polishing plenum

I've used search but had no joy

Anybody ever polished the plenum?

Gonna give it a go with sandpaper just to make it look abit smarter

Reckon it might take a while

You mean the outside rob ??? Use a polishing kit will come up quite quickly ... i bought a kit from halfords and did my rocker cover with it came out respectable ...

wire wheel on a drill to get it smooth then you can finish it off with some 400 wet n dry and then compound and polish it
takes a while though to get it really shiney but wire wheel is deffo best and quickest

Yeah want to do the outside. ..

The kit i bought has 3 different grade polish bars for the flap wheels wich didnt take that long i also used the dremel for the hard to reach places ...

you got a pic of your results?

The picture doesnt really do it any justice as it was late at night with shit lighting ...

looks good. but I imagine a plenum would take a long time as it's got all the casting texture to smooth away. going to be a real labour of love to polish it up.

Just work through a differnt grades of sandpaper first thats how i did the rocker cover ......

Dont do it rob horrible to keep clean mate.

To late

Ha good luck in that case keep us posted. You got a grinder or better still bench grider with cloth polishing wheel

Yeah chuck up a few pics through the process please rob what are you using to polish it or get to polishing stage ..??

I would of thought a polished plenum would be easier to clean? Surely its harder to remove dirt etc from the casting marks?

i just vapour blasted my one looks like new )

I sand blasted one of my old ones and started polishing it but gave up lol. It's not a hard job and time consuming. Mine had a lot pitted marks that really showed up.

Small pits is the major problem along with any minor tarnishing as shows up so easily when polished.
On Rocker covers, alloy intake pipes & plenums I use a local shop who bead blasts them for even texture then uses an acid treatment that gives a really nice satin silver finish that has proved be corrosive resistant & easy wipe clean with contact spray or wd40.
Looks smarter than oem finish but without being to over stated.
Came across it after having rocker covers beyond polishing or polished but badly tarnished.

The plenum I'm using at the moment is just sand blasted, gets really dirty if grease gets on it but I like that raw look.

Has anyone ever tried vht crackle paint like on civics and subarus.!!!!
Looks really nice that's what I'm going to try on inlet and rocker cover.

Shame I can post pics yet or would of shown you my old impreza engine I did..

Pretty sure a member on here had it done or done it .... jamie (concrete gtir ) maybe check in hes build thread ... why cant you post pictures yet ... use photobucket they have mobile or internet and can have set up for both on one account and its free ...

Also try Postimage.org they free & no account needed plus no expiry, just upload & use second link down to paste in the 'insert an image' popup options.

Just made account.. Yyaaaaaa

But phone won't let me do it will wait till later to post

gtir_woody wrote:The plenum I'm using at the moment is just sand blasted, gets really dirty if grease gets on it but I like that raw look.

you need to get it run over with glass bead and that will stop it getting so dirty and make a lot easier to clean or even better vapour blasted.

Chrism wrote:Has anyone ever tried vht crackle paint like on civics and subarus.!!!!
Looks really nice that's what I'm going to try on inlet and rocker cover.

Shame I can post pics yet or would of shown you my old impreza engine I did..

I have a plenum done in black crinkle paint not fitted tho