K&N FIPK appearance question! its a good one!
05-24-2006, 06:59 PM
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K&N FIPK appearance question! its a good one! So, I ordered the K&N FIPK air intake...and was looking at the metal shield it sits on that covers the radiator....
Can I chrome this?? or polish it??I have a bling'n engine in the works and wanted to shine this specimen up real nice...
lemme know
THANKS
Erik
Can I chrome this?? or polish it??I have a bling'n engine in the works and wanted to shine this specimen up real nice...
lemme know
THANKS
Erik
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You won't be able to polish it as it is just plain old cold rolled steel but I guess you could chrome it. I replaced mine with a custom stainless steel one that I made up and polished by hand. Has a softer look that the hard bright look of chrome IMO. Many people just end up painting the origional one a complimenting color to enhance their engine bays.
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Originally Posted by bmfcamaro
can you please give some info on the sizes and such please? i saw the washers, but what did you use for the screws?
I have no idea what the sizes are. Hillco sells an "LS1" kit which had everything included.
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Originally Posted by parbreak
Replaced mine with polished stainless steel, no rust, no worries!!
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05-25-2006, 10:00 PM
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Originally Posted by erikthegoalie
hey man where did you get the stainless steel piece from?
05-26-2006, 08:12 AM
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you can strip the paint off using paint remover....I did
polishing it..mighyt be a prob...but I did sand 400, 800...1500 and got a really good satin finish
then later did the same thing nto my STB..
the prob with polishit is that they use really cheap steel
polishing it..mighyt be a prob...but I did sand 400, 800...1500 and got a really good satin finish
then later did the same thing nto my STB..
the prob with polishit is that they use really cheap steel
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Originally Posted by BitViper
you can strip the paint off using paint remover....I did
polishing it..mighyt be a prob...but I did sand 400, 800...1500 and got a really good satin finish
then later did the same thing nto my STB..
the prob with polishit is that they use really cheap steel
polishing it..mighyt be a prob...but I did sand 400, 800...1500 and got a really good satin finish
then later did the same thing nto my STB..
the prob with polishit is that they use really cheap steel
Once again, I love the look of brushed or raw aluminum, very old school, but I cringe when I think of how it's going to oxidize if you don't keep it very dry and protected. Maybe a shot of some satin clearcoat would help in that area. Doesn't get real glossy and will still protect it.
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Originally Posted by BitViper
you can strip the paint off using paint remover....I did
One little tip for you, the radiator support of the car is not flat across so when you tightened the lower left and inner right mounting bolts of the FIPK sheild it got bent making a crease in the metal. You need to put washers under heat shield and "Shim" up the gap between it and the radiator support of the car to prevent this. Although it looks to be too late for yours I thought others reading this post might be able to prevent this bending distortion to thiers as it will be very noticalbe on a heat shield with a polished finish.