Best way to polish the stock exhaust manifold heat shield

[Dieselboy]

Whats the best way to prep and polish/chome/shine the stock 1G exh. mani. heat shield by doing it at home? Ive heard using a scotch pad and just rubbing it to hell, and Ive heard of some Mothers/McGuires polish that works really well. Can someone steer me in the right direction? Thanks....

 

[JeRmZ]

Mother metal polish! WORKS GREAT!!!! take the thing off and clean it real good first, then polish it up with some Mothers metal polish!

 

[greyforestgst]

high temp paint

i take hte easy way out...it does tend to get rusty and discolored from heat though, and the paint hides that

 

[91TSi FWD]

I used sand paper and got all that old factory paint off, then started to use mothers mag and aluminum polish. It takes a lot of rubing.

Mine pissed me off though, I got it all polished up, then went out to visit one of my friends(about a 6 hour drive in total). When I got home and looked at my heat shield the fuggin thing had turned blue from the heat! I'm contemplating just painting it now.

 

[Zerocygnal]

Then there is always powdercoating with Hi-temp powders...it's just not shiny anymore.

 

[Defiant]

You _want_ the inside polished, and the top flat black. The idea is to shield heat. So much for bling-bling.

 

[Ðawg]

I just sandblasted mine and painted it with high temp paint... looks fine bu the black paint looks kinda brown...


--Scott

 

[dave99gst]

ya cant polish cast iron and have it stay that way -- it will rust with the first drop of water