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Old 05-17-2012 | 11:05 PM
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Originally Posted by The_Maniac
Yep. It's on a 3300 engine, so I don't know if the length of the dog bone is right for the 3400/3800 in the more modern W-bodies. This was something I considered for the quest of solid bushings (and again, the aluminum dones could be polished).
I think I gave up on it because:
- I did not like the look of the LONG radiator mount
- WBodyStore offered a sweet mount/bushing kit on Black Friday
Yea idk how I feel about the whole look of that setup lol

The alum. mounts I have would go perfect with the polished dogbones ZZP offers, once I get mine polished of course lol :p
 
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Old 05-18-2012 | 01:35 PM
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so i decided to start sanding the mounts :p

after 60, 150, and 220 grit
it's definitely going to be far from great looking but it should look "ok". This is something you do not want to be doing with just your hands haha
A dremel and sanding tips would make this a TON easier!
as you can see there will be some imperfections here and there but i dont want to spend too much time on them. I'll only be polishing the most visible areas of the mount like the top :p





up next is 400 grit follow by wetsand 800, 1000 and 2000 grit haha then the polishing
 
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Old 05-18-2012 | 02:00 PM
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Those are gonna look nice frank
 
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Old 05-18-2012 | 02:26 PM
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Those are gonna look nice frank
Thanks mike
 
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Old 05-18-2012 | 03:55 PM
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So i decided to do wet sand 800, 1000, 1500, 2000, and 2500 grit lol :p

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And finally the polish!!





and as you can see, some of the areas that didnt turn out so well :p it would've turned out great but like i said i didnt want to spend too much time on them haha also because i still dont know if i'll even use them :p
it took me 3-4 hours total to do one :p

 
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Old 05-18-2012 | 04:05 PM
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They look sweet frank wish i could do that to the stock ones
 
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Old 05-18-2012 | 04:09 PM
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Frank , That Looks Nice ..
 
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hmm might actually have to do that i was considering finding some at the junk yard after starting to work on my sisters Rendezvous and noticing they where aluminum , thought they wuld look good polished out and well they do i wanna see them on the car!
 
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Originally Posted by 03JGMonte
They look sweet frank wish i could do that to the stock ones
yea that would be pretty sweet mike
 
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Old 05-18-2012 | 04:18 PM
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Frank , That Looks Nice ..
Thanks Jerry

Originally Posted by Budsjlm
hmm might actually have to do that i was considering finding some at the junk yard after starting to work on my sisters Rendezvous and noticing they where aluminum , thought they wuld look good polished out and well they do i wanna see them on the car!
i can get you a set i saw yesterday if you'd like
once i finish the other one tomorrow i'll install them and post pics of course
 


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