I recently purchased a Motordyne 5/16 plemum spacer and thought I would refinish the upper plenum while I was in there to make it look cleaner. I plan on glass beading it and was just wondering if anybody on here has done that before or has any suggestions. Looking forward to hearing some feedback, Thanks.

 

never heard/seen that, but many polish it to great effect!

 

Indeed!

I just sanded the sh*t out of my one

 

Would help the process significantly. I had mine polished and they used a sander. I can see some tiny scratches in hidden areas of the plenum.

 

Thanks for the pics Taryon, that looks great. Not sure if I'm wanting that smooth of a finish but we'll see. I plan on Glass beading it sometime next week and will upload pics. I've thought of sanding it but thought I would try something else. Thanks for the responses guys, much appreciated.

 

i vote for polish..

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IMO, "cleaner" for me was crinkle black:

 

Problem with polished is that you start to want everything clean and shiny.

 

oh my!! That is tempting

 

I have polished about 300 of these plenums in the last 8 years and i have a new in stock now. Send me a PM if you want one.

 

Nissan should make the HR intake manifold shines like this in the first place, rather than that cheap black plastic mold.

 

I hate it so much...

 

the hr engine is superior

 

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True. That is one of the reason why every time I open the HR hood and see the furgly black plastic intake manifold, but I still smile.

 

Yeah it is seriously ugly

 

painted mine wrinkle black. Looks clean as fawk

 

i agree! until you get lazy and its like dam i gotta clean it againnn lol

 

POLISH!
Check with Crawford Z in Nashville.
Doug did mine about 3 years ago.
Dunno what the current price is.
I paid a net difference after sending back my
plenum of about 50-75 bucks.
Great quality,fast turn around.

 

That plenum looks really trick especially with the red washers. It looks like there's been a fair few hours gone into reworking that. I'd love one but I'm afraid it would just embarrass the rest of my engine bay.