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Old May 17, 2004 | 07:40 PM
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what would be the easiest way and best looking to do with the throttle body,polishing looks like it would be a waste of time,the casting is kind of crappy and it doesnt want to shine that well,but i have been poilsing and painting the engine bay for about three weeks now to be in many shows so i think that a spray bomb would look cheap,any suggestions would be great,thanks in advance
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Old May 17, 2004 | 07:57 PM
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mti polished tb looks sweet it is 400$ tho i have seen some jantzer performance ones that look pretty good. look him up in the spponsor list. i think his are chaper bc of an core exchange. mti u buy it outright!
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Old May 17, 2004 | 08:00 PM
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it will shine up well, if you take the time on it.

powdercoating is always good.

I was going to powdercoat mine, but i hit it with the buffing wheel, and it came out looking good (top only) I need to work on the rest of it

Ryan.
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Old May 17, 2004 | 10:21 PM
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ya i think im going to go the powder coating route,now i just need to get a bigger oven to do all the parts in
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Old May 17, 2004 | 10:48 PM
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Default Powder coat oven

Check this out....looks like the size I need for the parts I want to do. Even big enough for brake rotors.

Saw one at Harbor Freight this weekend.

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=46300
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Old May 17, 2004 | 11:17 PM
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Here is a write up I did to polish your TB, it may help you decide...

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