Since I have my alternator off the car, I decided to go ahead and polish it up. I have a dremmel and about 100 polishing bits. 2 problems, 1 is I cannot seem to get a shiny finish, just a dark dull one. 2nd, I seem to be getting the "ripple" effect (similar to looking down the side of a fender of an older car). I've been thinking about hand sanding first to avoid this, but it seems that would take forever.

I know there was a web site that went into great detail about polishing the aluminum under the hood. Anyone know the URL or have any advice?

 

Anyone?

 

I handsanded my brake lines with good results, followed by Blue Magic Metal Polish. They turned out great, but they eventually rust.

I'd hand sand, then do the same, and either use the metal polish once a month or so, clear coat it, and/or Zaino/wax it.

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Solomon
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You probably want to get a kit along the lines of this.

http://www.eastwoodco.com/cgi-bin/sgin0101.exe

However, these are intended to be used with an air die grinder, I'm not sure how well a dremmel will work.

I hate when you can't link to a specific item. Anyhow go to www.eastwodco.com and do a search for "manifold polishing kit".

Also, did you disassemble your alternator? I would be afraid of all of the dust and particles getting into the internals.

I haven't polished my alternator yet but I might look into it this winter.

[This message has been edited by ROCKN SS (edited September 21, 2001).]

 

I just finished machine/hand polishing a set of C4 aluminum wheels. Wow....it was very time comsuming, but the results look great. Check out this web site. It has a "how to" section. I used this as a reference.

www.englishcustompolishing.com


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1997 Formula: Black, M6, !CAGS, Flowmaster muffler, Moroso CAI

 

I bet that was a rough @$$ job polishing those C4 wheels. I'm getting ready to polish a set of 97 T/A wheels I'm going to use that web site as a ref. as well. Hey if anyone wants to come help polish the wheels I'll buy the pizza and beer!!

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95 Z28 only 30K miles
Dark Purple
Dark Gray Leather
Custom Interior
4A 2.73 to 3.42
Moroso CAI
enny Brown 3-point STB
Borla Cat Back
Gutted Converter
Hypertech HPP+
160 degree powerstat
Holly AirFoil

Best run
8.89ET
@ 80.6MPH
on a 2.21 60'

 

Meguires has a special wax for rims and it works wicked I forgot the name its in a black bottle with a shiny rim on it