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lambertius

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Polished intake manifold
« on: June 02, 2014, 04:49:40 PM »
So I hand polished an intake manifold for my car a few years ago. Its clear coated to prevent it from tarnishing and is pretty shiny. I'm thinking of putting ITBs on my car instead, and I was wondering if anyone would be interested in buying the part? I live in Australia and would be happy to post it anywhere at the buyer's expense.

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Re: Polished intake manifold
« Reply #1 on: June 02, 2014, 05:08:41 PM »
Nice work, looks great!

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Re: Polished intake manifold
« Reply #2 on: June 02, 2014, 09:41:31 PM »
Did you use a tumbler/vibration polishing? Would look great with a polished header on the other side.

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Re: Polished intake manifold
« Reply #3 on: June 03, 2014, 06:30:23 PM »
Did you use a tumbler/vibration polishing? Would look great with a polished header on the other side.

Nope, I did it by hand with sand paper and a cloth with polishing compound. It was basically just me sitting down listening to music I like and rubbing metal.

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Re: Polished intake manifold
« Reply #4 on: June 04, 2014, 01:37:55 AM »
Nope, I did it by hand with sand paper and a cloth with polishing compound. It was basically just me sitting down listening to music I like and rubbing metal.

Great, wow! Sounds like one of my crazy projects. For example when I had to replace the headlight and turn signal plugs and ended up building a complete wire loom from the fuse box forward.

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