ultimatewarrior
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I used mothers and a powerball that fits on the end of a drill. It took me under an hour to polish my Attak. It looked great, until I bent the tunnel and replaced it with the black GT tunnel. I now have to polish my Phazer. It will take under an hour with the powerball.
420ATTAK
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06vectorgt thanx for the tip, did you remove them to polish them and did u do the steering link on the spindle?
06vectorgt
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420ATTAK said:
I did it right on the spindle, just a quick job but it looked real good when done.
sobfrogg
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I started w/ 1500 grit wet paper. Then went to 2500 and finished w/ 4000. All the time moving in the same direction and one way.
The sides of the tunnel are worth doing the floorboards get scratched up so not totally needed.
i have well over 40 hours of wet sanding. At this point I can take any polish and a rag rub it on and rub it off w/ no black residue on the rag when I am done.
The goal hear is to smooth out the pours in the surface of the alum. The more you smooth them out the more the shine. Once you get to this point keeping it clean is easy. Some wax or rain-x works well. Just wipe it clean.
Happy Polishing
The sides of the tunnel are worth doing the floorboards get scratched up so not totally needed.
i have well over 40 hours of wet sanding. At this point I can take any polish and a rag rub it on and rub it off w/ no black residue on the rag when I am done.
The goal hear is to smooth out the pours in the surface of the alum. The more you smooth them out the more the shine. Once you get to this point keeping it clean is easy. Some wax or rain-x works well. Just wipe it clean.
Happy Polishing
420ATTAK
Pro
good tips guys, i thought that pollishing with compounds was a labour intensive procedure, then i read about wet sanding...wow... sounds like it looks awsome, 06vectorgt, thanx i think i know what im going to do now...did youdo all the linkages tooor just the rods, and the things on the spindles....any pics (i dont have a digital camera...yet...i hope santa brings one!! hehe)
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sobfrogg said:
40 hours!!! Holy shizz I don't have that kind of time, I think I have a total of 30 hours pulling my engine TWICE. I bet that baby looks like a mirror.
As a FYI I have a 2000 beater neon where the head lights glazed over and I bought a restor kit and it came with 1000 grit and 2500 grit to sand away the imperfections. 2500 on clear plastic headlights do you think 4000 is a little extreme?
06vectorgt
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420ATTAK said:
I did the spindle tops and rods. I will be posting pics after I finnish polishing tunnel a little (I don't do it to the extreme).
Just got back from Excell Motor Sports with my new ZX2 installed, SWEET!
Metallicat
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Please post some pics of your ZX2! Looks like an amazing skid.
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06vectorgt
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Metallicat said:
I will try and get to it tomorrow, if not - this weekend for sure - it looks friggen awsome!
leftdoo
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I did one side of my tunnel last night. Looks pretty nice. Do the sealers you guys are talking about make alot of difference for keeping the shine longer or what do they do?
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Metallicat said:
Metallicat - I posted some pics on this thread.
http://www.ty4stroke.com/viewtopic.php?t=47869
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Heres a post I had up a few years ago on a Boss seat install, but It shows what your tunnel can look like if you do it the right way.
http://www.ty4stroke.com/viewtopic.php?p=50013#50013
http://www.ty4stroke.com/viewtopic.php?p=50013#50013
420ATTAK
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i believe it does, just thenk your vehicle is easer to wash after it has been waxed and also beads to water off better, also i will get any resadue left by the polish even if you cant see it it will be on the cloth...believe meleftdoo said:
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If you are trying the polish rute, i would use NANO polish!! i have used others /blue majic / mothers /amsol / and there is nothing that is easyer and works better and LASTS. 
