was wondering what the process would be or tools involved to smooth out the valve cover on a 2.4, seen a few pics of a couple that were smoothed out and done in CF. Was wondering if something more than a 12v drill and those rough abrasive disks were needed to do this job thanks.
Yes... please read on the internet... there are thousands of post involving how to polish...
Point me to where I asked about "polishing" I'm wondering about removing the lettering and grooved lines. Does it make you feel good replying with useless @!#$.
Use a grinder to carve down as much as you can, use a dremel to smooth and then polish if you want to go that route.
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ok ill spoon feed you.
first off, its not a valve cover, its an "IDI" cover.
secondly, hit up www.google.com and type in "how to polish aluminum". there will literally be thousands of pages to surf through. hit up www.youtube.com for the same thing and watch hundreds of videos on it.
you will have TONS of hours into this. just the grinding down of the all the ribs/lettering is going to be very tedius work. once you have it basically flat the polishing should go pretty smoothing i would think, though.
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you will have TONS of hours into this.
This.
Be prepared for some tedious work. And like said above, grab a die grinder and maybe an angle grinder, and start shaving. A dremel will be great for the finish work, if you don't have one, a drill and sanding drum will suffice. Then I would finish by hand and block it just to make sure it's a nice level surface. I've done a couple IDI covers for people, and it is time consuming.
I don't like the idea of it polished, but I'd love a smooth IDI cover.. esp if it was wrapped in CF
