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Mar 18, 2002 | 01:10 PM

87transam5.7tpi

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Pictures of my polished runners

here are a few pics of my past week :-) also the pics don't do it justice, I'm using a .8 megapixel dig. camera. so trust me they look better in person.

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Mar 18, 2002 | 01:10 PM

87transam5.7tpi

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and the last one

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Mar 18, 2002 | 04:53 PM

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Nice, real nice!

Mar 18, 2002 | 05:56 PM

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Man thats a He!! of a difference

What did you use to polish them?

Mar 18, 2002 | 06:11 PM

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I assume it is basiclly the same as polishing the plenum...? How much time you have into them, look great!

Mar 19, 2002 | 12:10 AM

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I pretty much did, 80grit(4-5hours on the SLP's the casting is REALLY hard) also don't try using a wire wheel or anything, you'll just end up spending more time because of teh deep scrates it leaves. the 180grit(2hours)then some 340(1hour) then 400wet(about 4 hours) and about an hour of buffing. which inclueds hand buffing for the smaller areas. if anybody has any questions feel free to ask me. I'm still not good at this, but I'll try to help out if I can.

Mar 21, 2002 | 01:56 AM

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thats sweet, now drop some VHT hi temp clear on those puppies and your set.

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Mar 21, 2002 | 11:08 AM

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From: In a mint Third Gen!

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I think it looks much better.

Mar 23, 2002 | 09:45 PM

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Have you noticed any difference in the colors of the aluminum of those runners and the OEM plenum? I have heard that the different brands of components don't match very well when they are polished up....

Mar 23, 2002 | 10:29 PM

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I know how much work you have in those runners....I polished my SLP runners the same way. Lots of tedious hours!

Concerning the differances of the colors....mine are 2 differant shades. I think it's from the differant types of alum but I'm not absolutely positive. They both shine...they just have 2 differant hues to them.

Mar 24, 2002 | 11:58 AM

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mine look just like that only i took about 30 minutes on both

Mar 24, 2002 | 12:07 PM

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69TPI383

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Originally posted by KDoggsPimpJetta
mine look just like that only i took about 30 minutes on both

I'm sorry.....I've polished metal professionally and in order to get in all the nooks and crannies of a set of SLP siameased runners......going from rough cast (and I mean *rough*!) to fully polished takes just a bit more than 30 minutes each!

Mar 24, 2002 | 01:04 PM

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Looks good man, but for some reason I hav never really gotten ino polished parts and I like that "cold steel" type look. Good job though.

Mar 24, 2002 | 02:14 PM

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Originally posted by KDoggsPimpJetta
mine look just like that only i took about 30 minutes on both

what?!? were they stock ones or SLP? I'm sorry but I don't believe that if they were SLP's. unless your some maracle worker. if they were SLP's and they look like that you need todo this for a job dude! :-) I'm not flaming you, but its just VERY hard to believe...