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Polished turbo heat shield

Posted By: jame5

Polished turbo heat shield - 17/06/2012 21:01

Just finished re-polishing my spare turbo heat shield, gave it a good going over with wire wool and meguiars metal polish a few months ago. Today i got the mops on it and gave it a good buff.

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Posted By: Anonymous

Re: Polished turbo heat shield - 17/06/2012 21:06

Wow well done, lovely bling love
Posted By: Anonymous

Re: Polished turbo heat shield - 17/06/2012 21:10

Shiny!

Must do something with mine, but not sure whether to paint or polish. Any idea if / how long it will stay like that with constant exposure to night temps?
Posted By: Anonymous

Re: Polished turbo heat shield - 17/06/2012 21:13

Polishing will last longer than paint but you mite get the discolouring of the metal when polished.

Looks brill top job
Posted By: Anonymous

Re: Polished turbo heat shield - 17/06/2012 21:18

that looks ace,job well done thumb

what did you start with? can do with giving my cam cover a good polishing next
Posted By: Theresa

Re: Polished turbo heat shield - 17/06/2012 21:24

Excellent, nice job cool
Posted By: Anonymous

Re: Polished turbo heat shield - 17/06/2012 21:50

nice job James , just the plenium and fuel rail to do now laugh
Posted By: mayzon

Re: Polished turbo heat shield - 21/06/2012 00:24

Looks nice, think I'm going to have to do that too smile
Posted By: Mark_S

Re: Polished turbo heat shield - 21/06/2012 02:01

I like it! cool
Posted By: NikAzwaa

Re: Polished turbo heat shield - 21/06/2012 09:38

Go chrome. Maintenance free. laugh
Posted By: jame5

Re: Polished turbo heat shield - 21/06/2012 17:48

Originally Posted By: NikAzwaa
Go chrome. Maintenance free. laugh


I have considered chroming, but it's so damn shiny, it makes polished alloy look dull and i'm not going to chrome everything! £££££££££ shocked crazy
Posted By: jame5

Re: Polished turbo heat shield - 21/06/2012 17:58

Fitted pics
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Posted By: Anonymous

Re: Polished turbo heat shield - 21/06/2012 17:58

I tried to polish a turd once, but I found you cant get a good grip.
the turd I had, had a texture like leather soft but firm at the same time but like a bar of soap in the shower it keep'd shooting through my fingers when I was trying to put the rotary polisher on it.

P.s I recommend wearing googles when using a rotary polisher as little bits want to flick into your eyes.
Posted By: shaky20vt

Re: Polished turbo heat shield - 21/06/2012 19:53

that looks really nice - well done
Posted By: Anonymous

Re: Polished turbo heat shield - 21/06/2012 20:31

I phoned my local Fiat dealership today for a new heat shield,and was told that fiat have discontinued these now.

by the way James nice job thumb
Posted By: jame5

Re: Polished turbo heat shield - 21/06/2012 22:56

Originally Posted By: jonone
I tried to polish a turd once, but I found you cant get a good grip.
the turd I had, had a texture like leather soft but firm at the same time but like a bar of soap in the shower it keep'd shooting through my fingers when I was trying to put the rotary polisher on it.

P.s I recommend wearing googles when using a rotary polisher as little bits want to flick into your eyes.


I gave up trying to polishing turds, i find it far easier to roll them in glitter. hehe
Posted By: Anonymous

Re: Polished turbo heat shield - 22/06/2012 00:02

laugh
Posted By: Anonymous

Re: Polished turbo heat shield - 22/06/2012 00:26

wont that just dull really quickly due to the heat?
Posted By: Mark_S

Re: Polished turbo heat shield - 22/06/2012 03:26

Originally Posted By: jame5
Originally Posted By: jonone
I tried to polish a turd once, but I found you cant get a good grip.
the turd I had, had a texture like leather soft but firm at the same time but like a bar of soap in the shower it keep'd shooting through my fingers when I was trying to put the rotary polisher on it.

P.s I recommend wearing googles when using a rotary polisher as little bits want to flick into your eyes.


I gave up trying to polishing turds, i find it far easier to roll them in glitter. hehe


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