I get alot of pms asking how I polish tunnels, so I thought I would put together this "how to" Some guys like to sand them smooth, this is just the way I polish them.
This is the kit I use The kit comes with a cutting pad (the sewn one), you use it with the tripoli (the brown bar). This is the first step, after I remove everything that gets in the way of running the polisher. This is the most important part and takes probably 80% of the time to do, It takes me 8-10 hours to polish a tunnel ( the polaris tunnels are the hardest ) This makes a mess, and you will covered in black, I always wear a 3m mask so I don't breathe it in.
hold the bar to the pad with the buffer running @ around 2000 rpm for a few seconds to get some polish on the pad
I work small sections at a time moving the pad around to keep it as smooth as possible, if you leave it in one spot to long it will make ripples.
here is a shot with half of the tunnel done.
this is after the first step is completely done, the aluminum has a haze to it from the cutting compound.
next I go over it with the loose pad and the jewelers rouge, it takes the haze and and polish marks out of the tunnel from the cutting compound, The last step is to hand polish it with Mothers Billet polish and microfibers.
The final product..... I charge $400 to polish a tunnel, sometimes I think it is not enough
This is the kit I use The kit comes with a cutting pad (the sewn one), you use it with the tripoli (the brown bar). This is the first step, after I remove everything that gets in the way of running the polisher. This is the most important part and takes probably 80% of the time to do, It takes me 8-10 hours to polish a tunnel ( the polaris tunnels are the hardest ) This makes a mess, and you will covered in black, I always wear a 3m mask so I don't breathe it in.
hold the bar to the pad with the buffer running @ around 2000 rpm for a few seconds to get some polish on the pad
I work small sections at a time moving the pad around to keep it as smooth as possible, if you leave it in one spot to long it will make ripples.
here is a shot with half of the tunnel done.
this is after the first step is completely done, the aluminum has a haze to it from the cutting compound.
next I go over it with the loose pad and the jewelers rouge, it takes the haze and and polish marks out of the tunnel from the cutting compound, The last step is to hand polish it with Mothers Billet polish and microfibers.
The final product..... I charge $400 to polish a tunnel, sometimes I think it is not enough
