i wanna know how you polished the cam tower!!! that thing is gorgeous...much nicer than my POS...:lol:

 

mmm Shiny, those phone dials look wonderful like that. I'd really like to do that to my intake and cam tower, and I guess whatever else doesn't have paint on it

 

Shhhhh....it's a secret.....You CALL AL REED POLISHING!

Thanks Bloodraven. Even I was a little shocked how well it polished up. I can't wait to see the intake. I went with clear anodizing on the cam tower and will with the intake too. Unlike the wheels, I think it would be just too much to try to polish those every week! I'll sacrifice a litle bling on these parts. Also, I let him polish "off" a few details to get a smoother look, etc. Some p/n's - but I wrote them down, of course!

 

Wow those all look really nice!

On the tires - What i think you are referring to is the rim guard. It's common on newer tires in an atempt to protect the rim of the wheel from curb rash. I really hate the look of that, but you only notice it when you are really up close anyways.

Anyway, it looks great and i can't wait to paint my turbo phone dials and get them on my car!

Nice Work!
-Erich

 

Steering wheel looks GREAT. Did you get that polished by Al as well?

 

How are his rates (you don't have to post what you paid, just a rough idea of what I'd have to spend would be fine). Thanks.

 

OMG!! that beeeyeauteeful.

simply amazing.

 

Clang, Funny but believe it or not I actually HAVE seen a few polished aluminum steering wheels in Street Rod magazine features.

 

Erich, Yeah I know about the rim protectors but I'm talking about the little ridges or lines raised on the sidewalls for God knows what reason! Not to mention the Flipper designs. I bought these from Tirerack and had te mdrop shipped to Al Reed Polishing. But foolishly I never looked closely at the sidewall details. Oh well, live and learn. As I said, they handle great.

 

By the way everyone, that little pile of papers under the cam tower are print outs from Rennlist articles I keep to refer to. Things like sun roof adjustment how to's, etc.

 

I second that, but .. please do post what you paid .. I'm not as polite as Porsche-O-Phile.

 

Dan,

I got your PM but your mailbox is full, so here's my response:

Cool. Thanks very much for the information. I'll give him a call when I get a couple of other things cleared up - those rims and tower look hella nice! Heck, I might just have him polish the whole block and anything else aluminum on the car!!!



Probably won't be for a while, but I'll post some pics when done.

 

Sweet! I think I have found the look I want for mine!

 

1) Kumho must have changed the sidewall design, they did not used to look like that (at least not in the sizes I have used).

2) Polished wheels belong on Ford pickups. Sorry, just not my cup of tea :>)

3) Cam tower looks very nice.
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MichelleJD - Thanks. Hopefully it will look good and not TOO bling.

Matt H. - Yeah, don't know what to say, I guess opinions are like asholes, everyone's got one :>)