got the parts back today and WOW!
I had the following parts polished:
1. Inlet Manifold
(i told him not to bother with its belly or at the bottom where it bolts to the engine as you cant see here with the engine cover on!)
2. Charge Pipe
3. Throttle Body
4. Strut Brace
In the end I paid £80 all in. I was originally quoted £60 all in but the guy wanted an extra £20 (he charges £20 an hour) as the charge pipe took him a lot longer to do. apparently he was too scared to put it in his acid bath to strip the grey/silver powder coat stuff off (as he didn't know if there was any rubber seals inside the silencer part!) so he had to grind it all off.
tbh I'm very happy with it all and I think £80 is a fair price, very quick turn around time too! (less than a day!)
enough talk and here are the pics, which I must say do NOT do them any justice at all!
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Not looking forward to refitting it all, but I will when I get some time!
over and out!