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| Author | Subject: polished exhaust manifold and heat shields |
 pugheaven
Seasoned Pro  Location: Fareham Registered: 17 Dec 2006 Posts: 4,602 Status: Offline |
Post #1
As I'm trying to make the Dimma's engine bay as clean and tidy as I can I'm wanting to do something with the heat shield that bolts to the rear cam cover, the exhaust manifold and my metal heat shield that I got off of Simon James, obviously ceramic coating would be my first choice but as that will cost me £700 to get done I'm thinking about getting them all polished....Can anyone see any disadvantages of getting this done?? And yes I am a tart  |
 Posted 2nd Jan 2014 at 18:26
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eddy_gti6
Seasoned Pro  Location: Durham Registered: 20 Oct 2008 Posts: 8,716 Status: Offline |
Post #2
Black Heat wrap the manifold will look better, if you polish it you will have to keep on top of it polishing it all the time I would have thought________________________________________ Clicky: [url =http://www.306gti6.com]click here[/url] remove the space between [url & = |
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Posted 2nd Jan 2014 at 18:28
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pugheaven
Seasoned Pro Location: Fareham Registered: 17 Dec 2006 Posts: 4,602 Status: Offline |
Post #3
Na don't like heat wrap to be fair, I would rather paint it in vht paint but was thinking if it was polished it would then get a nice burnt purple blue tinge to it over time, plus I'm going to be cleaning this every time it gets taken out |
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Posted 2nd Jan 2014 at 18:31
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superchargedblack1997gti6
Seasoned Pro  Location: guildford Registered: 15 Aug 2009 Posts: 2,376 Status: Offline |
Post #4
Get it chromed if you feel like it mate I think that would be the easiest thing but that's gonna cost a lot too! if you got it polished it may go blue after a while but you'd need to keep polishing it for that to happen.________________________________________ Super high boost Completed, destroyer of gearboxes and 160mph club |
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Posted 2nd Jan 2014 at 18:44
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buzzbrightyear
Seasoned Pro  Location: hiding all receipts for car Registered: 09 Jul 2008 Posts: 11,901 Status: Offline |
Post #5
I got I've of those heat shields from Simon James and it came up beautiful with a quick polish with autosol then autoglymn metal polish.________________________________________ andrew315rawson@live.co.ukMoonstone phase 7 gti6 My Project thread: http://www.306gti6.com/forum/showthread.php?id=119992&page=1 |
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Posted 2nd Jan 2014 at 20:49
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rallyestyle
Seasoned Pro  Location: London Registered: 23 Jul 2003 Posts: 14,991 Status: Offline |
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Posted 2nd Jan 2014 at 22:02
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aaron6
Seasoned Pro  Location: On the sofa in maidstone Registered: 16 May 2006 Posts: 5,840 Status: Offline |
Post #7
What material is the one from simon james? If its stainless steel then send it to somewhere like anapol for electro polishing. That comes up beautifully. ________________________________________ See the sheer power and might of the lesser known burrowing owl. |
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Posted 5th Jan 2014 at 08:21
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buzzbrightyear
Seasoned Pro Location: hiding all receipts for car Registered: 09 Jul 2008 Posts: 11,901 Status: Offline |
Post #8
It's stainless steel, is it like a brushed finished, been so long since I seen it I can't exactly remember but it came up a beauty with a quick hand polish using metal cleaner/polish.________________________________________ andrew315rawson@live.co.ukMoonstone phase 7 gti6 My Project thread: http://www.306gti6.com/forum/showthread.php?id=119992&page=1 |
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Posted 5th Jan 2014 at 09:15
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aaron6
Seasoned Pro Location: On the sofa in maidstone Registered: 16 May 2006 Posts: 5,840 Status: Offline |
Post #9
If it comes up alright by hand do that. If not, dip it.  ________________________________________ See the sheer power and might of the lesser known burrowing owl. |
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Posted 5th Jan 2014 at 16:51
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