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Old 06-27-2004, 08:46 PM
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i am getting a set of valve covers oem ... should i have them chromed or just polished my only thing abou polished is the maintaining of it. the coil packs will still be on top of them though but i was thinking if i go chrome i will have the brackets chromed too. i have no real reason to do this just bored i guess lol. and well to add to some of the "shiney" i already have under there

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oh and by the way if anyone knows any sponsors that will do this for cheap if i sent it out to them.
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I would go with chrome.
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Id chrome them, polishing them would take alot of work to keep up
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yeah my thoughts exactly i dont want to maintain them... i already have to do that with my hotchkis stb thats polished

now to find a shop be it local or a good priced one that i will ship it to
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why didn't you just buy the chrome stb? ...doesn't hotchkis have a chrome one for sale?
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ive had this thing for about two years when it first came out i dont think they have chrome but its HIGHLY polished its not that bad. just alil dirty couple swipes with mother and good as new. but the valve covers would be under the coil brackets and that would be a hassle to keep up the polish unlike chrome.
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chrome...chrome...chrome!
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I would check prices on both. I don't think I'd want to put the coil brackets back on a chrome valve cover though. I think that would start working on the chrome and rub it off over time. How about you polish the covers yourself and take the money you would have spent on chroming and buy a coil relocation kit. I think that would look better overall.



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