Project IS200 Polished Rocker Cover :-)

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Project IS200 Polished Rocker Cover :-) - Bandit - 08-03-2018

Thought i'd start having a go at the IS200 rocker cover today? Gave it a good degreasing to start and then removed the tooling marks around the edges and then sanded most of it down :thumbup1:

Going to be a long job this one, did a bit of a test polish using my 1st grade of paste and the rocker has very light pitting all over, so will need to be sanded down another level to try and get rid of it :Shooting:

Degreased,sanded and washed.....
[Image: degreased1.jpg]

Starting to remove the tooling marks...
[Image: toolingmarkremoval1.jpg]

Test polish on a bit of the cover using the 1st grade of compound?

[Image: DSCF8613.jpg]

Hopefully carry on with it in the morning and will see how it turns out :thumbup1:

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Project IS200 Polished Rocker Cover :-) - Rabster - 08-03-2018

oooh wanna do my one before jae...

Project IS200 Polished Rocker Cover :-) - edeath - 08-03-2018

looking good chris

Project IS200 Polished Rocker Cover :-) - TM - 08-03-2018

:thumbup:looking good, but u need to strip those brackets off:thumbup:

Project IS200 Polished Rocker Cover :-) - steviewevie - 08-03-2018

Good stuff, will be very interested to see what magic you work on this ! :biggrin:

Project IS200 Polished Rocker Cover :-) - spikes - 08-03-2018

looking good chris:biggrin:what do you use to protect the shine to stop it going dull or do you just need to re polish ? :biggrin:

Project IS200 Polished Rocker Cover :-) - dimis - 08-03-2018

Very nice project mate!!!!:thumbup:

Project IS200 Polished Rocker Cover :-) - Bandit - 08-03-2018

spikes looking good chris:biggrin:what do you use to protect the shine to stop it going dull or do you just need to re polish ? :biggrin:

Sometimes i'll spray them with lacquer mate, engine parts i'd use high temp lacquer but depends on where the part fits? :thumbup1:

@Terry brackets will be off when i get going mate :thumbup:

Project IS200 Polished Rocker Cover :-) - Asi - 08-03-2018

looking good

Project IS200 Polished Rocker Cover :-) - spikes - 08-03-2018

Bandit Sometimes i'll spray them with lacquer mate, engine parts i'd use high temp lacquer but depends on where the part fits? :thumbup1:

@Terry brackets will be off when i get going mate :thumbup:

is there a special lacquer for polished metals or is it standard paint lacquer?
will the lacquer bond ok as its so polished? sorry to sound dumb :lol::lol: