Polished Rocker cover and inlet manifold

[Colin]

I have been polishing a spare rocker cover and inlet manifold for what seems like years with wet and dry and they are still rougher than my wife's a##. Any suggestions

[smithy318i]

metal polish. synol or something it's called.

[E30BeemerLad]

Autosol metal polish

you'll still be polishing the bugger for ages unless you use some power tools. Will need to lacquer it also as it will fade very quickly and go dull.

[zaust]

Autosol metal polish

you'll still be polishing the bugger for ages unless you use some power tools. Will need to lacquer it also as it will fade very quickly and go dull.

it's taken four years of auto sol and elbow greese to get just like this..

[Colin]

Boll##ks to that. I'll paint it black.

[keggy]

wot power tools do u guys reccomend

[agent006]

I think thast's the kind of thing that a Dremel would suit. Assuming they're powerful enough. Personally i'd get some air polishing tools, but i've already got a compressor so might be too expensive if you've not got one.

[e30-320i]

i just used a wire brush type drill bit to start with that got straight through all the crap then worked down coarse/med/fine wet n dry then finished it off with autosol and wire wool

[julianm40]

I was thinking of getting mine bead or sand blasted. Anyone had good results from that?

[Colin]

Man those polished covers do look fine.

[keggy]

i just used a wire brush type drill bit to start with that got straight through all the crap then worked down coarse/med/fine wet n dry then finished it off with autosol and wire wool

how did u get inbetween black?

[e30-320i]

masked off round the outside of the raised bit sprayed it including the raised then sanded the paint off the raised part with sandpaper on a block
job done