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AznKirby · 04-01-2016, 02:06 AM

Holy shit with the polishing, that's insane

zeal86 · 04-02-2016, 12:26 AM

Finally back at it... looking to begin my installs late tomorrow or Sunday sometime because I still have some polishing and painting to do. Going to remove my stock front pipe and exhaust manifold first then knock out the spark plugs, followed by fitting my intercooler and relocating my Mishimoto oil cooler. I'm probably going to have to fabricate a bracket for the intercooler since I have the Beatrush front beam brace installed.

As always, I'll be snapping pics of all my installs and making stencils for any brackets I may fabricate.

Anyway, I'm in no hurry so I'll take it slow and hopefully I do not run into any issues.

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zeal86 · 04-02-2016, 09:04 PM

Here are some final pics of my polished supercharger.

This is the area around the HKS badge on the supercharger... decided to polish that area as well... I like how it turned out.

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zeal86 · 04-02-2016, 09:16 PM

Polished the hardware for the Mishimoto fan shroud...

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Irace86 · 04-03-2016, 03:17 PM

Polishing looks great. Is there a reason you didn't use a higher grit to remove the texture on the compressor housing? Were you going for an even look and the dry sanding with say 150 grit wouldn't get in all those corners well, so you just shined it up instead?

zeal86 · 04-03-2016, 06:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Irace86

Polishing looks great. Is there a reason you didn't use a higher grit to remove the texture on the compressor housing? Were you going for an even look and the dry sanding with say 150 grit wouldn't get in all those corners well, so you just shined it up instead?

I debated sanding and polishing, just polishing, or painting the housing gloss black (just the textured parts)... I just got a little lazy... the compressor was going to take a lot of time to smooth out well enough to polish... especially in the nooks and crannies. As I see everything come together... I still might paint the textured areas gloss black... but for now I'm going with how I have it.

I just painted and cleared the bypass valve top gloss black...I polished the letters and masked them off... I'll post a pic later... it is drying right now. It will have the look I was/am contemplating with the blower.

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Irace86 · 04-03-2016, 06:47 PM

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Originally Posted by zeal86

I debated sanding and polishing, just polishing, or painting the housing gloss black (just the textured parts)... I just got a little lazy... the compressor was going to take a lot of time to smooth out well enough to polish... especially in the nooks and crannies. As I see everything come together... I still might paint the textured areas gloss black... but for now I'm going with how I have it.

I just painted and cleared the bypass valve top gloss black...I polished the letters and masked them off... I'll post a pic later... it is drying right now. It will have the look I was/am contemplating with the blower.

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It looks good. Kinda like that pitted stamped stainess steel turbo exhaust housing covers.

BDotG · 04-03-2016, 09:28 PM

Everything is looking so amazing. Totally inspired to go polish a bunch of engine parts now haha

zeal86 · 04-03-2016, 11:27 PM

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Everything is looking so amazing. Totally inspired to go polish a bunch of engine parts now haha

Spend a weekend polishing as much as you can... every time there after... you'll get all warm and tingly when you open your hood... lol

Btw, I'd start with all the aluminum tubing... you could just use Mother's or Blue Magic aluminum polish on those.. no sanding required...

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zeal86 · 04-04-2016, 11:51 PM

I installed my Mishimoto performance fan shroud today. Of course I polished the shroud before installing...even though for most it looks just fine out of the box. I'll be doing a write up on the unboxing, installation, and operation of the shroud soon... but for now here are some quick pics...

btw, I still have to secure the 2 wiring harnesses.

Looks so clean!

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Irace86 · 04-05-2016, 01:19 AM

Really clean man. Super jelly

GoodApollo · 04-05-2016, 02:28 AM

Just went through the whole thread, I love it. I'm inspired lol

JMoneyFRS · 04-06-2016, 01:57 PM

Looking good Zeal! We met yesterday, Justin from the zone....I'll have to check it out in person one day.

zeal86 · 04-06-2016, 06:34 PM

Finally arrived! Now to the painter...

Uras / Monkey Magic front lip

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04-01-2016, 02:06 AM	#323
AznKirby Are you 20/20? Join Date: Sep 2013 Drives: Hopes and dreams Location: Montreal, Canada Posts: 1,912 Thanks: 715 Thanked 1,310 Times in 703 Posts Mentioned: 36 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Holy shit with the polishing, that's insane __________________ 2014 FR-S Monogram 2005 Acura RSX Type-S IG: @MonKehC

04-03-2016, 09:28 PM	#330
BDotG Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2015 Drives: Asphalt 2013 FR-S Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 253 Thanks: 38 Thanked 126 Times in 73 Posts Mentioned: 2 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Everything is looking so amazing. Totally inspired to go polish a bunch of engine parts now haha __________________ Build Thread: http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=87104 // Save the fenders

04-04-2016, 11:51 PM	#332
zeal86 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2014 Drives: Posts: 2,000 Thanks: 1,156 Thanked 1,896 Times in 909 Posts Mentioned: 23 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I installed my Mishimoto performance fan shroud today. Of course I polished the shroud before installing...even though for most it looks just fine out of the box. I'll be doing a write up on the unboxing, installation, and operation of the shroud soon... but for now here are some quick pics... btw, I still have to secure the 2 wiring harnesses. Looks so clean! __________________________________________ projekt zeal86 build zeal.eightsix Facebook Instagram \| zeal.eightsix Last edited by zeal86; 04-05-2016 at 12:33 AM.

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04-02-2016, 12:26 AM	#324
zeal86 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2014 Drives: Posts: 2,000 Thanks: 1,156 Thanked 1,896 Times in 909 Posts Mentioned: 23 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Finally back at it... looking to begin my installs late tomorrow or Sunday sometime because I still have some polishing and painting to do. Going to remove my stock front pipe and exhaust manifold first then knock out the spark plugs, followed by fitting my intercooler and relocating my Mishimoto oil cooler. I'm probably going to have to fabricate a bracket for the intercooler since I have the Beatrush front beam brace installed. As always, I'll be snapping pics of all my installs and making stencils for any brackets I may fabricate. Anyway, I'm in no hurry so I'll take it slow and hopefully I do not run into any issues. __________________________________________ projekt zeal86 build zeal.eightsix Facebook Instagram \| zeal.eightsix

04-02-2016, 09:04 PM	#325
zeal86 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2014 Drives: Posts: 2,000 Thanks: 1,156 Thanked 1,896 Times in 909 Posts Mentioned: 23 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Here are some final pics of my polished supercharger. This is the area around the HKS badge on the supercharger... decided to polish that area as well... I like how it turned out. __________________________________________ projekt zeal86 build zeal.eightsix Facebook Instagram \| zeal.eightsix

04-02-2016, 09:16 PM	#326
zeal86 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2014 Drives: Posts: 2,000 Thanks: 1,156 Thanked 1,896 Times in 909 Posts Mentioned: 23 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Polished the hardware for the Mishimoto fan shroud... __________________________________________ projekt zeal86 build zeal.eightsix Facebook Instagram \| zeal.eightsix

04-05-2016, 02:28 AM	#334
GoodApollo Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2016 Drives: 2016 FR-S Location: Chilliwack, BC, Canada Posts: 1 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Just went through the whole thread, I love it. I'm inspired lol

04-06-2016, 01:57 PM	#335
JMoneyFRS Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2015 Drives: 2013 Scion FR-S Location: West Texas Posts: 1 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Looking good Zeal! We met yesterday, Justin from the zone....I'll have to check it out in person one day.

04-06-2016, 06:34 PM	#336
zeal86 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2014 Drives: Posts: 2,000 Thanks: 1,156 Thanked 1,896 Times in 909 Posts Mentioned: 23 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Finally arrived! Now to the painter... Uras / Monkey Magic front lip __________________________________________ projekt zeal86 build zeal.eightsix Facebook Instagram \| zeal.eightsix

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