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Old 01-01-2003, 02:40 PM
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Car: 84 camaro Z28
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i did some polishing today
here are some pics of the polishing i did today in my engine bay. its not great but it looks pretty good
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Old 01-01-2003, 02:42 PM
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and the last one. tell me what you think.
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Looks good. Polished is better than the grimey, dirty look that most engine parts develop. How long did it take you? I don't have the patience for polishing.
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took me about an hour
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took me about an hour

That's all. You must have been working fast then or I work extremly slow.
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looks good! whens the engine going in?
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i'm just waiting for my headers to come back from jet hot. so i figure 2-3 weeks
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Looks good. I'm doing the same thing to my car, and I have to agree it looks better polished.
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Hey dude, you stole my idea. But it looks really nice, Good job!
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