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Tech Contributor
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From: Custer, WI
You can do it yourself if you're brave. heres a link. I want to do this eventually but right now i just want to drive it!!
http://www.gmtips.com/3rd-degree/dox...m/pol-plen.htm
http://www.gmtips.com/3rd-degree/dox...m/pol-plen.htm
Team Owner
Joined: May 2000
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From: Plantation Florida USAF(Retired) 1966-1990
U.S. Air Force
St. Jude Donor '05 thru '26
NCM Sinkhole Donor
If this is the look you are looking for, I can tell you chrome isn't cheap, has others will tell you.
Safety Car
Joined: Jan 2008
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From: Vero Beach Florida
With a little work polishing paint some new valve covers and a few chrome caps the L98 can be made to look great. What I like best it's the last of the Chevy motors without covers on it. The other thing is if you do the clean-up and polishing your self you can enjoy the end results even better. 
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Instructor
Joined: Jul 2009
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From: Maimi ok
I polished just about all of the aluminum on my car. If you take your time the result can be impressive. Best of all you won't have much money invested. I used a dremel to do most of the work. Bigger flat areas I used a Black and Decker Mouse to sand, worked great for me. I have some pictures of it in the album here. Good luck with it and have fun.
Team Owner
Joined: May 2000
Posts: 53,881
Likes: 5,651
From: Plantation Florida USAF(Retired) 1966-1990
U.S. Air Force
St. Jude Donor '05 thru '26
NCM Sinkhole Donor
With a little work polishing paint some new valve covers and a few chrome caps the L98 can be made to look great. What I like best it's the last of the Chevy motors without covers on it. The other thing is if you do the clean-up and polishing your self you can enjoy the end results even better.
Le Mans Master
Joined: Jun 2009
Posts: 5,060
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From: Tabernacle NJ
St. Jude Donor '10-'11-'12-'13
For the LT1 service is only $175 p- coated or $250 coated and throttle body ported to 52mm and intake to 58mm .Thats a deal.....
Last edited by ks5shooter; Jul 28, 2009 at 09:29 PM.
Safety Car
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From: Vero Beach Florida
Instructor
Joined: Jul 2009
Posts: 211
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From: Maimi ok
sand till you get all the pits out. I started with 240 and finished with 2000. I used an aluminum wheel polish. I am still finding more things to polish. The nice thing for me is this car is not drivable yet, so I have plenty of time to polish things. I will try to get some better pictures of it the ones I took were with a cell phone.
