What do I know about diamonds. Don't they come from Antwerp?
 

Apparently they come from Taiwan and are right under that plastic engine cover of the VVT-i

Here is what I used to polish the valve cover
400 grit and steel wire bit with the Dremel - 800 grit - 1000 grit - 2000 grit and then the polishing kit for the drill
https://i154.photobucket.com/albums/...DSCF0226-1.jpg

Here is dirty diamond
https://i154.photobucket.com/albums/...DSCF0230-1.jpg

And blammo, or err blingo
https://i154.photobucket.com/albums/...DSCF0235-1.jpg

Here are some other pics
https://i154.photobucket.com/albums/...DSCF0241-1.jpg
https://i154.photobucket.com/albums/...DSCF0231-1.jpg
[/img]https://i154.photobucket.com/albums/...C/DSCF0238.jpg

Nicely done. How long did you work on that?

Let's see, 8:30 - 12:00 and one LARGE pot of coffee. I tryed to be pretty timid with the dremel bit, sos not to scratch the shiznit out of it. I'm happy. I went to wash the car and had the hood up, just cleaning a bit and the people from the other wash stalls were peaking over droolin. Hehehe

woa that looks really good i didn't know it can get that shiny

I want to give props to Agent47 for posting this little scion-secret first
https://www.scionlife.com/forums/vie...ed+valve+cover

nice! wax t weekly and keep it dry so doesn't rust!

its aluminum - it wont rust

If you like shiny things then go here https://www.scionlife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=247885

thats a shiny engine bay! :) nice

woah nice find

damn that looks good.

Wow... Looks clean! I started doing this a while back and for some reason never finished it. I think I may finish it this weekend

Once you have it on and drive a week or so you will need to go back and clean it again with neverdull.......and then the endless cycle of polishing will go on and on........I do mine about once a month and it cleans up in about 30 minutes good as new.

I would just use some high heat clear coat and see if that would keep it looking shiny.

Good work though, get that header next :)

high heat clear will just crack in about a week.......been there done that...then you gotta sand it all back off and start over....really it is easy to maintain,I do it about every other car wash

Yep, once a month keeps a decent shine.