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Polished turbo heat shield #1352476
17/06/2012 22:01 17/06/2012 22:01
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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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Re: Polished turbo heat shield [Re: jame5] #1352480
17/06/2012 22:06 17/06/2012 22:06

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Wow well done, lovely bling love

Re: Polished turbo heat shield [Re: jame5] #1352484
17/06/2012 22:10 17/06/2012 22:10

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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?

Re: Polished turbo heat shield [Re: jame5] #1352486
17/06/2012 22:13 17/06/2012 22:13

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

Looks brill top job
Re: Polished turbo heat shield [Re: jame5] #1352491
17/06/2012 22:18 17/06/2012 22:18

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that looks ace,job well done thumb

what did you start with? can do with giving my cam cover a good polishing next
Re: Polished turbo heat shield [Re: ] #1352498
17/06/2012 22:24 17/06/2012 22:24
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Excellent, nice job cool
Re: Polished turbo heat shield [Re: jame5] #1352527
17/06/2012 22:50 17/06/2012 22:50

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nice job James , just the plenium and fuel rail to do now laugh
Re: Polished turbo heat shield [Re: jame5] #1353588
21/06/2012 01:24 21/06/2012 01:24

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Looks nice, think I'm going to have to do that too smile
Re: Polished turbo heat shield [Re: ] #1353592
21/06/2012 03:01 21/06/2012 03:01
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I like it! cool

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Re: Polished turbo heat shield [Re: jame5] #1353639
21/06/2012 10:38 21/06/2012 10:38
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Go chrome. Maintenance free. laugh
Re: Polished turbo heat shield [Re: NikAzwaa] #1353847
21/06/2012 18:48 21/06/2012 18:48
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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

Re: Polished turbo heat shield [Re: jame5] #1353851
21/06/2012 18:58 21/06/2012 18:58
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Fitted pics
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Re: Polished turbo heat shield [Re: jame5] #1353852
21/06/2012 18:58 21/06/2012 18:58

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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.
Re: Polished turbo heat shield [Re: ] #1353903
21/06/2012 20:53 21/06/2012 20:53
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that looks really nice - well done
Re: Polished turbo heat shield [Re: shaky20vt] #1353922
21/06/2012 21:31 21/06/2012 21:31

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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

Re: Polished turbo heat shield [Re: ] #1353978
21/06/2012 23:56 21/06/2012 23:56
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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

Re: Polished turbo heat shield [Re: jame5] #1353995
22/06/2012 01:02 22/06/2012 01:02

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laugh
Re: Polished turbo heat shield [Re: jame5] #1354001
22/06/2012 01:26 22/06/2012 01:26

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wont that just dull really quickly due to the heat?
Re: Polished turbo heat shield [Re: jame5] #1354013
22/06/2012 04:26 22/06/2012 04:26
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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


rofl

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