Can I polish it?

[Rahdigga8188]

Well I was bored today, and felt the flat black VC was gettin old so I decided to polish it. Then I had a second gen heat sheild here so i hit that up too. Then I started in on the bov, thermostat housing, cas, and a spare intake manifold i have. Well, my question is, I also have a spare driver side motor mount arm thing. Can that be polished? Does anyone have pics? I actually think it would look pretty cool. To be more specific I dont want the really polished blingy look, just the brushed aluminum look. Thanks.

 

[swade]

i bet it could be, i dont know how long it would stay looking good...

honda has a company called hasport and their mounts are silver and look pretty cool

swade

 

[GVR4592]

i bet it could be, i dont know how long it would stay looking good...

honda has a company called hasport and their mounts are silver and look pretty cool

swade

Honda doesn't own Hasport and their mounts are cnc aluminum.

 

[Defiant]

You can put a good polish on steel parts. Trouble is keeping them looking that way. They'll rust overnight.
Iron won't polish up too well, just a shiny grey.

 

[VanIsleDSM]

the heatshield is steal right? you could polish it and then clear coat? if you could find some high temp clear, I haven't had any luck, but I haven't tried that hard either.

 

[Rahdigga8188]

well its a spare so i'll give it a go and if it looks bad, I just wont put it on.

 

[Defiant]

For use, you want to polish the underside of the heatshield, and paint the top flat black.
But of course, that's not all blingy.

 

[swade]

Honda doesn't own Hasport and their mounts are cnc aluminum.

i wasnt saying honda owned them... i aqs saying honda has, like hasport makes mounts for them and are known in the honda world for their mounts.

swade

 

[Dragon TalonTsi]

Take a real coarse heavy grit, like 60, then multiply it by 2 each time you go to sand it down... like 120, 340, 800, 1000, 2000, then polishing/scratch removers and the polishing liquids.... I have done it more than once on a lot of other metals... Aluminum is very grainy and porous, so you have to be firm when getting out all the grains... Trust me on this one.... I can email you some of my work, and the tools you will need to do a professional custom polishing job on any metal.... and when you use the polishing/scratch remover, let the buffer wheel do the work, and dont force it....

 

[paul s]

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polished eng mount, tranny case, thermostat housing.

 

[Rahdigga8188]

^ thats exactly what I was looking for. thanks. That is beautiful. And dragon I will be sending you an email. i think I've seen some of your work in another post but i'm not sure.