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914World.com _ 914World Garage _ Polish, Re-anodize, or what?

Posted by: mikey Mar 6 2005, 06:03 PM

The trim pieces that go on the back of my roof - you know the expensive ones - have surface scratches on them. The scratches aren't deep enough to catch a fingernail, but they are just bad enough to make the piece look like hell next to my new paint job. What can be done to refurb these pieces? If I polish these with a buffing wheel and rouge will the anodization be taken off? Can these be re-anodized without breaking the bank? Anybody know a place in the San Francisco area that does anodization?

While I'm at it, the trim pieces that go around the windshield look a little bent. Are these available new?

Posted by: McMark Mar 6 2005, 08:18 PM

Window trim is available new and not TOO expensive. Grassroots Motorsports had an article on polishing trim that featured the 914 probably two years ago. But I lost mine. Anyone got back issues?

Posted by: 415PB Mar 6 2005, 09:00 PM

Did mine myself. Powdercoated in Satin black.

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Posted by: 415PB Mar 6 2005, 09:01 PM

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Posted by: 415PB Mar 6 2005, 09:03 PM

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Posted by: mikey Mar 6 2005, 09:31 PM

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Did mine myself. Powdercoated in Satin black.

Those are the ones I'm talking about. They look great in black, but I'm going for the stock look. Maybe polishing them and powder coating them silver, or maybe clear will work. I'll check with my powder coater.

Mark, did you mean the windshield trim is available new? If so, where from?

Posted by: McMark Mar 6 2005, 09:37 PM

Pelican can get it. I'm sure others can too.

Posted by: Series9 Mar 6 2005, 09:41 PM

I got new windshield trim from PP. It was about $200 total.

On the rollbar trim, I sanded off the anodizing and then polished them with aluminum polish. They'll take a little upkeep, but they look nice.

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Posted by: itsa914 Mar 6 2005, 09:57 PM

QUOTE (914RS @ Mar 6 2005, 07:41 PM)

On the rollbar trim, I sanded off the anodizing and then polished them with aluminum polish. They'll take a little upkeep, but they look nice.

Now that's an idea My roll bar trim looks like What grit paper did you use? What polish do you use?

Posted by: Series9 Mar 6 2005, 10:05 PM

Dry sand with 220 until the anodizing is all off. Then wet sand with:

320
600
1000 and
1500

Then polish with Mother's aluminum polish. It takes a long time to get the sanding finished, but the results are worth the effort.

Posted by: McMark Mar 6 2005, 10:13 PM

I wonder if I could DA sand them...

Posted by: mikey Mar 6 2005, 11:37 PM

Sanding with a DA might be a problem. The pieces are kind of concave. I think a buffing wheel with some fine abrasive compound would work.