Took some time today to hand polish the intake manifold. Previous owner polished it but never really did any upkeep and the car sat for a long time. I want to try and do it without having to remove it from the car and I think it came out pretty good for not doing so. Ordered a polishing kit for my Dremel tool which I will use to get into the places I couldn’t reach. All in all, turned out looking way better then it looked before.
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And here’s a before and after. Top pic is the day I went to go look at the car before buying it and bottom pic is after today’s work. Lighting is different but you can definitely see a huge improvement over how it used to look.
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Next up I’ll be removing the strut brace and cleaning it up. Maybe respray it if needed. And just touch up a few areas in the engine bay to get it looking right so I have a reason to pop my hood at these Cars & Coffee and Cruise nights. Lol. Stay tuned.