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Just polished my engine plaque.

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  • Start date Start date Apr 11, 2005

Scot_94GT

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I know there is another thread similar to this one, but I thought I'd share my night's hard work too

Here's what it looked like at first.
The left side it untoutched, and the right side has been sanded with 80 grit.


Here it is after the 80, 120, and 180...I almost wanted to stop here because it looks 100% better than it did...not to mention my wrist was starting to get really fatigued and sore.


Good thing I kept going, because here it is after 320, 400, 600, 1000 and 2000 grit (wet sanding at 400 and up)


After a really sore wrist, a huge blister on my thumb, and some polish, here is the finished product.


And here's what it looks like atop my ugly, dirty engine


Well...that was my project for the evening...now, I will go to sleep and dream about my headers that should be arriving tomorrow
 

JJ95GTID

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Nice. Good work.
 

1105

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hand sanding does hurt the hands after awhile. It looks good. I could never get that plate a mirror shine when I polished it... Guess its because of the kind of metal it is? I also didnt have the patience because it wasnt going back on my car.
 

super302

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how long did it take?
 

DFG 5OH

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i wanna do that, just for the hell of it
 

super302

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matthiasj said:
i wanna do that, just for the hell of it
Click to expand...

View attachment 517698
 
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slytherin

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looks great! nice work.
 

Scot_94GT

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super302 said:


how long did it take?
Click to expand...

About 3.5 hours.
 

Joe 5.0

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Yeah, well I bought the chrome version that says 302, took me all of 3 mouse clicks.

Looks good tho
 

Scot_94GT

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jtkz13 said:
Yeah, well I bought the chrome version that says 302, took me all of 3 mouse clicks.

Looks good tho
Click to expand...

well. mine was free
 

illwood

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I did that about 3 weeks ago. The black was peeling in sections so I sandblasted it first.

It longer than I wanted it to and in retrospect, I should have just machined a new custom aluminum one. . .
 
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