I've got them off the car, and am working on polishing them. Unfortunately, they've got some kind of hard black spots on them, kind of like grains of salt. The polish isn't taking it off, and I don't want to use anything to scrape them off, so I'm wondering what I can do about it????

It doesn't seem to be pitted as I can scratch the deposits off.

 

all I did was use a rag and some aluminum polish, and some elbow grease

http://community.webshots.com/s/imag...8DQFlmr_ph.jpg

http://community.webshots.com/photo/...84736435LdsIDE

 

Well, I take it back. I think it is pitting, because even a scotch brite pad isn't taking it off. It looks ok from a distance, but I know it's there and I don't like it.

I'm using that blue magic stuff, and it works great. But it doesn't take care of pitting.

 

Ballisto. Works wonders.

 

I may have to give it a shot. I'm going to try my Eagle 1 mag polish first. It works wonders on my rims, so I figure what the heck.

 

Nice pics. gives me one more idea to do with my car.

 

I tried chrome polish and it doesn't do wonders. I need to shine mine up while the intake is out.

 

Using sandpaper, in increasingly finer grits, will polish just about anything. Once you get to about 600 to1000 grit, switch to a good polishing compound.

I did a set of Baer aluminum calipers (not a very good writeup, but might get you pointed in the right direction):

http://members.aol.com/InjuneerZZ/BaerPoli.htm

Baer caliper

 

thanks for the reminder

 

I just used different types of 3M pads and they polished my fuel rails up really good and they worked along the center of the intake, too. I'll get some pics up later.

 

this is somehting i have always wondered.....every set of fuel rails i have messed with polished right up with some mothers aluminum polish and a rag in seconds. i see 'polished fuel rails' in people's sigs and always wondered why they would put something that comes done (look at pics of the car new and you will see they came nice and shiney). maybe after the car sits up north for a while or something they get seriously oxidized/corroded or something.

 

How hard is it to take the fuel rails off??

 

you dont need to take them off to do this

 

just make sure you have the fuel system depresurized, and the correct compression fitting tools. then all you really have to do is 4 bolts, 2 compression fittings and a vavume line.

 

What kind of polish did you use. Would mothers work ya think??