How To Polish Brake Calipers?
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Le Mans Master
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From: Farmington CT
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How To Polish Brake Calipers? or anything aluminum
i did the z06 red deal, has anyone polished these? how to? what materials are needed? how about the alt. bracket? maybe i'll do the x-members, lower control arms, definetely the knuckles, can you see the mod ocd setting in now? there's gotta be some diy'ers in the know
Last edited by SteveDoten; Jun 3, 2005 at 09:39 AM.
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I had my alternator and bracket polished last year. They looked great for a while but required a lot of elbow grease and skinned knuckles to keep it looking that way. 
I just recently had another alternator & bracket assembly chromed and will keep the polished ones for spares.
I just recently had another alternator & bracket assembly chromed and will keep the polished ones for spares.
Racer
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From: Rogersville TN
Polish Job
Originally Posted by connecticut
i did the z06 red deal, has anyone polished these? how to? what materials are needed? how about the alt. bracket? maybe i'll do the x-members, lower control arms, definetely the knuckles, can you see the mod ocd setting in now?
They'll look great but a dull black surface is the best for disapating heat.
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If you compare temps with a remote infrared sensor remember that you will need to compensate for the different color of the item of which you are measuring the temperature. The sensor is most accurate measuring the temperature of a non-reflective black surface. Measuring the temp of a polished shiny silver surface is entirely different. Your product manual should discuss this.
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Le Mans Master
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thanks, i was joking about the temp deal, even if i raced the car i don't think the temp would be drastically affected, anyone have metal polishing skills?
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Personally, no...But I have this on my future mods list!
I think Patches is who you may be looking for...he has the goods!
hey, do a search for polished crossmember..and you'll find a thread with a lot of info for ya!
I think Patches is who you may be looking for...he has the goods!
hey, do a search for polished crossmember..and you'll find a thread with a lot of info for ya!
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