Polishing Charge Pipe

[NickLCR]

I've seen this on a few cars, and I quite fancy giving it a go myself.

Are there any special methods to it? I've got a grinding wheel on a bench that I can put a polishing wheel on, so hopefully that should make life a lot easier.

So what do I need to do though? Take it off, strip the paint, sand it down and polish it like crazy?

 

[adam cupra 20vt]

You need quite a tourqey bench grinder to use a proper polishing wheel

I'd 180, 320, 400, then the 3 stages of polish and mops....should come up like a mirror then.

 

[D.K]

When I do them I apply several coats of paint striper,leave to soak, then use a 4" wire brush drill bit to remove the paint, this will make a lot of mess.
Then start with 180, 240, 400, 600, 800, sometimes 1200 grit wet and dry, apply a but of washing up liquid to the water, it stops the paper cloging.
I have had a few lately that have had very deep scratch's in them which I had to use an orbital sander on before the wet and dry.
Next either 2 passes with 2 different grade polishing mop's and polishing compounds, or a good rub with some "Autosol" and wire wool.

Dont forget to get some dissposible glove, dust mask and goggles.

They take between 8-10 hours to do

 

[Mylo]

having seen the results though, Darren, your hard work is rewarded

 

[rsmith]

It's one messy job to do, i did mine the same way as D.K, but one thing i did differently was that i caked it in paint stripper and instead of manually srapping it off i powered washed it off, it might take some of the pain out of doing this job.

Its well worth it though when you see it all shiny and fancy looking

 

[adam cupra 20vt]

If you use the 3 stages of mops and polishes you only need to go up to 400 grit as the polishing machine will do the rest and save you loads of time.

This is 3 stage polished straight from 400 grit

After the 3rd stage you definatly wouldn't want to autosol it as it would scratch it

 

[D.K]

If you use the 3 stages of mops and polishes you only need to go up to 400 grit as the polishing machine will do the rest and save you loads of time.

This is 3 stage polished straight from 400 grit

After the 3rd stage you definatly wouldn't want to autosol it as it would scratch it

I'v only got the 2 stages at the moment.
The pipes come out differently to the manifolds as they are different metals, the manifolds are a lot softer, the pipe's come up really well with a bit of Autosol.

 

[D.K]

Heres one of mine