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Old 01-15-2002, 02:19 PM   #1
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I would like to get my intake plenum and runners the same color as they were new. I have tried simple green and other cleaners but they haven't done the trick. I don't want them polished just the clean grey look. Right now they have black spots and are just discolored. Any ideas? thanks, jimmy
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Old 01-15-2002, 02:38 PM   #2
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Take them off and have them bead blasted with alum oxide. I believe that is the one that makes almost a factory grey color. Some will turn them white..which looks ugly to me.
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I just sandblasted my control arms with aluminum oxide, and i thought it made a finish very much like that of the cast plenum and runners. The color of the bare metal was right on, but i think the texture may have been a bit smoother than the cast texture.
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Screw that. Polish them.

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Old 01-17-2002, 06:06 PM   #5
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Screw that. Polish them.


Did you do that yourself? Was it hard?
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heres some step by step to polish your tpi

http://www.gmtips.com/3rd-degree/dox...m/pol-plen.htm
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