My first attempt at polishing

[ECLIPSE4x4]

Well I did my first attempt at polishing something. It turned out to be my compressor housing of my new AGP T3/T4 kit.

The reason I did it is becasue I am cheap prick and wanted to save 75 bux on letting them do it.

I am sure all of you know how rought cast is. Well I started at 220 and worked my way up by hand.

In hind sight... was it worht doing it yourself?... HELL NO!!!!
Is it worht 75 bux to let the company do it???? YES, EVERY PENNY

You must be logged in to view this image or video.

You must be logged in to view this image or video.

Next to the T-TOOSLO

You must be logged in to view this image or video.

 

[Lunch_Box]

Well I guess that you learn't that being cheap all the time is always the best. It looks awsome though, just like a company did it. Good work

 

[ECLIPSE4x4]

Thanx man... And to give you an idea of what it looked like before, look at the end of the compressor out-let. I left it cast in order for the silicon elbow to have more bite...

 

[machgsx]

DAYUM! That is hella-sweet. How long did it take you? I hope mine comes out that good once I do it.

 

[ECLIPSE4x4]

Originally posted by machgsx
DAYUM! That is hella-sweet. How long did it take you? I hope mine comes out that good once I do it.

JAJAJAJAJA... you don't wanna know. Mind you it was my first time... and by HAND.. I would say about 12 hours.

Getting iside the snail was super hard, I guess my fingers are too fat, plus I guess I have bi*** hands casue my index and middle fingers started bleeding.

 

[Airpoppoff]

damn ed that looks awesome, how long did it take you????

 

[GSXTCY]

Read Matt, 12 hours!

 

[boostineklipz]

That is pleasant to look at!!

Looks real good ed

 

[KRAZYKOREAN]

Originally posted by ECLIPSE4x4



JAJAJAJAJA... you don't wanna know. Mind you it was my first time... and by HAND.. I would say about 12 hours.

Getting iside the snail was super hard, I guess my fingers are too fat, plus I guess I have bi*** hands casue my index and middle fingers started bleeding.

HAHA you got bi*** hands you mofo...yeah it looks good man I have to give you props..but I agree I would have just paid someone...because that a process I have no patients for...

 

[GSX4LIFE]

Hmm, I wonder who told you how to do that. Yeah, guys it took him 12 hours to polish, but he didnt mention the 3 hours he spent asking me questions about the procedure.:laugh: Excellent work Ed. I couldnt ahve done any better. Only quicker

 

[machgsx]

Originally posted by ECLIPSE4x4



JAJAJAJAJA... you don't wanna know. Mind you it was my first time... and by HAND.. I would say about 12 hours.

Getting iside the snail was super hard, I guess my fingers are too fat, plus I guess I have bi*** hands casue my index and middle fingers started bleeding.

I think I took like 3 hours on my heat shield and it didn't even come close to looking like that. But of course that was using a dremel. I think I'm going to have to take some extra time to get the "mirror" like effect on it. (But that is kinda hard when it is pitted with rust spots. My car wasn't taken care of very well.)

 

[ECLIPSE4x4]

Originally posted by GSX4LIFE
Hmm, I wonder who told you how to do that. Yeah, guys it took him 12 hours to polish, but he didnt mention the 3 hours he spent asking me questions about the procedure.:laugh: Excellent work Ed. I couldnt ahve done any better. Only quicker

Thanx Dave, I guess I am a slow poke.. You are the master if you can do it 3-4 like you said. I will tell you this though... NEVER AGAIN.

Props to you.

 

[KRAZYKOREAN]

Originally posted by ECLIPSE4x4


Thanx Dave, I guess I am a slow poke.. You are the master if you can do it 3-4 like you said. I will tell you this though... NEVER AGAIN.

Props to you.

Come how about a six pack of any beer you want and I mean any beer...then will you do mine...

 

[SOURCE1064]

Looks real nice Ed. Ed would have rather be polishing his knob though. Jk, when's you're hooptie going to be all togeather with the new stuff?

 

[will4u2k]

that look like shit ED you and your bi*** hand work





































just kidding ED i like it i hope you get all of your stuff put on this weekend even if you dont have a lot of extra help.

ps. willsdsm is my normal name

 

[ECLIPSE4x4]

I am gonna try and get as much done as possible tomorrow.

 

[Defiant]

For someone who was an amateur when he started this job, it came out really great.
Now, if you take it apart and take that snail to a chrome shop, they'd put a finishing polish on it that'd look plated, and for only a few bucks....

Betcha it don't take 12 hours to install it!

 

[TalonRacer18]

How come you didnt just use an electric drill? I heard somewhere that you could use one cant you? Looks damn good tho.

 

[vertGST]

looks hella sweet ed. did you refer to a website on how to polish it?

Brendon

 

[cucumber]

Wow Ed, that looks fantastic.

Kudos for the excellent results, however difficult they may have been.

 

[Defiant]

Originally posted by TalonRacer18
How come you didnt just use an electric drill? I heard somewhere that you could use one cant you? Looks damn good tho.

It's _really_ tough to get an even finish with a power buffer on a shape like that, unless you've done it a lot. You tend to get a wavy finish from an inevitable uneveness in the process.

 

[TalonRacer18]

Couldnt you just do the primary stuff with the drill, then sand down all the fine stuff to a nice finish by hand?

 

[ECLIPSE4x4]

I think by hand is simply the BEST way... Like Defiant said, you don't want it to lok wavy when you shine it up.

 

[wastefuldreamer]

Looks awesome

 

[herostar]

the one on the right is nice and shiny, whoever polished that did a good job

I'll take the one on the left though, it'll work better for drying my hair