dcash5 Posted October 4, 2008 Posted October 4, 2008 Decided as I didnt really need the car this week I would have a bash at sprucing up the engine, mainly polishing the plenum. After using the guides on here I whipped it off, nice easy job. Next I attacked with a wire brush drill bit, Varying from large to shaped one for the more fiddly areas. After removing all the main dirt/filth and down to clean metal I attacked it with Sandpaper - starting on 40 grit then 80, 240,400,800 and then finished with 1200. quick once over with Autosol Metal polish to finish. I did I think about 40/50 mins a night for a few nights and then spent Sat morning finishing off, probs total time was about 4/5 hours but I am really pleased with the results. Quote
jim Posted October 4, 2008 Posted October 4, 2008 Looks great. I've often wondered how easy it would be to do this yourself. Now I know. Quote
Beavis Posted October 4, 2008 Posted October 4, 2008 Looks a top job Cue a stampede to the diy store to get a wire brush bit. Quote
dcash5 Posted October 4, 2008 Author Posted October 4, 2008 are you doing the TB aswell ? I have cleaned it up a bit, but I know Phil had issues so I havent gone full whack on it. Quote
bronzee Posted October 6, 2008 Posted October 6, 2008 Jesus mate that looks mint! It sure does!!! What an improvement. Quote
ClarCE Posted October 6, 2008 Posted October 6, 2008 You've made me want to have a crack at mine now, nice work - really worth the effort Quote
H5 Posted October 6, 2008 Posted October 6, 2008 Having started this myself, I know how much effort that must have been! Looking good! Quote
dcash5 Posted October 6, 2008 Author Posted October 6, 2008 To be honest it wasnt to bad interms of dedication. The vast majority of the work was done with the drill and wire brush (the results of this were in the first pic) Quote
dcash5 Posted April 4, 2009 Author Posted April 4, 2009 Hi guys, Right I had another go at this and I can now reveal the finished results. All this is had done is a drill mop and polishing compound. I wish I had used this before. Note: I have not used any metal polish on this yet!!! I am over the moon Quote
Budge Posted April 4, 2009 Posted April 4, 2009 Awesome, great result. I started this on my FTO a while back but gave up halfway. Wish I had carried on now. That is way cool and must make ya feel good inside knowing it is all your own work. Quote
Martin W Posted April 4, 2009 Posted April 4, 2009 Hi guys, Right I had another go at this and I can now reveal the finished results. All this is had done is a drill mop and polishing compound. I have to ask what brands Dan? Quote
elecious Posted April 13, 2009 Posted April 13, 2009 are the results in the latest pics coming from both methods you used or do you think you could have achieved it just using your latest one with the drill mop and polishing compound? want to do this myself, gotta be a lot cheaper than spending £150-200 on a polished plenum looks congrats Quote
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