Need Turbo Compressor Cover Polished

[Damnittsteve]

[Cooter]

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if you can polish a factory compressor housing with that, I'll kiss your ass

[80coupe]

alittle bit more to then that lol!

[KBScobravert]

There are some real crackheads in a storage unit near painless wiring over off beach that polish. Cash is king. They are cheap and fast and do a surprisingly good job.

After I get mine started and ensure everything is working right I am going to pull it down and have everything either polished, coated etc.

[Dan03mach]

don't really need any crackheads working on my stuff.

[racrguy]

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if you can polish a factory compressor housing with that, I'll kiss your ass

Right! It's the bare sand cast so you'll have to sand it down. Once that is done down to ~2k grit you MIGHT be able to use a powerball type item, but odds are you're going to need jewlers rouge and a buffing wheel. I polish parts on my car after every event, and it's a huge pain in the dick to keep it looking good, and that's even after it's already a polished finish.

O/P If I were you, I'd have it polished out, then powdercoat clear over it, if you can find one that will 1) actually be clear (they're usually tinted a bit after baking) and 2) won't bake off from the hot side of the turbo.

[turbostang]

Right! It's the bare sand cast so you'll have to sand it down. Once that is done down to ~2k grit you MIGHT be able to use a powerball type item, but odds are you're going to need jewlers rouge and a buffing wheel. I polish parts on my car after every event, and it's a huge pain in the dick to keep it looking good, and that's even after it's already a polished finish.

O/P If I were you, I'd have it polished out, then powdercoat clear over it, if you can find one that will 1) actually be clear (they're usually tinted a bit after baking) and 2) won't bake off from the hot side of the turbo.

or.. just sand it close to perfect as if you were to polish it - then ceramic coat it.

[racrguy]

or.. just sand it close to perfect as if you were to polish it - then ceramic coat it.

Didn't think about that. The best part about the ceramic coating (my headers are coated in it) is just take some OO steel wool and it polishes right back up. /borat Is nice, hi 5.

[Dan03mach]

or.. just sand it close to perfect as if you were to polish it - then ceramic coat it.

I thought about that too. If I get bored one day I might just start sanding it my self. I did that to my timing cover and shaker mount and it looks good. 2k grit then some mother's and it looked pretty good just not that miror imiage look.

[Cooter]

don't really need any crackheads working on my stuff.

it's not rocket science... just hard work!

do you hire MIT grads to mow your lawn?

[Dan03mach]

it's not rocket science... just hard work!

do you hire MIT grads to mow your lawn?

Nope I do it my self. lol

[turbostang]

Ceramic coating works great in this environment, worked on a bunch of cars that have done it - seems to be a lot more durable than just polishing.

[Cooter]

yeah, raw polished aluminum will look like shit pretty quickly... clear coat yellows with age/heat

but ceramic looks really nice

[ELVIS]

do you hire MIT grads to mow your lawn?

no, but the mexicans cant take off with my lawn.

god bless.

[Cooter]

no, but the mexicans cant take off with my lawn.

god bless.

a compressor cover really isn't worth much