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POLISHED ACCENTS
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To help give some character to the engine I decided to take some parts and polish only part of them!
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Fiero Valve Cover runners...
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You have already seen them but...
Before:
Polishing:
After:
After seeing how cool the Fiero valve covers looked with the raised fins polished against the metal, I got and idea. I had noticed some of the old brakets had been chipping in the raised areas and looked horrible...I knew it would happen again, so I decided on a solution. What if those areas got polished and the rest stayed painted. It would give a neat appearance and cover up a problem area.
The easiest thing to do was get new pieces to start with...the junkyards are loaded with 2.8s, so I took my pick. I cleaned the new parts with degreaser and a toothbrush. Then I hit every raised edge on the front side with the scotchlock disk, then course to light grit pper and finished w/ the buffer.
I washed the piece with dish soap. Then taped off what polished areas I could. Then the piece was painted candy apple red. Once the job was done I pulled off the taped up polished areas.
Here is how it turned out.
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Alternator Bracket...
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Air Conditioning Bracket
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Timing Cover
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Polishing...
I started with the fins...
Then decided to add some more bright on the Timing cover sides...
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Water Pump
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Polishing...
Repainted...
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Lines, Fittings, & Fasteners
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Bolts
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Well with everything going bright in the bay, the only thing left to add that final touch was the fasteners. The bolts that are not only on the car's body, but the botls on the engine are getting swapped out to stainless. Being stainless, they are all goignt o recieve a healthy buffing to bring out the shine! We are trying to stick with button head bolts as they have the cleanest look!
Pre polish:
After polishing:
On the car:
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Brake Lines
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To further declutter the bay, we wanted to reroute the brake lines. Since I now had the new tubular cross memeber, things were definately more airy now. So stainless lines were purchased, well they will polish up just as well!
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Anodized AN fittings
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As you know the AN fitting mostly come in Blue and red. As Blue does not match my paint scheme at all, Joe stripped the color anodizing off of them. He soaked and scrubbed them in oven cleaner. Then to fished them, he then sanded and polished them to a high gloss. On a tight budget, its chearer then paying for the polised one, or using the black ones!
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DIRECTORY FOR RAIF'S ENGINE DETAILING SITE
01 Site Overview
02 Wire Looms: Version I (Pre 2006) & Version II (Post 2006)
03 Silicone Hoses: Version I (Pre 2006) & Version II (Post 2006)
04 Coolflex
05 Aftermarket Aluminum Pieces
06 Polishing Aluminum
07 Polished Stock Aluminum Pieces
08 Polished Accent Pieces <<<
09 Fiero Valve Covers
10 Polishing Steel & Ceramic Coating It
11 Aftermarket Chrome Pieces
12 Professionally Chromed Stock Pieces
13 Miscellaneous Touches
14 Final Pics of the Engine W/ Stock 2.8 Plenum & runners
15 Truleo Custom Intake
16 2006: Engine Compartment Makeover: Overview
17 2006: Engine Compartment Makeover: Battery Relocation: Installing the Battery Box
18 2006: Engine Compartment Makeover: Battery Relocation: Running Wiring Under Chassis
19 2006: Engine Compartment Makeover: Hiding the wiring: MSD Box Mounting
20 2006: Engine Compartment Makeover: Hiding the wiring: Part I
21 2006: Engine Compartment Makeover: Hiding the wiring: Part II
22 2006: Engine Compartment Makeover: Painting: Engine & Tranny: Stripping & Prepping
23 2006: Engine Compartment Makeover: Painting: Engine & Trannny: Painting Candy Apple Red
24 2006: Engine Compartment Makeover: Painting: Accessories: Candy Apple Red: Prep, Prime, & Base
25 2006: Engine Compartment Makeover: Painting: Accessories: Candy Apple Red: Clear Coat
26 2006: Engine Compartment Makeover: Painting: Accessories: Black
27 2006: Engine Compartment Makeover: Painting: Engine Bay: Welding, Stripping, & Filling
28 2006: Engine Compartment Makeover: Painting: Engine Bay: Prepping & Priming
29 2006: Engine Compartment Makeover: Painting: Engine Bay: Clear Coat
30 2006: Engine Compartment Makeover: Engine Installation
31 2006: Engine Compartment Makeover: Engine Installation: Accessories
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