I wouldn't think that would work well seeing as the pipes are round. Just prepare for your arms and fingers to hate you.
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I wouldn't think that would work well seeing as the pipes are round. Just prepare for your arms and fingers to hate you.
Links to the power sanders you guys used?
+1 interested in this as well
I did a mediocre job on my OW. I want to do it right on my black coupe this time. I already ordered the flapper wheel. About how many package of sheets of each grit size do you guys recommend buying?
that is why i asked about using the power sander for it all...i know my fingers and arms are going to hate me :cryying: .... this is something i plan on tackling this spring when i get the cobra out of storage before driving season
Easiest way is probably a static polishing wheel with different buffing pads. Alas, I didn't have access to one. I tried a hand sander for the early low grit, but moved on to a flapper wheel on a drill. It was still not that easy.
Here are mine.....IMO, do it right the first time.... 150 grit flapper wheel followed by wet sanding by hand 100, 320, 400, 800, 1000, 1500, 2000 grit followed by mag polish with a buffer. It takes time but in the end, its worth it.
My Magnaflow catback came out right but my UPR stainless X isn't coming out worth a damn. I thought I sanded it down far enough to get the lines out of it from the mandrel but now that I'm at 600+ grit its obvious that I screwed up...but I was getting nervous that I was sanding too much in order to get some of the deep grooves out.
I think I'm just going to slap it on and run it, from 5ft away it looks good.
I think I'm just going to slap it on and run it, from 5ft away it looks good.
Ok, well i seen all these posts on sanding and stuff. But this process takes quite a bit of time. I used a high speed buffer with mothers alum polish. And 45 minutes later....
any pros or cons in doing this vs sanding it ?
All done, no sanding just buffing with mothers alum and mag polish. 2 hrs into it includes install time.
Nice what pad did you use with the buffer? any scratches?
The toughest part in the process is removing the mandrel-bent lines/marks, but as others have stated, use a 150 grit flapper wheel on a drill before moving on to sanding. The key here is to take your time, don't rush it. Set aside a weekend to do it, take breaks if needed. I polished my borla stinger catback this way & the finished results were amazing.
I used a yellow cotton buffing pad. Btw i still have the mandrel lines and bender marks, i was only looking for shine
did you use something like this?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/3-Yellow-Tr...576?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c4b549c80
No, i used this but instead of a white pad a yellow. I finished it with this wipe pad for added bling
This is the actual pad i used.
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