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Old Feb 27, 2009 | 02:12 PM
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Originally Posted by NVMyTc
I did mine in about 1 1/2 hours

I first sanded with 220 grit, then 600, then 2000. Polished it by hand with some turtle wax rubbing compound and had great results. They turn a gold'ish color after a few minutes of running, I loved the look
where in the hell is the dump for your wastegate going????? I have never seen that setup in person before
Old Feb 28, 2009 | 03:18 AM
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It was a custom kit

It went below the radiator hose and continued out the bottom. I have no splash guards either. It was a great setup
Old Mar 1, 2009 | 01:29 AM
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Here you go. Just got this one done for my car. 4 stage coating. Im matching the exh housing and downpipe

Old Mar 1, 2009 | 01:35 AM
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watching.
Old Mar 1, 2009 | 03:10 AM
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4 stage is that ceramic and dosnt ceramic reduce the life of the manifold and make it more likely to crack ?
Old Mar 1, 2009 | 03:17 AM
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The manifold come with lifetime warranty. Yes 4 stage ceramic. As far as reducing life I've had another manifold coated and it had 25k no cracks.
Old Mar 1, 2009 | 03:24 AM
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after 25k did it crack ?
Old Mar 1, 2009 | 03:28 AM
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what other colors do they offer and how much for that ?
Old Mar 1, 2009 | 03:36 AM
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After 25k no cracks and my room mate is the new owner. As far as color options I don't know. A friends owns the company so it was something we came up with. I was feeling wild at the time
Old Mar 1, 2009 | 03:37 AM
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what company ?
Old Mar 1, 2009 | 03:38 AM
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cold i polish it save up some money and then do this with out hurting anything ?
Old Mar 1, 2009 | 07:37 AM
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todd does that too just to let you guys know
Old Mar 1, 2009 | 08:08 AM
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Originally Posted by aen
todd does that too just to let you guys know
polish or ceramic coat ?
Old Mar 1, 2009 | 01:23 PM
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^^ both and jethot coating
Old Mar 1, 2009 | 05:51 PM
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Sorry guys was out and about last night trying to reply and have a few drinks. By the 3rd one I gave up on the baord. Anyway we make the manifold. I work for a compant that makes parts for VW/Audi. Its called Eurojet. See sig
Old Mar 1, 2009 | 05:56 PM
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u have pics of the stage four after being on the vehicle ? does it discolor ?
Old Mar 1, 2009 | 06:00 PM
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This is a test. I just picked it up Friday. Going to have the downpipe and exh housing done then going to run it. I have a few 18T manifolds laying around so I decided to try this
Old Mar 1, 2009 | 06:14 PM
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nice you guys do work on the tc also?
Old Mar 1, 2009 | 06:26 PM
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No we dont build anything for the TCs. I have help a few buddies on thier own TCs however.
Old Mar 2, 2009 | 02:35 AM
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thats tight man im going to start doing mine tonight. ill take pics as i go. im planning on doing the downpipe and manifold and i have not decided on the turbo itself yet i guess ill see when it gets here.ill post pics soon



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