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Old Mar 22, 2011 | 12:38 AM
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Little engine bay work

Well i can't afford to get my valve cover polished or the supercharger but heres some work i did on em with a scotch brite pad before and after pics, also painted spark plug cover and the ecotec piece forget the cover name lol...lemme know what ya think its nothing special but looks good to me probably gunna use the pad on it some more sometime this week



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Old Mar 22, 2011 | 01:27 AM
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they make some stuff form eagle 1 that will help that also
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Old Mar 22, 2011 | 01:34 AM
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they make some stuff form eagle 1 that will help that also
With what makin it shine more or getting rid of the black spots
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Old Mar 22, 2011 | 01:44 AM
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both i have some ill try to take a pic for u tomor. its good stuff shines all my polished and metal stuff pretty well
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Old Mar 22, 2011 | 01:49 AM
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Originally Posted by heathkidder
both i have some ill try to take a pic for u tomor. its good stuff shines all my polished and metal stuff pretty well
sounds good thanks
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Old Mar 22, 2011 | 02:32 AM
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Its amazing what a little paint and elbow grease can do.You can always spray the valve cover and blower black as well,or any other preferred color
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Old Mar 22, 2011 | 02:42 AM
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Its amazing what a little paint and elbow grease can do.You can always spray the valve cover and blower black as well,or any other preferred color
Yea i was considering that im probably gunna do em black like u said
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Old Mar 22, 2011 | 02:54 AM
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I used a drill mounted red scothbrite pad on my valve cover that looked just like yours, and it gave it a nice shiny spot-free polished look.
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Old Mar 22, 2011 | 03:42 AM
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just paint the valve cover and super charger black!?
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Old Mar 22, 2011 | 01:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Berto09ss
just paint the valve cover and super charger black!?
That's in my plans not sure when
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Old Mar 22, 2011 | 06:32 PM
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Nevr dull
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Old Apr 6, 2011 | 11:23 AM
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or you can bust out the sand paper because that is basically how it gets polished anyways. I did my supercharger the other day and it looks almost chrome, not done yet but w/o a sand blaster it takes a while.
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Old Apr 6, 2011 | 11:55 AM
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looks like ur off to a good start so far. i wanna see finished pix tho!!!
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Old Apr 6, 2011 | 02:06 PM
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what paint did you use for the spark plug cover?
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Old Apr 6, 2011 | 02:09 PM
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what paint do you guys suggest for the super charger?
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Old Apr 6, 2011 | 03:42 PM
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Any paint will work.Something for high temp will be better and make sure you use clear coat if you want it glossy,plus it will protect the base coat from scatching.I just used regular flat black until I decide on colors.I couldnt stand the cast aluminum look
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