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Old Oct 29, 2012 | 06:56 PM
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Polished my TPI

I polished my Tpi intake it's my first time trying to polish something i think it came out pretty good I could have saned alttle more but for what i am doing it looks good .
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Old Oct 31, 2012 | 09:42 AM
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Not bad at all for your first round...and probably not want to do it again huh? lol
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Old Oct 31, 2012 | 11:45 AM
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Nice work. How long did it take you?
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Old Oct 31, 2012 | 12:42 PM
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Re: Polished my TPI

it was rather easy i used a orbital sander first to remove the casting pits then came back with 800 grit by hand then 1500 by hand and then 2000 by hand when finsihed with that i took my buffing wheel held it with my foot and pushed teh trigger with the other foot and held the parts to the buffer while it polished it up grand total about 4 hrs of work the orbital made it alot easier i probably could get it better theres still a few pits that make black dots but for what it is for it looks great. i spent a few hrs yesterday doing the TB too. that is the crown moulding and the patched walls in my home office that you see in the reflection. We are redoing my office.




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Old Nov 12, 2012 | 10:12 PM
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Re: Polished my TPI

Originally Posted by jhainer
I polished my Tpi intake it's my first time trying to polish something i think it came out pretty good I could have saned alttle more but for what i am doing it looks good .
looks good
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Old Nov 12, 2012 | 10:13 PM
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Re: Polished my TPI

Originally Posted by jhainer
it was rather easy i used a orbital sander first to remove the casting pits then came back with 800 grit by hand then 1500 by hand and then 2000 by hand when finsihed with that i took my buffing wheel held it with my foot and pushed teh trigger with the other foot and held the parts to the buffer while it polished it up grand total about 4 hrs of work the orbital made it alot easier i probably could get it better theres still a few pits that make black dots but for what it is for it looks great. i spent a few hrs yesterday doing the TB too. that is the crown moulding and the patched walls in my home office that you see in the reflection. We are redoing my office.




one hell of a job in my opinion...trying to polish the runners is a pain
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Old Nov 13, 2012 | 03:16 AM
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Looks good!

Be sure to get us some pics of it installed on a motor when you can
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