Smoke Em

what can be polished, without sanding paint off or anything crazy, under the hood. i know something need to be sanded down with 1000 or 1200 grit, and then gone over with a powerball. i was looking to do some small things to make the engine bay look better.

can the brake lines be polished? anything else

thanks

YOFAB

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You can polish anything under your hood aluminum or stainless. If you're not sure, anything that a magnet wont stick to you can polish without having to worry about rust... Throttle body, MAF, stainless band clamps, AC dryer & lines, ABS block, LS1 valve covers, LT1 intake manifold, etc.

Here's a shot of my old Camaro with some polished stuff:

Smoke Em

thats a helpful tip. i think im gonna try to polish my TB, brake lines, catch can
anyone have pics of polished brake lines?

97ramsst

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Smoke Em

i should have thought of your car!! looks great
how did you do it? sand down to 1500 and then polish?

Bad30th

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You can take Mother's Aluminum polish on a rag and go to town on all that stuff. No pre-sanding required...

Also the black will easily polish off the factory fuel rails the same way with a little elbow grease.

Rob (Bad30th)

Smoke Em

im def gonna try the brake lines, catch can, and idk about the throttle body.

anyone else have more pics? on an Lt1 maybe?

97ramsst

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If you sand first it take about a quarter the time though. I always start with 800, then go 1000 then 1500 then 2000 then 2000 wet and then polish. The brake lines have a coating on them than needs to be sanded off and you will have to maintain them or they will rust.

Smoke Em

ok, i was gonna ask you, how do you keep everything from oxidizing?

travisnd

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you can always use a clear coat or fluid flam to prevent from having to maintain it!

Smoke Em

has anyone ever polished the alternator bracket on an lt1? im almost positive that it needs to be sanded starting at 400 grit. im talking about the big bracket in front not the little supports in the back

97ramsst

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I just polish it all the time! lol But you can clear them as stated above.

I have an extra alt bracket for a LT1 I am going to either have chromed or PCed white for Cecilia's car. I should be doing a lot to it soon and of course I will be posting pics.

Smoke Em

now the alt bracket for the lt1, does that bolt on and off the main accessory bracket or is that all one piece? idk if i can get just the big alt bracket off or the entire piece needs to come off

i dont mind polishing things every week, i do it to my dirt bike every time i ride

bigj2717

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The main lt1 alt bracket is the whole accessory bracket its 1 big piece

Smoke Em

ok, i saw the whole accessory bracket as one piece i was hoping that the main alt bracket would have come off. i guess ill have to work my way around things because i am not taking the accessory bracket off

67goatman455

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you can do the fins on top of the intake manifold. you have to start at a very coarse grit though. i started with 180 on a DA sander and went to 2000. (yes it was time consuming) i also did the fuel rails as well. Ill go back and hit them with polish every so ofter to keep them up but its better if you clear coat everything.

RedVertTA

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Old thread but I'm getting ready to do this soon.

97ramsst how did you polish the ABS block? Did you remove it or polish it in place? How did you polish your pulleys?

A couple of you mentioned clear coating polished parts. What kind of clear coat would you recommend? How would this procedure work?

TUMBLRws6

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the maf is easy. just wet sand with 2000 grit sandpaper and then polish. looks awesome and wont take forever.

01SOMSS!

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polishing sucks. go chrome. trust me I started with polishing then realized its a pain in the *** to repolish everytime I have to take the car out to show.

Black94Z28

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I polished the fins on the top of the LT1 intake. I started with 400 and worked until 2000 since it was pretty rough. Also did the fuel rails too. Dont pay attention to the rest of the engine bay though lol