Disclaimer: The following is provided as a GUIDE ONLY, and neither myself nor Ozhonda take any responsibility for the outcomes of someone else doing the following. You follow these steps at your own risk!
Hey guys this is only my first post so I apologise if I sound like a beginner lol.
So I wanted my old headers to look new and shiny again. It was pretty easy. I guess you just need patience and motivation.
Materials:
1 x 400 Grade sand paper
1 x 800 Grade sand paper (ALL WET AND DRY SAND PAPER)
1x 1200 Grade sand paper
1 x 2000 Grade sand paper
Metal polish
100% Cotton cloth
Bucket
I'll recommend that before you do anything, taking the headers out of the car might make the job easier. I didn't do it though, and that's why I recommend that you should lol...
Step 1:
First you need water, so fill the bucket with it (I used a bucket to save water lol).
Then grab the 400 grade sand paper, divide it into 4 and use each peice of sand paper for each pipe.
The area that you're sanding needs to be wet while your sanding it.
Try to sand in one direction.
Your aim is for the silver metal finish to show.
When you're sanding, try not to put too much pressure on the pipes.
Like I said, you need patience if you want it to look good.
Step 2:
After you've done all 4 pipes with the 400 grade sand paper, it should already have that silver metal finish.
After this, move on to 800 grade sand paper and repeat the same procedure.
This will help reduce the scratches and scrapes that the sand paper made on the silver metal.
Step 3:
Use the 1200 grade sand paper and again this will help reduce the scratches and scrapes.
Continue with the same procedure.
The only difference with this one is that I only used a quarter of the sand paper sheet for the 4 pipes.
step 4:
Use the 2000 grade sand paper.
Try to make the metal really shiny!
Again, this will help make the scratches and scrapes of the sand paper on the metal less obvious.
Here, I also only used a quarter of the sand paper sheet for the 4 pipes.
step 5:
Use the cotton cloth and dip it in the metal polish.
Do this part exactly like how you would if you were polishing your car.
When this is all done, your headers should be almost look as if they were brand new.
If you have any other ideas in regards to doing this, or maybe you have anything to say, feel free to add comments or ask me questions.
It's not really my exhaust manifold but it looked exactly like this. Old and rusty lol.
Because the exhaust gets really hot, the metal turned from shiny silver to a gold colour ...
after photos:
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