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Old 05-17-2006, 07:07 PM
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how does it look i did this in a few hours with compounds i had i probably will redo it with better compounds but for now its good what do ya'll think?



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looks pretty good is that a stock throtle body and what compunds did u use?
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what did you use to polish it
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Originally Posted by jks hugger orange ss
what did you use to polish it
Duhhh, kitchen utensils...the pic is on the stove.

Seriously though, that looks pretty good. If you want a smoother shine, more sanding and compound is in order. I had to keep going on mine forever to get it to shine best. Some bigger pics might help too if you have some.
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that does look pretty good, what kind of grind...or how fine of a grit on the sand paper did u use?
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Looks pretty good. I did the same thing. The hard part is yet to come! I would remove the linkage and IAC to make it easier to get to everything.
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well it was all apart i used the dremel polishing compound not shure if thats low enough i stopped at 600 grit wet sanding because the 800 grit i bought wasn't waterproof grrr i do need to go over it again i just wanted to get it done enough to put it back on cuz it was half way decent out side and i wanted to wash and wax it and didn't feel like pushing the car in and out of the garage. i did all the work with the dremel other than the sanding i did by hand. i used the dremel polishing kit and it worked pretty good so i'm happy for now but like i said it needs to get done again there are some pits in the aluminum but all aluminum like this has pits they need to be sanded out. any more sugestions? one more question i couldn't get the part that holds the throttle cabel off how do i get that off?
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need bigger pics
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sorry this is my crappy camera i can't find my good one if i can find my better camera then i'll get some bigger pics



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