Polished my Motor Mount today..

[sfla_srt4]

Ive read some how to's and have decided to polish some things in my engine bay. It really makes a difference!! It was pretty easy too. Just sand it, clean it real well, and then polish to a shine! It took a total of about 2 hours start to finish. I really like the look. Next im going to polish the intake manifold and then powdercoat the VC Eblue with polished letters. I think its gonna look great. Ill update the thread when done. For now, here are some pics of the MM.

[sphipps]

looks good.

[JSLsSRT4]

do you need to put a jack under the motor in order to remove the mounts?

[AdvanSRT-4]

No, you don't. ^ Actually, you can take the upper and lower MM off, and the engine won't fall. The frame rail bracket mount actually suports the motor.

And, and the MM looks good dude. What was your process?

[SRThore]

looks great!!!

[bpsrt4]

Quote: Originally Posted by AdvanSRT-4

No, you don't. ^ Actually, you can take the upper and lower MM off, and the engine won't fall. The frame rail bracket mount actually suports the motor.

And, and the MM looks good dude. What was your process?

It is easier to put them in if you have a jack so you can move the engine around a bit to get everything to line up

[jdbeier38]

Quote: Originally Posted by AdvanSRT-4

What was your process?

Looks pretty damned good and x2 on the process(at least more in depth)

[my_little_srt]

This is what happens when boredom sits in...............I polished mine also , but did the A/C lines as well.....

[jdbeier38]

Process?! Anyone?! Herro?!

[hussler]

Quote: Originally Posted by my_little_srt

This is what happens when boredom sits in...............I polished mine also , but did the A/C lines as well.....

i like the a/c lines me and a friend were thinking about doing the same thing. did you sand the a/c lines before you polished them? if so what grit? and what grit on the MM?

[uncommon©]

Quote: Originally Posted by jdbeier38

Process?! Anyone?! Herro?!

1. sand with coarse sandpaper
2. sand with fine sandpaper
3. sand out any big scuffs or scratches until you get down to a 800+ grit paper
4. mothers polish + rags + elbow grease

if you're doing something that is large & flat, you could use a buffer or a random orbit sander, but with something small like that it's hard to get in there ...

I polished my damn valve cover ... looking back at it, it was a complete waste of time - took me a good 6 hours to polish

[slyder]

Looks good but you should have removed the casting flashing before you polished it.

The line down the middle of the MM



I was gonna do my intake and filed down the flashing and junk on end and between the runners. Makes it look much better.

Nice job though adds to the looks of your engine bay

Slyder

[jdbeier38]

Thanks ... i might do this today because I am deathly bored and there is nothing at all to do.

[uncommon©]

be sure to pick up mothers polish ... it comes in a small white can with a red label on it

if you want to get it looking real nice, pick up some nev-r-dull ...

this is how I do it...

1. sandblast
2. coarse sandpaper
3. fine sandpaper until I get up to 800 grit
4. mothers polish
then once it's looking pretty much perfect then step 5. nev-r-dull

the nev-r-dull will help with corrosion & pitting ... then just hit it up with nev-r-dull every few months & it'll look the same as the first day you polished it

[slyder]

would that stuff work on the anodized colors of the Boomba MM??

They like to dull and pit over time.

Slyder