off and polish at the same time?

its actually easir than the manifold

i bought a spare one to polish as i use my fto daily and this means you can take your time if you like too

Grue · Post by **Grue** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 9:52 pm

sp8ced22 wrote:
Grue wrote:What about the rocker cover? (It is called the rocker cover isn't it? The metal section under the plastic mivec cover?) How easy would that be to whip off and polish at the same time?
its actually easir than the manifold i bought a spare one to polish as i use my fto daily and this means you can take your time if you like too

So just take the coil packs off, then the bolts, and be careful with the gasket then? Can't be that simple...

EDIT (after some research): Coil Packs, then 9 bolts. Apparently the metal on the rocker cover is a lot easier to polish than the intake manifold too. Cool.

overboostin007 · Post by **overboostin007** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 11:17 pm

A form of sand blasting like soda blasting could take off all the roughness. But been about 6 years since i've blasted and would have to check into it

RalliartBoy · Post by **RalliartBoy** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 4:38 pm

How much would it cost just to send i to a polisher and does anyone know anywhere in Sydney that i could get it done at ?

Post by **Bennoz** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 5:13 pm

Most electroplaters offer a polishing service (as many items that are to be chromed required polishing to prepare the surface.)

Just do a yellow pages search on 'electroplating' in your area.

I use Junction Plating at Artarmon, great results.

MissxFTO · Post by **MissxFTO** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 8:53 pm

yah!! another thing i found out.. most electroplating companies will only polish your bits and peices!! why u ask? because its alloy!! and if chrome dipped it warps..and cracks

i got quoted 150 bucks from a place over in lawnton just for my rocker cover.. so prolly round 250+ for the intake manifold

"qld electroplating"