The paint is wearing off the engine vent covers on my '86 GT. I notice the exposed metal shows no signs of corrosion. I thinking about striping and polishing the vent covers rather than painting or powder coating then.

Has anyone tried to strip and polish the vent covers?

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Jim Martin
White '86 GT
Monterey, California

I've had them sand blasted and repainted. They look like new.

The engine vent covers are die cast aluminum. While they will polish up, the look will be mottled due to the casting process. The shine will not be uniform, like you would see on a wheel.
If you want a uniform finish, plating or powdercoating are your best options.

I had mine powder coated and they look great, other then one or two bubbles on the side that faces the deck. They can be a pain in the ass to powder coat due to the way they are cast. It took the place that did mine 3 attempts to get them where they are. They look just as good today as when they were done 5 years ago.

I painted mine gloss black when I was painting some other parts, and had a full cup of paint in my paint gun. They came out very nice.

Hes right. The castings color is not uniform...has random discoloring and would look bad just polished.

quote Originally posted by Jim_Martin29: The paint is wearing off the engine vent covers on my '86 GT. I notice the exposed metal shows no signs of corrosion. I thinking about striping and polishing the vent covers rather than painting or powder coating then. Has anyone tried to strip and polish the vent covers?

Save yourself some work. A member on here was making stainless vents with custom designs on them. I got one with the pegasus design for under 30 bucks about a year ago. Plug & play and no polishing whatsoever.

Spoon

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Thanks guys, I appreciate the input. All good information

quote Originally posted by Spoon: Save yourself some work. A member on here was making stainless vents with custom designs on them. I got one with the pegasus design for under 30 bucks about a year ago. Plug & play and no polishing whatsoever. Spoon

Is there a link to this person or to the discussion on Pennocks?

Thanks

quote Originally posted by Jim_Martin29: Thanks guys, I appreciate the input. All good information Is there a link to this person or to the discussion on Pennocks? Thanks

https://www.fiero.nl/forum/F...4/HTML/054658-9.html