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Testing interest.......Polished 05-10 cam covers.

Mach1Marauder

Mach1Marauder

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I had a guy give me a set of cam covers off his 06 GT Mustang since he knew I do polishing of various parts.
I was a bit board after making a big sale today so I took one cover and put it to the wheel to gauge the qualith of the metal and casting. There was a fair amount of porosity, it was nothing that is going to be insurmountable and just a rough prep and slight buff shows an outstanding promice to make a VERY quality piece when fully prepped in a morte through sequence.
Here are the results of the quick job. Bare in mind that was just to give me an idea of what the end product will look like.

Sorry for the poopy pics. My Camera is out of batteries and had to borrow my partner's camera in his office.
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Mach1Marauder

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wickedstangs said:
that looks nice...
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I think they will turn out quite nice.
My driver's husband is interested in a set for their 08 Bullitt with just over 2000 miles on it. He has quite a lot of fairly subtle mods........the ones you have to actually look for. This won't be one of those! LOL!
 
Mach1Marauder

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In working in earnest on the cam covers today, I've come to the conclusion that these ARE made out of magnesium. There's just no way that aluminum will have the color that these do. While testing other buffing compounds, the wheel loaded up differently with the rougher compounds than they do with aluminum.
There is a fair amount of porosity in the casting, but I don't think it's insurmountable.......just pizzing me off a bit! LOL!
I should have a pair finished tomorrow sometime................maybe!
 
Mach1Marauder

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A BULLITT owner that is with me today says I should tease you guys with the buff I have on the covers right now, but I can't find my dang camera.....check........found my camera, but no batteries! DANG IT!!
Since he saw these covers this morning, he said these are HIS and I'm not to sell them to anyone! LOL! It's pretty funny watching him salivating at these cam covers as I make progress on them and him making REPEATED comments like, "Damn! Those are gonna look killer on the car!"
 
Mach1Marauder

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Here's a set of 04 Cobra covers I done earlier this year with some custom grinding. I removed some of the aluminum castings to give it a cleaner look.

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Gibs

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Emilio, I call BS on that! Show it on the car!

Mach, good work. I am sure someone will take you up on these.
 
Gibs

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Exactly, it isnt on the car! My point.

I think ti would look good though if you did.
 
Mach1Marauder

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usnlightning said:
Your price does sound a bit better than what FRPP wants for a set of chrome ones. How often would your's have to be touched up or do you have some sort of coating to apply after the polishing?

http://www.fordracingparts.com/parts/part_details.asp?PartKeyField=9122

399 plus shipping....ouch

Another question would be time. How long would my new Mustang be down while waiting?

Eric
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Those are powder-coated covers. Some like them, but others hate them. You need to see a set to make sure that you'd like them.
I can ZoopSeal these when I get them to the level I'm happy with. That should last for over a year and still look good.
As soon as I find a technique in polishing these so I can do them well and fairly quickly to keep costs down, I'm gonna contact my Ford rep to see if I can get new cam covers at a discounted price to pass it along.
If you want to have yours done, it would take 5 days plus shipping both ways since I do this in my spare time.
 
Mach1Marauder

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I got a little more work done today. I do know that I doubt if I'll do a swap program on these covers. These covers were fairly bad with corrosion.........and it had to be in the worst places. To get it to look like I wanted has cost me several hours in those areas. I think I'll only do real new cars or just new covers. The result should be slightly better too, but a bit easier for me.
I'll post pics tomorrow after I wash them, flush the baffle and underside and put a final polish on them.
 
Mach1Marauder

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Finally found some time to finish up these covers. I'm fairly happy with them, but everyone that sees them go nutts over them. I guess I'm my worst critic!

She shine seems to be screwing with my little camera. My good one is being repaired.
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Maybe I'll take some pics outside in natural light in the morning.
 
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