I'm looking for the best way to polish the aluminum panels, used the search function and wasn't able to find anything helpful. I'm sure this has been covered in detail previously. Can anyone provide a link to a good thread? Thanks.
Yep, you guys go with something else, and maybe I'll take another trophy home from HB next year.
Edit: IMHO if EFN had just done a few panels instead of the entire interior he MIGHT have a different opinion. He threw quite a bit of money at that part of his build and it didn't work out for him. I did mine as a labor of love and I have no plans to change them out of paint them over...
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Between all my supplies and paying for the initial cut with a rotary, I probably spent less than $1200 on it ...... what really (and I mean REALLY) pisses me off is that I probably spent months polishing and re-polishing when necessary, the panels. Absolute wasted time - however, with only 3 primary panels polished now (firewall, 2 big trunk pieces), I think I should be okay.
Now, if carbon fiber panels fail to turn out nicely (and by this I mean they just don't flow nicely; I'm not worried about NCPainter doing a poor job on them), oh boy oh boy, there's major $$$$$ gone.
[QUOTE="Greg_M, post: 1676525, member: 5245"]I polished all my panels that show. The Sharkhide is a clear acrylic coating that's a little tricky to apply but once you get it, it's easy. That said I did mine 3 years ago and have driven the car 7000 miles with absolutely no degradation of the panels to date.
So for all you who poo-poo it, take a look at my buildsite and see the results. The car looks the same today in every aspect. It still looks great.
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No doubt, your car does look great! =)