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Old 06-24-2009, 03:16 PM
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Interested in a polished Valve Cover?

I have gotten quite good at polishing aluminum over the last few months and was wondering if there was a demand for these things, as of now, I have 3 valve covers for the LSJ sitting in my shop and I am going to start to polish them this weekend if there is any interest. I was thinking between $200- $250 per valve cover with a core. I wish I would have taken pictures of the nitrous bottle and engine mounts I did for my buddies Nova. They were Awesome. Any thoughts on this? Does the price sound about right?

anyone interested?

35 Views and no reply? maybe I wont be polishing these things lol??

is the price to high?

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i'd be down for one for the 2.2's but not for 200 dollars... maybe 100 bucks if I sent you mine when I got yours...
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Originally Posted by widebody_balt_ss
I have gotten quite good at polishing aluminum over the last few months and was wondering if there was a demand for these things, as of now, I have 3 valve covers for the LSJ sitting in my shop and I am going to start to polish them this weekend if there is any interest. I was thinking between $200- $250 per valve cover with a core. I wish I would have taken pictures of the nitrous bottle and engine mounts I did for my buddies Nova. They were Awesome. Any thoughts on this? Does the price sound about right?

anyone interested?

35 Views and no reply? maybe I wont be polishing these things lol??

is the price to high?
Can you do mine? haha jk man
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Old 06-24-2009, 04:23 PM
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Can you do mine? haha jk man
haha, your funny!
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i'd be down for one for the 2.2's but not for 200 dollars... maybe 100 bucks if I sent you mine when I got yours...
yeah same here
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Old 06-24-2009, 04:35 PM
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I will polish anything, but I would have to find a valve cover. does anyone have a spare one they could send me? Id make them a great deal.
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I dont wanna be a dick but this can be done with 30 dollars and its not difficult. just loook up polishing 101
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Old 06-24-2009, 04:38 PM
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yeah price is definatly kinda steep.. i sold poslished things i had for my GN( ususaly only had a core charge and around 50 bucks... plus they have to keep polishing them to keep um lookin nice.
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Originally Posted by ChevyRockstar
I dont wanna be a dick but this can be done with 30 dollars and its not difficult. just loook up polishing 101
its more about how long it takes to do it. it took me 15 hours to complete the Nitrous bottle. maybe the valve cover is easier? I dont know I havent done one yet. but I know to get good results its going to take alot of time. this is a feeler more than anything.

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yeah price is definatly kinda steep.. i sold poslished things i had for my GN( ususaly only had a core charge and around 50 bucks... plus they have to keep polishing them to keep um lookin nice.
I see... the core would be optional untill I run out of valve covers. then you would need to send me one. I think with no core $200.00 is fare. maybe not? we'll see how long it takes to do the 1st one.

the real question is do people even want them? the price is yet to be set.

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Old 06-24-2009, 04:43 PM
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i've done the valve covers already for locals about 6 times already. takes me myself 4-6 for a perfect shine. but i can can still get the mirror look and shine in 3 hours rest of time is "perfecting" the finish.
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Old 06-24-2009, 04:50 PM
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Thats good to know. Ill prolly just polish them and sell them. if someone wants to send me a core I'll just knock $50-$60 off.
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post pictures of what you can do so tehey can see work
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yeah i mean the valve cover is pritty square for the basic shape... A DA is very handy there and there are only a few tight spaces.
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i'm going to keep you in mind for when i get back from deployment
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id be interested once u post some pics of work u do. do u paint them aswell?
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oh this is gonna get locked later lol
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oh this is gonna get locked later lol
was thinking the same
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Originally Posted by widebody_balt_ss
I will polish anything, but I would have to find a valve cover. does anyone have a spare one they could send me? Id make them a great deal.
i have a spare L61 valve cover if you wanna buy a core
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Old 06-25-2009, 09:18 AM
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The price is a little steep, I've done several of these over the last 3 years. Here's a pic of a polished cover!
It takes me about 8 hours to get it like this


Here is a 2.4 almost done!
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Old 06-25-2009, 10:08 AM
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Originally Posted by 07MetallicSC
was thinking the same
why do you say that?

Originally Posted by BlilBT
The price is a little steep, I've done several of these over the last 3 years. Here's a pic of a polished cover!
It takes me about 8 hours to get it like this


Here is a 2.4 almost done!
Thats nice. Thats about what the nitrous bottle I did looked like. the worst part about that was getting the purple ZEX paint off.

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its nothing against you, its the mods see someone trying to make a product to sell for us ( which im all for ) and they lock everything thats not a supporting vendor.
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oh, I'm fine with that if im breaking rules. (not meaning to break any) I just have some spare parts and thought i would polish them before selling them. I could always put them on E-Bay.
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he's not selling a product, he's seeing what interest there is.
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I have a spare 2.2 cover if anyone needs it, just shoot me a price (unpolished)
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I have a spare 2.2 cover if anyone needs it, just shoot me a price (unpolished)
PM sent...
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