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Polished 1G-GTE... slooooooooowly getting there!!!!!!
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Fri, 29 August 2003 21:29
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grrr the polishing kit I got has 6 stages!!!!! so far polished these bits to stage 1... 5 more to go  should look good tho  esp in a black engine bay 
what ya reckon guys n gals?
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Sydney
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May 2002
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Re: Polished 1G-GTE... slooooooooowly getting there!!!!!!
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Fri, 29 August 2003 22:01
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hmmmm... sexxxy
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Epping, Sydney
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April 2003
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Re: Polished 1G-GTE... slooooooooowly getting there!!!!!!
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Sat, 30 August 2003 01:00
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nice man!! Hey when you polish do you just use a fine wire brush on a Dremel? What is the best way to do it?
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Re: Polished 1G-GTE... slooooooooowly getting there!!!!!!
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Sat, 30 August 2003 01:58
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he he you'll not like this!!!!!
the casting has a very "nobbly" texture...
the polishing kit I get has 6 mops for each 6 different stage (what you see there is stage 1!)
to get rid of the casting bumps you have to sand then down!!! first with rough sand paper, then finer... its not going to be perfect.. not glass mirror perfect... there are still a few dimples and scratches......
but its enough for the inital "wow"
its hard work, I'll not lie!!!!! but I think its well worth it I'll keep the pics updated!!!!
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Re: Polished 1G-GTE... slooooooooowly getting there!!!!!!
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Sat, 30 August 2003 02:26
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what are you using to polish it? I'm tempted to get to work on mine. not for a mirror finish, but it's looking a bit dirty and uncared for, and I'd just like to clean it up
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Perth
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May 2002
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Re: Polished 1G-GTE... slooooooooowly getting there!!!!!!
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Sat, 30 August 2003 08:05
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Noice, I thought about doing that, got put into the too much effort basket though 
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May 2002
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Re: Polished 1G-GTE... slooooooooowly getting there!!!!!!
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Mon, 01 September 2003 03:54
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wanna do mine !?!?!? lol
how much is the kit ?
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Madrid - Spain
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August 2002
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Mon, 01 September 2003 06:23
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Drooooooolllllllll
Very nice. Having polished a few rough cast things before, I can appreciate the many many hours you must have put in to get them this far. My preference is a die grinder with Scotchbrite discs. You must have arms like Arnie to want to do it by hand.
Can't wait to see it finished. I was thinking about doing the same until I started to count how many bits of alloy are bolted on to a 1G. Still might do it one day but at the moment I have a diff screaming and some body panels in need of attention, so I guess you could say I have other priorities.
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August 2003
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Re: Polished 1G-GTE... slooooooooowly getting there!!!!!!
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Sun, 14 September 2003 15:59
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back guys.. its been together a bit but been having PC problems..
the car like I said is all back together, but it apears that my "brand new" turbos are faulty, they were screeming, adn not are leaking loads of oil right into my exhaust  not happy! lol
anyway... it looks pretty!!!
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August 2003
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Sun, 14 September 2003 16:07
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AW yeah.. forgot.....
the intercooler pipe badges are missing I accidently destroyed them taking them off for the polishing lol... new ones are on order!!
the polishing kit is from http://www.perfectpolishingkits.co.uk/
Had to sand the cast parts down
first to take out the sand casting marks... then polished away!!!
think I'll do the AFM and the strut top rings at some point... and eventually the entire throttle body.. but its going to be a hard shape to do!!!!!!!!
just need to sort out the smokey turbos now 
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