I have a spare plenum which I would like to give a mirrored look like attached pic. Can anyone tell me what tools are needed and how to do it?

dremel

lots of patience.

angle grinder with a scotchbright disk on it to flatten the mottly section

lots of grades of sand paper.

polishing mop for drill (ebay alloy whell polishing kits complete with the soap etc )

hard hands

time

beer.

 

 

did i mention patience lol

 

hth.

A guy in Burton on trent and about 80 quid hopefully ;) lol

Just send it to Boldy he luvs doing them. :dance: :dance: :dance:

pmsl :rofl: Yeah i bet he does :rofl:

Get someone else to do it.

 

Looks like a bitch of a job to me.

 

Darrell

The first one i did wasn,t too bad to do , i,m in the process of doing the one i took off my own car , these are obviously sand cast hence the finish on them but i think the one off mine must have been cast in gravel !! it,s so fooking coarse :headvswal :headvswal

I use a D.A sander to sand the alloy smooth , starting with 80 grit to remove the casting finish then use 180 grit and finally 320 grit and polish up from there .

It,s very awkward and time consuming getting down the sides of the pipes :smash: I use a belt sander to remove the casting flashes then sand it as best i can with a D.A but alot of areas have to be done by hand !!

Polishing kits are available from Frost Automotive.

Have fun take your time and be prepared to loose some skin :cry: but it,s worth it in the end :dance:

Don't know what all the fuss is about.

 

Mine was done in about 5 minutes.

 

(Paul) "Do you want to buy my shiney plenum?"

 

(Me) "Ok, what's your Paypal addy?"

 

Job's a good un :tongue:

 

Seriously, I did mine on my MX5, and it was a biatch of a job. I wouldn't recommend to anyone, lol. About half way through you'll regret it, but have no choice other than continue.

 

Pay someone else to do it, you'll thank me for it :duffer:

Don't know what all the fuss is about.

 

Mine was done in about 5 minutes.

 

(Paul) "Do you want to buy my shiney plenum?"

 

(Me) "Ok, what's your Paypal addy?"

 

Job's a good un :tongue:

 

Seriously, I did mine on my MX5, and it was a biatch of a job. I wouldn't recommend to anyone, lol. About half way through you'll regret it, but have no choice other than continue.

 

Pay someone else to do it, you'll thank me for it :duffer:

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: Cheat !!

A guy in Burton on trent and about 80 quid hopefully ;) lol

 

You're probably kidding, but if not please would you pm me more info.

 

Dave

You're probably kidding, but if not please would you pm me more info.

 

Dave

Yeah wots the guy,s rate £1 an hour :shock: :shock:

Check out my thread entitled, "Wheel rims done, centres to go..." in about 5 mins

Check out my thread entitled, "Wheel rims done, centres to go..." in about 5 mins

 

Seen your thread and very impressed with what the guy did with your rims but.............has he given you an £80 price for polishing plenums?

 

Dave

Seen your thread and very impressed with what the guy did with your rims but.............has he given you an £80 price for polishing plenums?

 

Dave

 

Noo mate you read too much into stuff lol :D

 

If i ask him nicely he might charge me 80 quid :D

That plenum looks familiar ;) Ciaran: sorry I didn't reply to your PM. I've been ill the past 2 weeks and not been on top of things...totally forgot you PM'd TBH! :o Everyone's just about covered it already. You'll definately need patience and I wouldn't become too attached to the skin on your knuckles...Good luck with it :)

a lot of hours goes into a full shine on one of these

The Bling Fairy did mine,he's been living in my engine bay ever since Bless him.He is a tireless little fellow and some times if I creep into the garage in the dead of night and put my ear to the bonnet, I can hear him working away muttering to himself.Can I Bling that?yes I can," Bling It".Theres a space ,fook it "Bling It" :dance: He never seems to rest,will he ever stop ? The answer is "NO" :dance: :dance: :dance:

Chees guys for all your comments, i will put them to use.