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Old Aug 18, 2006 | 06:53 PM
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I've see a few engine bays w/ the cam cover and thermostat cover polished and thought it looked decent and not overdone. It is a good time to replace the thermostat even if it does not look like it needs it and antifreeze.
I should have my parts back and on soon.
I did notice that every car that I've seen do this (except one) was forced Induction. hum

The Before mess.






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Old Aug 18, 2006 | 06:57 PM
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looks good
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Old Aug 18, 2006 | 07:09 PM
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Looking good Gil Still really digging your engine bay dress up hoses

Look forward to "after" pictures.

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Old Aug 18, 2006 | 07:11 PM
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a few shops said that they would polish the 4 pieces for $240-275. I stumbled onto a small shop that would do it for $150 so I jumped on it. I saw other work in his shop and it was good.
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Looking good Gil Still really digging your engine bay dress up hoses

Look forward to "after" pictures.

jonny
I still need to post a DIY SS sleeving post.
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And here are the after pics.








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Old Sep 8, 2006 | 07:21 PM
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Damn thats a clean engine bay! Looking sweet.
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lookin good.
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Very Nice.
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purrdy !!!
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Nicely done Gill! Looking forward to the sleeving post, I need to do mine sometime

Member 'blackdiamond' formerly 'mumbles' here did it on his GS. He hasn't been real active of late, but he is now FI but wasn't when he did the bling.

Looked up his old thread... he went a little crazy and also did the intake
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/performance/96118-pics-of-my-polished-intake.html
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Originally Posted by GILLEXUS
I've see a few engine bays w/ the cam cover and thermostat cover polished and thought it looked decent and not overdone.
I did notice that every car that I've seen do this (except one) was forced Induction. hum
Looking good GILLEXUS

A long time coming.

Not sure if you were thinking of my car that had braided lines & polished parts and was non-FI ??

Well TAMR_GUS98 is another of my local members who did the polish job, plus he did the SRT intake and manifold as well. Looks pretty HAWT and not too overdone.

You can do a search of what his looks like or possibly he'll post a response here with pics.
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Originally Posted by DaveGS4
Nicely done Gill! Looking forward to the sleeving post, I need to do mine sometime

Member 'blackdiamond' formerly 'mumbles' here did it on his GS. He hasn't been real active of late, but he is now FI but wasn't when he did the bling.

Looked up his old thread... he went a little crazy and also did the intake
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/showthread.php?t=96118
It adds a nice touch and not really a difficult mod I think. Doing the intake cover is a little bit more involved. Did you ever get your S&S headers installed? wonder how much more your S/C will sing w/ it installed.

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Looking good GILLEXUS

A long time coming.

Not sure if you were thinking of my car that had braided lines & polished parts and was non-FI ??

Well TAMR_GUS98 is another of my local members who did the polish job, plus he did the SRT intake and manifold as well. Looks pretty HAWT and not too overdone.

You can do a search of what his looks like or possibly he'll post a response here with pics.
Yup, your car is the one that that came to mind and got me inspired to do it.
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Old Sep 13, 2006 | 12:57 PM
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I hope you have all that put back together since you are headed on a long and exciting road trip

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