1976CamaroGuy

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To look like this? The green coating is looking kind of crappy on mine.





I know they make billet after market rails but I like the look of the stockers and want to keep them whether I polish them or not.

I have a buffer, just concerned about getting the coating off the rails before I buff. Wondering if I should use a paint stripper or sandpaper. Seems like paint stripper would get in the cracks and crevices a little better with less effort.

ls1nova71

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My guess is that's been chromed. The fuel rails themselves I believe are stainless, but the four mounting brackets spot welded to them are not and if you strip the paint (anodizing?) off of them, they will just rust.

1976CamaroGuy

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This is where the pics came from, seller said it was polished?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Polished-LS1-LS6-Fuel-Rail-1998-2002-Camaro-Firebird-Trans-Am-corvette-LSX-Swap-/301902772204?hash=item464aceb7ec%3Ag%3A774AAOSwu-BWPqX9&vxp=mtr&nma=true&si=5JLWUgS4T8kHNQVoOIZ9wMQTvqs%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

thunderstruck507

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Be a lot of work.

I don't like drawing attention to random ugly bits so I just painted them black so they blend in as much as possible and let other things "pop" more. Like stainless or ceramic heads, the raised wording on a Fast intake, etc.

I also painted the valve covers black and the coils a dark gunmetal but used some stainless cap screws to hold the coils to the black brackets.

1976CamaroGuy

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Thanks, Yeah I thought about it and decided to go ahead and paint them. I bought some duplicolor gunmetal paint that i put on my valve covers a while back. It should be low key enough to keep them from standing out, but break it up with the other stuff a little.

thunderstruck507

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Good call, polishing out the little crevices in that thing would be a nightmare.

truckdoug

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i have learned that polishing stuff is far more work than it's worth. and customers never wanna pay for the hours and hand cramps. spray bomb it and move on is my MO

static low 92

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Not only that.. But after the fact maintenance is a nightmare on anything motor related that's not sealed.

Especially if you can't easily reach it.

1976CamaroGuy

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Just wanted to share some pics of what I did. I scuffed the valve covers and fuel rail and painted them Duplicolor Dark Shadow Gray, followed with a clear coat

I wasn't concerned about the casting marks on the valve covers since they are pretty much covered by the coils, just wanted to get some paint on them.

But I made sure to take more care on the fuel rails since those will be seen

actrite80

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Simple and clean I like it

2001CamaroGuy

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I've had them straight plated (they don't polish the chrome) and it looks nice. I think it cost me about $40.