polished alternators??
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95riosnake
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I sent mine to Mirror Finish Polishing to have it polished, they did my D1SC head unit too.
http://www.mirrorfinishpolishing.com/
Couldn't find any polishing places around me that had good reputations, maybe there are some near you. I have done some polishing in the past and will never do it again, I'll gladly pay someone else to do it lol.
http://www.mirrorfinishpolishing.com/
Couldn't find any polishing places around me that had good reputations, maybe there are some near you. I have done some polishing in the past and will never do it again, I'll gladly pay someone else to do it lol.
ttocs
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I have a new(and bigger) alt to go on shortly(by pheonix gold of course). Big mamma-jamma with an offboard balmar voltage regulator, but anyway I have not put it on yet because I am going to paint it. I talked to a local alt shop and they said they will take it apart, replace the bearings while putting it back together after I paint it for I think $50. You could polish it yourself or call to ask if they have one, any alt shop should have some extra cases laying around and if polished one came in you know they will hold onto it.
95riosnake
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Took about a month for the blower, maybe 2-3 weeks for the alt? Can't remember exactly how long. It's a small company so they get busy sometimes.
And I'm not saying you can't buy a polished alternator, they might be out there for sale somewhere but I just figured since my car was off the road for a few months I'd send the one I already had out for polishing.
greenscobie86
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Tony your style alternator comes apart, you can buy a junked one, send it away to be polished and then swap your innards when it comes back, no downtime. Or you can just take yours apart and paint it a nice color or something, joekd has done that I think.
KidK9
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Polish it yourself Tony! I wanna see how many threads you throw up about how bad it sucked!
But seriously, why no chrome?
But seriously, why no chrome?
Mustanger
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PA Performance? They sell chrome & polished & Powder Coated Alternators...
http://www.paperformance.com/scripts/openExtra.asp?extra=14
http://www.paperformance.com/scripts/openExtra.asp?extra=14
KidK9
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I can vouch for the PA Performance ones. I have a chrome one from them. It's butter.
ttocs
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lol I still need to do the bottom of my intake. Top looks like butter after taking it up too 3k wet grit paper but would like to find some 5k sand paper and see what that does to it.
@dan, thanks for the idea to have it polished. i called a local place that will do it in 3 weeks. def what i will do!! never thought about that, lol.
any ohio guys A to Z polishing will polish any part you bring them that's polishable, lol. this made me happy
i'm polishing my whole fn motor!!!
any ohio guys A to Z polishing will polish any part you bring them that's polishable, lol. this made me happy
i'm polishing my whole fn motor!!!95riosnake
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@dan, thanks for the idea to have it polished. i called a local place that will do it in 3 weeks. def what i will do!! never thought about that, lol.
any ohio guys A to Z polishing will polish any part you bring them that's polishable, lol. this made me happy
Let us know how it turns out, if they do a good job they're a lot closer than Missouri (where Mirror Finish is located), so shipping will be a lot cheaper for me in the future.
ttocs
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what do they charge?
Perfect..Thx Stanger
they want me to look at different finshes but from $60 up.
Orange 94
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Tony i had a polished alternator before i had to buy a replacement one when i was in Spokane for a car show.
I polished mine the same way i polished the valve covers. No cost and took just took an afternoon.
I polished mine the same way i polished the valve covers. No cost and took just took an afternoon.
you guys are some fuukin DIY'ers, lol. love it. i think i will just do that myself. i kinda just did it to my TB and plenum. after i read joes post about the alt. coming apart..that makes it a little easier i'd think. i didnt want to do it myself cause of wetsanding. water and alt. seems like a bad idea, lol.
ttocs
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why would wet sandind the alts case scare ya tony? Once its apart it would not be a problem.
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