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Any High-Temp Paint that Matches the Strut Bar?

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Old Jul 23, 2006 | 09:00 PM
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Originally Posted by manny007
I've polished many small projects such as my stock strut bar along with the repolishing of my greddy strut bar, greddy diversion plate, injen heat plate for the filter...etc with really beautiful chrome like results.

So I thought why not tackle my plenum, boy was that difficult.
I gave up after about 3 hours and only had a fraction of the plenum smooth enough for polishing.
Moral of the story- Do not attempt to polish the plenum unless you have plenty of experience and the PROPER tools for the job, it can be hell to polish the plenum.
I had to give to someone to polish professionally for about 200.00
and it took him about 3hrs to get it looking like chrome
What grit did u start with?

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Old Jul 23, 2006 | 09:22 PM
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Originally Posted by B-Unit
What grit did u start with?

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Well with out the proper polishing tools needed for which the guy who did mine would not even say(Top secret info i guess ) you could take a 80-100 grit on a palm sander and barely make a dent.
My fraction that was completed would be about the size of a hand with 100grit to start off with

Take a good look at your plenum and feel it's rough texture, now imagine the work needed to get the metal smooth enough to create reflection just by sanding before adding any polishing compound/paste to bring out the miror like shine.
Not trying to discourage anyone but warning people about how hard it will be without the professional tools needed
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