Metal Polishing 1st Gen Miata

SpoiledMan · 04-22-09, 07:14

I'm looking for tips on polishing the differential on a 1st generation Miata. Any tips?

EastsideAutoSpa · 04-28-09, 05:10

Tip 1: why bother?
Tip 2: Lower it....go racing
Tip 3: if you must do it get a cloth polishing wheel and go old school on it, i just took a wire brush to mine to knock off some corrosion and it looked fine.

SpoiledMan · 05-02-09, 12:38

Thanks for the response. It's not my car so this is in response to a request for it to be done. I think I'll go for #3.

Denzil · 05-02-09, 01:31

My guess would be a wool ball/pad on the rotary would work.

Mr.Concours · 05-04-09, 11:06

Find a custom bike shop, take it off and give it to them to do.

bwalker25 · 05-04-09, 11:32

wool pads via rotary, optimum metal polish is good, I also like Zephyr Pro 40 via wool. Its very dirty work, took a while to get all the black off my hands....it just kept coming off

SCoach · 05-04-09, 12:11

Quote:

Originally Posted by bwalker25

wool pads via rotary, optimum metal polish is good, I also like Zephyr Pro 40 via wool. Its very dirty work, took a while to get all the black off my hands....it just kept coming off

You didn't wear gloves?

I'd put on a set of dishwashing gloves for a job like this.

Brandon1 · 05-04-09, 04:12

Real men dont wear gloves. We go to the grave with hands of steel

backwoods_lex · 05-05-09, 11:29

It's totally off topic, but I've always wondered where the pic in your avatar came from?