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Old Apr 9, 2010 | 03:07 PM
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Old Apr 9, 2010 | 03:19 PM
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Old Apr 18, 2010 | 12:36 AM
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beautiful, gotta love Princess Auto for Cheap tools and Cheap polishing kit!!!!
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Old May 13, 2010 | 10:52 PM
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I would just be concerned in spending more money on tools than just sending it out somewhere. But I suppose if you already had a compressor, grinders, etc it would be a fun little after-work project. *sigh?* I just wish I could get someone to do mine for less than 300 bones.
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Old May 14, 2010 | 01:47 AM
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Originally Posted by AgentReaver
I would just be concerned in spending more money on tools than just sending it out somewhere. But I suppose if you already had a compressor, grinders, etc it would be a fun little after-work project. *sigh?* I just wish I could get someone to do mine for less than 300 bones.
You dont need a Compressor, a regular variable speed hand drill will do.
You will also need an aluminum polishing kit like this ( http://www.princessauto.com/tools/po...-polishing-kit) approx $24.99
and a few grinding discs/wheels as well.

and lastly...you will need a lot of time, patience , sweat , and more time!!!!
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Old May 23, 2010 | 01:16 PM
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Originally Posted by XERMAN2001





I have to say, I laughed when I saw this picture. I have the exact same die grinder and the exact same polishing kit. I could go to the garage and take the same picture right now.



Great work BTW, and thanks for sharing.
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Old May 29, 2010 | 05:21 PM
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great job man looks great!
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Old Jul 2, 2010 | 06:05 PM
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Pics of both'em mounted in ur engine bay?
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Old Jul 9, 2010 | 02:21 PM
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Originally Posted by AmnCruzie
Pics of both'em mounted in ur engine bay?
they are installed now, i will take pics and post in a few days.
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Old Jul 14, 2010 | 10:48 AM
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Sweet write up! I plan on doing this too!
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Old Jul 23, 2010 | 09:50 AM
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Looks killer dude!!! You just motivated me to go ahead and do the same with mine
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Old Aug 8, 2010 | 06:37 AM
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Originally Posted by AmnCruzie
Pics of both'em mounted in ur engine bay?
+1 let's see some pics of them on the car..
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Old Aug 31, 2010 | 09:17 PM
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Wow, very nice Write-Up. I might start my polish this upcoming friday. And maybe have an early start tomorrow evening.
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Old Dec 10, 2010 | 12:06 PM
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Nice. I wished I had gotten a chrome one instead though--polished requires upkeep.
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Old Dec 11, 2010 | 11:26 PM
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i polished my plenum last winter and oh man, never again...waaay too much work.
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Old Jan 1, 2011 | 04:54 PM
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Whew... I'm about 6-7 hrs into mine right now... It sucks haha! Wish it would be done already. Great post! It's what led me to start on mine
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Old Jan 2, 2011 | 03:49 PM
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Nice work bud!
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Old Mar 29, 2011 | 06:04 PM
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Felt like dejavu going through your pics but good job man! Looks great.
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Old Jul 8, 2011 | 05:07 AM
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Thanks for the DIY write up, I'm working on mine. We have a huge air compressor at work which helps a ton as far as time. Nice write up!
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Old Jan 15, 2014 | 02:26 PM
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so its been almost 5 years since I competed this project. The plenum still looks good just needs a quick hand polish a few times a year.
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