Well I plan on making my frame As shiny as possible how do I do this? And what have you guys used? And is it hard and how long will it take? Ive seen some of you peoples cannibals and look so sweet so I may have to do it.

 

Canfiled, Ohio? hello old friend!

 

Kevin,

Don't start it a never ending process. Here is what I'm using.

1. 4 1/2 electric die grinder
2. Metal finishing wheel (Like brillo pad on a plastic disk)
3. 320, 400, 600 grit aluminum oxide sandpaper.
4. Bench grinder two sides
5. Close weave wheel
6. Loose weave wheel
7. Red and White rogue

Take everything you are going to polish apart. Use the grinder with the Metal finishign pad and go lightly over the part to be polished. This will remove the extrusion marks from the frame as well as smooth the welds. Get the 320 sandpaper and start sanding the part until you have a consitsant sanding patern. Now use the 400, than the 600. Once you have the whole part sanded with the 600, put the Close weave wheel on one side of your grinder and the Loose weave on the other. Load up one of the close wheel with the red the other with the white. Start buffing until all of the sandind marks are gone. Now go over with the white on the other wheel. It should now look better than Chrome.

If you can't find the metal finishing wheel let me know I'll give you a lead.

Time:
Rear Grab Bar 3 hours still not perfect
Front bimper 4+ hours still not perfect
Subframe 6+ hours still not perfect
Frame Wide part by thiegh 1+ close to perfect
Frame Front 6+ hours No wear near perfect

It still looks cool though and after a couple years at it, it will be perfect. Than I'll trade it in.

Smitty

 

I used the Never Dull from Eagle one. It comes in a silver can, and you can get it at Wal-mart. Works pretty good. I would use it on my nerfs and bumper on the EX.

I get my quad too muddy to spend 40hrs+ polishing the frame. Might be okay for the sand guys. Aluminum gets dirty pretty quick, and I'd have it trashed in no time. The Never-Dull does go into the surface pits of the aluminum also. Does make it shine up real nice.

 

Kevin

Listen to Smitty. Polished everything looks great, until you ride it. Its a never ending process. After you ride it in mud or water, the frame will be a blotchy and hazzy requiring a re-polish. You have to ask yourself: Do I want to spend more time cleaning and polishing, or more time riding?

 

If you only raced MX or only drove your quad in sand then would it be feasable to polish your frame. It a painstaking process that needs to be polished on a regular bassis. Waxing the polished aluminum will help somewhat but its still a major pain in the A**.


Mac