Engine Chrome - Pics inside

[Ash1711]

hey all, sorry if its in the wrong section?

thought id give the vts cam covers a good scrub this weekend, thanks to those of you that give me advice about sanding :)

first of all let me say if you heart isnt in it, dont do it! takes a lot of time and a lot of patience to get it right, this probably took me around 5 or 6 hours lol.
anyway this is how it turned out!

http://i34.tinypic.com/2iiyas8.jpg
before1
http://i34.tinypic.com/6h49bo.jpg
before2
http://i34.tinypic.com/13z4cno.jpg
a sneaky shot of the kent cams ;)
http://i35.tinypic.com/o0xdaf.jpg
before and after some sanding - huggggeee differnce, for some reason though the top cover looks a lot darker than on the before pics above? i think its light conditions...
http://i36.tinypic.com/zvev6q.jpg
before and after polish
http://i38.tinypic.com/2nk5kp.jpg
after1 - shame about the rest of the dirty engine... working on that though ;)
http://i36.tinypic.com/538nlf.jpg
after 2
http://i35.tinypic.com/2vi045j.jpg
a very slight reflection shot lol :hug:

what do you all think? im happy with it :)

[Silver2000saxo]

Looks good mate :y:

[saxovtrstevie]

looks cool dude

[SaxoIOW]

looks much better. I polished up a vtr rocker cover, took days! looked good when it was done though :y:

[johnlambert]

nice work!!
rest should look good when done

[Predator_R32]

You could get a better finish on that tbh mate

buy a non ferrous polishing kit should bring it up a treat

[Mr_P]

looks much better. I polished up a vtr rocker cover, took days! looked good when it was done though :y:

What did you protect it with?

[luke1988]

looks good mate :y:

[swampy]

As its not being dipped in copper and then chrome it is not a chrome cover.
It is a polishd steel cover!
Best thing to keep them clean and shiny is peek a boo polish

get a set of mops and soap stages to get a proper gleaming shine.

[3cott]

Looks good mate:y:

But you could have got a better finish imo...

[ashie695]

looks good mate :y:

[Liam_]

You've done the hard part mate, just need to get a buffer/ polishing wheel (even on something like a Dremel) onto them now.

http://www.drunken-student.co.uk/leeum/VTS/vts37.jpg

[bushy90]

I'd be well happy with that mate, nice!

[SaxoIOW]

What did you protect it with?

Just keep it regularly polished and it hasnt started to rust yet.

[Ash1711]

You've done the hard part mate, just need to get a buffer/ polishing wheel (even on something like a Dremel) onto them now.

http://www.drunken-student.co.uk/leeum/VTS/vts37.jpg

engine looks nice and tidy there :y: how did you clean the plastics??

[Liam_]

engine looks nice and tidy there :y: how did you clean the plastics??

WD40 then autoglym bumper care matey. :y:

[Mark51]

You could get a better finish on that tbh mate

buy a non ferrous polishing kit should bring it up a treat

and get the rest of the bay cleaned and some trim detailer on it

[blackie_2k5]

As its not being dipped in copper and then chrome it is not a chrome cover.
It is a polishd steel cover!
Best thing to keep them clean and shiny is peek a boo polish

get a set of mops and soap stages to get a proper gleaming shine.

polished steel? cockyness gets you know where

[ingram]

lol looks good. lot of elbow grease. im a metal polisher so its all easy for me .lol

[ingram]

should start up a litle business doing peoples car bits ;-)

[Killeybh]

looks sik m8

[SiickBoy]

looks gud

[Ryan_]

Looks good man, just need the rest done :)

[Winny]

Looks awsome, just need some big shiny trumpets&inlet manifold to polish up instead of that air box. :D

Jokes, looks great!